one of the most intense rivalries not
only in college basketball but in all of
sports the Duke Blue Devils in the
University of North Carolina Tar Heels
have never been short of dramatic
storylines and intense battles
intensified by the fact that the two
schools are located only an eight mile
drive apart Duke and UNC are each among
the top five most victorious teams in
NCAA history with Duke ranking fourth
and unc second since 1920 the two
schools have fought it out at least
twice a year with the tar heels holding
128 97 overall advantage over the Blue
Devils the two programs combined for
seventy nine percent of the Atlantic
coast conference’s regular season titles
and fifty-eight percent of the
tournament titles in over 50 years of
the conference’s history year after year
both programs are consistently ranked
amongst the tops in men’s college
basketball in fact the last time the two
teams played each other without at least
one being ranked in the AP top 25 was in
nineteen sixty also called the battle of
the blues each school balls consistently
impressive showings in the history of
the NCAA tournament however with 17
Final Four appearances and four NCAA
championships under their belt UNC ranks
just ahead of do who has participated in
14 Final Fours but earned only three
championships do can claim players like
christian Laettner is being former Blue
Devils however UNC can brag that they
helped develop both James Worthy in
Michael Jordan who actually played side
by side both programs have also at
legendary coaches at the helm UNC has at
Roy Williams and Dean Smith in charge
both of who can be considered amongst
the best ever since the 1980s Duke’s
Mike sous-chefs key or simply Coach K
has transformed Dukes program into a
contender season after season and is
also ranked amongst the best to have a
coach college basketball
only in college basketball but in all of
sports the Duke Blue Devils in the
University of North Carolina Tar Heels
have never been short of dramatic
storylines and intense battles
intensified by the fact that the two
schools are located only an eight mile
drive apart Duke and UNC are each among
the top five most victorious teams in
NCAA history with Duke ranking fourth
and unc second since 1920 the two
schools have fought it out at least
twice a year with the tar heels holding
128 97 overall advantage over the Blue
Devils the two programs combined for
seventy nine percent of the Atlantic
coast conference’s regular season titles
and fifty-eight percent of the
tournament titles in over 50 years of
the conference’s history year after year
both programs are consistently ranked
amongst the tops in men’s college
basketball in fact the last time the two
teams played each other without at least
one being ranked in the AP top 25 was in
nineteen sixty also called the battle of
the blues each school balls consistently
impressive showings in the history of
the NCAA tournament however with 17
Final Four appearances and four NCAA
championships under their belt UNC ranks
just ahead of do who has participated in
14 Final Fours but earned only three
championships do can claim players like
christian Laettner is being former Blue
Devils however UNC can brag that they
helped develop both James Worthy in
Michael Jordan who actually played side
by side both programs have also at
legendary coaches at the helm UNC has at
Roy Williams and Dean Smith in charge
both of who can be considered amongst
the best ever since the 1980s Duke’s
Mike sous-chefs key or simply Coach K
has transformed Dukes program into a
contender season after season and is
also ranked amongst the best to have a
coach college basketball
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