The Tar Heels had much more going for them than the Blue Devils, who at times in the second half looked disorganized and careless with the ball. The Tar Heels capitalized over and over again, taking the first rivalry matchup of the season 93-84.
Under the blinding lights and deafening roars of the Dean E. Smith Center, No. 7 Duke has met a formidable foe so far against archrival and national No. 3 North Carolina. The Blue Devils have work to do after a physical opening frame and enter the halftime locker room with a 45-35 deficit to close.
It had been nearly three decades since they called Duke’s campus home, but basketball had finally this group of friends back together.
In mere hours, Duke will tip off against North Carolina for the 261st matchup in the history of the Tobacco Road Rivalry. It wouldn’t be a Blue Devils game without some can’t miss prop bets from the Blue Zone.
In this episode, co-hosts Caleb Dudley and Ranjan Jindal, along with guests Mackenzie Sheehy and Sophie Levenson, look back at Duke’s victories over Clemson and Virginia Tech before previewing Saturday’s primetime matchup against North Carolina.
Duke has had trouble on the road this season, going 4-5 in its away games. Thursday night was only their second ACC road win, but the Blue Devils completely shut down the Panthers in a commanding defensive performance.
The Blue Devils will travel down Tobacco Road tomorrow to take on the Tar Heels. Ahead of the pivotal matchup, the Blue Zone brings you a player from each side that may provide a spark for their teams.
No model can truly predict the future, and the more complicated the scenario, the tougher it gets. As it turns out, Duke-North Carolina is a pretty complicated scenario.
After three semesters fully immersed in their home institution’s classes, culture and extracurriculars, Robertson Scholars must pack up their collegiate lives and move down the road into enemy territory.
Last weekend, The Chronicle spoke with Moore to ask him about his memories of the Duke-North Carolina rivalry and his assessment of the Blue Devils’ chances Saturday evening against the Tar Heels.
If, for the sake of argument, you put aside the Final Four classic in April 2022, when was the last time that these two teams met in the regular season with the stakes as high as they will be Saturday night? The Blue Devils and Tar Heels are playing for more than bragging rights this time around.
The triumvirate of sophomores has faced challenges this season, but has proved in the early days of ACC play that it is more than capable of taking those challenges head-on.
At long last, the day is nearly here. The Tobacco Road rivalry kicks off Saturday evening in Chapel Hill in a top-10 showdown with storylines for miles. While the outcome of this one is anyone's guess, The Chronicle's beat writers (and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper) preview the game and offer their predictions.
Duke-North Carolina games are always a date to mark on the basketball calendar. But with both teams playing well and top spot in the ACC on the table, Saturday’s showdown shapes up to be one of the most consequential and exciting iterations in a while.
Each year, something new is on offer when Duke plays North Carolina. And each year, these teams remind us that this game needs no introduction, or additional incentives, to be thrilling.
Duke has strung together a series of emphatic wins to strengthen its claim at the ACC’s upper echelon. It grabbed another one Thursday night, never letting its foot off the gas in a 69-38 rout of Pittsburgh.
Many Duke fans experience the spectacle of the Duke-North Carolina rivalry through the voice of Shumate, Duke athletics’ director of broadcasting and radio announcer since June 2017. Shumate uses his captivating voice to entice Blue Devil fans into feeling like they are at the game, and he does the same for Duke football.
He developed a condition in his second year of collegiate basketball: the age-old sophomore slump. All of a sudden, he found himself on the negative side of Duke basketball fandom. With millions of eyes come millions of opinions, and the sophomore unwittingly gave them a target.
For the first of two scheduled regular-season matchups, the No. 7 Blue Devils will drive a few miles down Tobacco Road to take on the No. 3 Tar Heels in Chapel Hill. The Blue Zone is here with a preview of the squad the hosts will be fielding.
In one of their most complete performances of the season, the Blue Devils defeated Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. The Blue Zone is here to break down the win with the Player of the Game and more.
