In the first meeting of the Carolina-Duke rivalry since their Final Four matchup, Duke pulled out the victory in Cameron in a defensive battle, 63-57. The Blue Devils dominated the fast break game by a 20-2 margin. Jeremy Roach led Duke with 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists as he played all 40 minutes. Dereck Lively was a force inside defensively, as he grabbed 14 boards and swatted 8 shots. Kyle Filipowski added 14 points. For the Tar Heels, Armando Bacot had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Leaky Black notched his first career double double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

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  1. Duke needs to play more uptempo ball like they did tonight. Our guys are lean and can run; they can kill in transition. Would love to see filipowski take more 3s. More full court press and faster pace in offense. ACC is a shit show right now with UVA getting knocked down today. I see Duke winning the ACC championships. Devils are finding their groove right now

  2. Duke wasn't at their best tonight but the difference is that the defense was the reason why that Duke won! The problem is for UNC is that they're not good on the road & they're not even good at 3's! UNC's coaching is very poor this year!

  3. UNC inability not to recruit a legit center has shown up. They haven't had one since Zeller. Pete Nance has been a disaster to say the least. He can't shoot, rebound or play defense. Nickel and Styles no run tonight. Hubert Davis is terrible. Get defensive when asked questions. He knows that Nance should come off the bench. You know UNC is in major trouble when Black and Nance are shooting. How many games has Love turn the ball over at the end of the game. At some point you have to sit the entire starting team down and go with your bench. Davis should of let Seth in the game to guard roach. He was doing a good job on him. RJ is a liability on defense. Two games this week his man scored the back breaking basket.

  4. First game that I actually trusted anyone and everyone that was on the floor for duke and anytime they had the ball. Everyone that got clock, played well and played with confidence.

    Would love to see all of these guys back next season. Obviously that's not going to happen. But still.

  5. I'm starting to question Coach Davis decision making! Quite frankly to me it appeared this team wasn't mentally and physically prepared to go into In-Dork arena and battle! Also didn't like the way Davis used or didn't use his bench and make necessary adjustments. IMO I have seen coach drop the ball on at least 3 occasion this years resulting in losses we should have won!

  6. However, no matter what happens in this rivalry. UNC fans will always have the Victory of seeing the Rat lose his last home game on his name sake court to the UNC Tarheels!!!!! Wheeep!!!

  7. I'm sure the refs helped us win… Waiting for those comments. The only line anyone seems to have these days. Duke played well but they still need alot of work. UNC is average team just like Duke is. Yes it's good to beat UNC but we gonna need a lot more scoring to do much of anything when it matters

  8. UNC fans be like, but we beat you during coach K's last game. Lawd…. Glad they have something to fall back on during every loss they will face to Duke. At least not blaming the refs I guess?

    Duke won…UNC lost. UNC probably win next game. It's the circle of life. They win and lose. Fairly easy to accept and move on but some cant😂

  9. Hubert Davis is a cry baby! They always get all the calls because they have the refs in there pockets!!! Not tonight! Get over it!!!!!!!

  10. pete nance is not the answer he can score decently inside but dude is charmin soft, not a great shooter I would rather see jalen washington get more burn at this point if he can handle it way more upside.

  11. First, let me say I am a lifelong UNC fan, but I am ashamed of them this year. They are the worst group of 3 point shooters I have ever seen and our coaching staff continues to allow them to fire them up at will, even Nance and Leaky!!! But, the officiating was worse than terrible!! Hey so-called refs…if you are afraid of the the Duke fans and Heaven forbid, call a foul on them…stay home and ref a middle school game next time instead of showing up!!!

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