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Bunkers, dread and drinking: The unspeakable anxiety of Duke-UNC in the Final Four

RALEIGH, N.C. — In the span of about an hour on Tuesday, in buildings about 10 miles apart, in rooms connected to the home courts where their basketball teams play, Hubert Davis and Mike Krzyzewski attempted to make the same point — that their players must somehow find a way…

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John Clay: With Final Four approaching, just who qualifies as an actual basketball blue blood?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — You’ve probably read the story line. Saturday’s Final Four is full of basketball blue bloods. Duke and North Carolina meet in one national semifinal. Kansas plays Villanova in the other. Blue bloods all.

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Eric Church reveals ‘most selfish’ reason for cancelling huge stadium show

‘How about you refund my f***ing airfare and condo rental too? Four day vacation you just s*** on because you’re selfish,’ an angry fan wrote

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Kansas Jayhawks arrive in New Orleans with ‘some Cajun food’ on the immediate agenda

NEW ORLEANS — Kansas’ men’s basketball players and coaches filed off a charter bus — one decorated with both a Jayhawk and NCAA logo — in front of the JW Marriott in the heart of the Big Easy to the applause of hotel employees and fans Wednesday afternoon, including one…

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Paolo Banchero Poised to Become Seattle’s Favorite Son

Seattle is proud of its underrated hoops heritage. If Banchero continues on the path that started at O’Dea High School, he’ll be primed to be the city’s best basketball export.

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Country Music Superstar Cancels Concert To Watch Duke Vs. UNC

Musicians cancel tour dates for various reasons including illness, death in the family, issues with venues or a worldwide pandemic. Have you ever heard of a musician canceling a tour date to attend a Final Four basketball game?

Benzinga

Hubert Davis Repeated a Dean Smith Inspiration Tactic From His Playing Days

In his first year at the helm of the North Carolina program, Davis started the journey to the Final Four with the same approach as his former coach.

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March Madness paying off for players under mishmash of rules

This week, Kansas, Villanova, North Carolina and Duke will play in the first Final Four to take place under the new world of “name, image and likeness” endorsements in college sports

The Independent UK

Luke DeCock: Amid coaching transitions, Duke-UNC Final Four meeting could change rivalry forever

The photo was taken in a back hallway of the Smith Center, out of public view, two generations of coaches standing together. Who could have imagined, when Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams and Hubert Davis and Jon Scheyer all posed before the first Duke-Carolina game in February, that it could…

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Catching our Collective Breath Before the Final Fours

ICYMI: The biggest story for each Final Four teamWith our writers traveling to the men’s and women’s Final Fours in New Orleans and Minneapolis, respectively, today’s edition of the Morning Madness newsletter is coming a bit later. And while we all get ready for a weekend full of basketball, take…

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Eric Church fans are rightfully furious after he canceled a San Antonio concert to watch Duke – North Carolina

Yes, this really happened.

USA Today Sports Media Group

JJ Redick Says His ‘Inferiority’ Dig At North Carolina Was a Joke

The Blue Devils great-turned-ESPN analyst turned some heads ahead of Saturday’s Final Four showdown between the hated rivals.

Sports Illustrated

Where Are the Doubters Now? Coach Hubert Davis at the Heart of Tar Heels’ Tourney Run

With determination and an unwavering positivity, the first-year head coach has silenced his critics as North Carolina prepares to play rival Duke in the national semifinals.

Sports Illustrated

Luke DeCock: Why the Duke-UNC Final Four game is North Carolina’s biggest sporting event ever

RALEIGH, N.C. — This is the Big One, some 70 years in the making, the unthinkable and the unimaginable.

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The Guardian - US

Why Duke-UNC’s Final Four game could be the biggest in college basketball history

The Blue Devils and Tar Heels play each other in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a century-long rivalry. And a storm is gathering

Chicago Sun-Times

45th annual McDonald’s All-American Game played in front of a nearly sold-out crowd

Illinois had no representation in the girls’ or boys’ game this year, but Wintrust Arena had a near-sellout crowd of 8,261.

Sports Illustrated

Coach K Says He Isn’t Focused on Rivalry in Final Four

“I haven’t looked at it as us against North Carolina,” the Duke coach said in his press conference on Tuesday.

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SI99 Stars Shine in McDonald's All American Game

Duke's Dereck Lively, Arkansas' Nick Smith Jr., others could lead teams to a deep run next March.

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Hubert Davis' tweaks have UNC's offense shining ahead of Final Four game with Duke

On a possession where they had to score, in a game they had to win, North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis called a play for Caleb Love that the sophomore guard had never run before.

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Duke's journey to Final Four in Coach K’s final season nothing short of ‘magical’

DURHAM, N.C. — As Nina King stood on the edge of Chase Center’s court in San Francisco on Saturday night, amid Duke’s celebrating players and families and her fellow administrators, one word entered her mind.

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Grant Hill has played in big Duke-UNC games. In Final Four, he’ll call biggest one yet.

Grant Hill has his fair share of North Carolina stories from his time as an all-time great Duke basketball player.

The Independent UK

March Madness: What to watch for in a stacked Final Four

March Madness has taken a power turn as it turns to the Final Four

Sports Illustrated

NBA Pressure Intensifies for SI99 Stars After Making McDonald’s All American Game

Prospects say the perceptions that come along with the big stage adds to the already mounting pressure.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Winner’s Circle: Double your Final Four title odds by picking a matchup, you coward

We're swinging for the fences.

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Mark Bradley: A lovely Final Four will be won by the greatest coach ever

For all Duke’s success/splendor/snootiness, the great school with the great coach conducts its daily business in the shadow of its greatest rival. A Duke fan cannot turn around in North Carolina’s Triangle without seeing two or three or 10 Tar Heel backers. Duke has produced one U.S. president – Richard…

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