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The Duke–North Carolina Semifinal Is a Hoops Dream (And One Team’s Nightmare)

The stakes have never been this high for these bitter rivals … but 31 years ago, they almost were even bigger.

Sports Illustrated

A group of New Yorkers led North Carolina to ‘57 NCAA title over Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas

NEW YORK — Given the breadth of basketball talent to come out of New York City, the most from anywhere since James Naismith repurposed his peach baskets, it is, in many ways, a travesty that universities within the five boroughs have just one NCAA title.

Tribune News Service

The Biggest Question for Each Team Heading Into the Men’s Final Four

What could prove to be their downfall?The Final Four is just two days away! With four of the sport’s biggest brands convening in New Orleans and story lines galore around these outstanding matchups, it’s hard to wait until Saturday evening. Here are four big questions heading into those two games…

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Duke, UNC arrive in New Orleans and Final Four party begins ahead of historic meeting

NEW ORLEANS — It was a mostly quiet and gray Wednesday afternoon along Bourbon Street, the calm before the storm. No crowds packing the street between the sidewalks, at least not yet. No lines to get into the music joints or the bars, and plenty of room in the places…

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Scott Fowler: Jay Bilas has thoughts on how much Duke-UNC in the Final Four really matters

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Bilas is a former Duke player, a current Charlotte resident and ESPN’s leading college basketball voice.

Tribune News Service

The Best Wins and Most Infamous Games of the Duke-UNC Rivalry

Before these two meet in the Final Four, we’re looking back at their unmatched history.

Sports Illustrated

NC Governor Declares State as ‘Center of the College Basketball Universe’

With the Tar Heels and Blue Devils set to face-off in the Final Four, governor Roy Cooper signed a proclamation, and a few states may want a word.

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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…

Tribune News Service

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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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

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.

Tribune News Service

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

The Guardian - US

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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.

Tribune News Service

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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Leading Tar Heels to Final Four, Hubert Davis restores respect for Carolina basketball

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis broke out the “Griddy Dance” on the makeshift stage the Tar Heels bombarded while waiting to be presented their NCAA tournament East Region championship trophy after beating Saint Peter’s 69-49 in the Elite Eight.

Tribune News Service

Mark Story: For Kentucky fans, a guide to surviving the Final Four from hell

For Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball fans, these are the times that try men's (and women's) souls.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Seahawks send QBs coach Dave Canales to UNC for Sam Howell’s pro day

Today Canales is on hand at North Carolina to watch Sam Howell.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Saints assistant GM Jeff Ireland scouting Sam Howell at UNC pro day

New Orleans Saints assistant general manager/college scouting director Jeff Ireland keeping an eye on Sam Howell at UNC's pro day:

Sports Illustrated

Final Four Ticket Prices Skyrocket After North Carolina Beats Saint Peter’s

The price of admission is high for Saturday’s battle of ACC rivals.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Eagles’ QB coach to get an up-close look at San Howell during UNC pro day

#NFLDraft2022: #Eagles QB Brian Johnson is among league personnel at the #ProDay of #UNC QB San #Howell

USA Today Sports Media Group

What a storybook ending for Duke and all of the Duke haters

This is too perfect.

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