I gotta be honest that second half of the Baylor game I think was worse

@@martinward3084 The Baylor game was lower stakes

Those of us who were non UNC/Duke fans loved watching you all sweat it out.

I didn’t watch it. Die hard heels fan, I told myself I won’t and can’t. Little did I know I checked the score every two minutes saying “dang we are gonna lose” any time Duke scored 😂

@@zach6923 your not a real fan if you didn’t watch the game

Fun fact! Did you know that Caleb Love’s 3 point shot was geographically in the exact same spot exactly geographically speaking where Michael Jordan on the exact same court hit the buzzer in 1982?

That was one of the greatest shots of all time I thought. Caleb Love was literally a “Mailman” this past year he delivered.

@@Gonzoweirdo1 MJ Shot was on the Baseline.

It’s just a crazy Michael Jordan fan that are so lost in an imaginary world where Michael Jordan somehow hits every single game-winning shot, shoots 70% from the field while suffering from the flu (when it was actually food poisoning), and a perfect teammate who never did anything questionable. 😂🤣😅

@@Gonzoweirdo1 Um no, it wasn't. Jordan was on the left wing about 15' out - and it wasn't at the buzzer. GTown got another possession where they passed the ball to James Worthy.

Such an underrated moment

ABSOLUTELY

You can tell Puff fouls Keels on purpose there too the way he swipes and steps back. A true hero.

I wanted Hubert to play him more bc he’s clutch just like his brother

The only thing that would have made it possibly any better is if it were in the Finals instead of the Semifinals.

I got to be there! Absolutely incredible

It's Duke Nation on always and that's my good word!!!

Lies

@@dreamgirl284u2 North Carolina was already better.

the refs keeping mark williams out most of the gamedue to foul trouble kept unc in this game, unc was able to get rebounds and many putbacks with our 7 foot 1 center out most of the game

@@dreamgirl284u2 UNC leads all time series, more Final 4 appearances, and more national championships. The biggest game of the rivalry played (Final 4) was won by UNC. UNC owns the rivalry.

@@americanpatriot7233 with 5 min left in the game UNC 8 fouls and Duke 2 fouls. Williams finished the game with a chance to take the lead at the FT line with Bacot fouling out and Williams choked. Duke shot 22% from 3 making 5 while UNC shot 38% from 3 making 10. UNC shot 70% from the FT line and Duke shot 60% from the FT line. Leaky locking up Griffin made a big difference as well Leaky had 8 pts making 2 3's while Griffin went 1-7 FG and 0-4 from 3 for 6 pts.

i was happy too because i found many unc fans to bet on the game, i even found some who bet me at halftime, haha i knew kansas would come back and beat them. i won a lot of money from tarhole fans haha

@@americanpatriot7233 still not as funny as Duke fans paying up to 250,000 dollars to watch K get d!cked down in front of 50 former Duke players at his last home game in Cameron Indoor. Now that's just priceless

Amen! Go Tar Heels forever! Win, lose, or tie, I’m a Tar Heel fan until I die! #GoHeels #GDTBATH 💙 🐏

Thas right

Wanna brag about the Championship ?

@@johnwesleyhuss2327 where’s dukes?

@@AD-ur1fk I'm a Kansas fan lol. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!

Absolutely! People can say what they want to about the Yankees versus Red Sox or Kentucky versus Louisville or the Chicago Bears versus the Green Bay Packers or Alabama versus Auburn, and even Manchester United versus Liverpool F.C. in Soccer, for that matter, this is the greatest rivalry of any sport in the world not just in America but in the world in my opinion arguably by far, hands down!

Heyl naw. NOT the Top game when Kansas waiting for the Finals.

@@mromneyobama Just wait in two more years from now! The 2024 Final Four will be just like it was before COVID. sold out massless 75,000 screaming fans, and Basketball will be as important as it was pre-COVID. And also yeah it could be an all Tobacco Road Final Four Duke, Carolina, NC State, and Wake Forest you never know. But I doubt that seriously. I wouldn’t even bet a dime on that. What would have to happen is the rest of the coaches aside from Hubert Davis (Jon Scheyer, Kevin Keatts, and Steve Forbes) would have to prove to America they are the greatest basketball coaches in America that year. They would have to pull a Tony Bennett what he did in 2019 at Virginia. Hubert Davis is a great coach he’s proven himself after Roy Williams left. He may not have won the national championship but he certainly did make it there in his first year which is nothing short of amazing however the other coaches would have to do the same thing. Kevin Keatts would have to win this coming year, and clean up what he lost his. He would have to prove himself better with The Wolfpack then what he just went through at State this past year. Steve Forbes had a great season at Wake Forest. But he is going to have to keep that up moving forward. He went to the NIT he should’ve been in March Madness. He had some good players they were not Naismiths but they were good. I’m not saying he was Chris Paul or Tim Duncan but Steve Forbes had Alondes Williams, and Jake LaRavia. They weren’t Naismith players or Gonzaga players or Purdue players but they were great! But guess how Alondes, and Jake got to Wake Forest? The portal! That’s how. Wake Forest needs to schedule some tougher teams to play early on in order to earn their off March Madness bubble but he’s a good coach. Duke after Coach K left has to restore their legacy they have to continue the same legacy I hate Duke I always did of course but I will say Coach K is going to have to teach his new coach he turned it over to Jon Scheyer that he is going to have to continue the legacy at Cameron Indoor. He is going to have to live up to the same energy with the crazies he’s going to have to win the same amount of games it’s going to have to continue he’s going to ask you to continue Krzyzewski‘s legacy at Duke. Whereas the rest of the 64 teams that March Madness year would be good teams on the court but obviously not as good as the four North Carolina ACC teams. Some crazy stuff happens in March I doubt this will happen but you just never know. March is very unpredictable. The transfer portal makes it even more unpredictable. I believe that’s why the Cinderella peacocks ended up where they ended up this past year it’s because of the portal. They brought in some players that surprised us. As a result Saint peters won their conference. It was almost an accident it was almost accidental I think that the transfer portal really created a monster for college hoops. Just look at Brady Manek at North Carolina he came from Oklahoma look what he did at Carolina? And the rest is history. This game wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for him he’s a big reason he’s not entirely but Brady Manek really contributed big time. Of-course other people like Armando Bacot, RJ Davis, Caleb Love, Dontrez Styles, and even Puff Johnson for that matter contributed. We have a new guy he transferred it’s awesome Pete Nance. He’s going to fill in for Brady Manek next year. I’m telling you the portal to quote “Forrest Gump” is “Like a box of chocolates.” “You never know” the outcome of these players once they enter the portal. They could end up being really really talented taking your team to March Madness. I never really liked the one, and done deal but I really do like this transfer portal, though. It seems to be working out for teams. The portal could be for anybody anybody for any team could transfer anywhere if they wanted to that’s the beauty of the portal. That’s college basketball’s new normal the portal is actually a deal. No I’m serious it’s an opportunity for student athletes I mean I’m being honest it’s actually cool that they could go play for other teams. It’s almost like players trading to other teams in the NBA except they’re in college. My point is the transfer portal will bring some crazy things to college basketball. So we never know how good these teams will end up becoming thanks to the portal. But it’s a beautiful thing. I mean somebody if they really wanted to could go from for example Ohio State if they wanted to transfer to a “third-fiddle” school to play basketball for a small school for a smaller team like Liberty for example they could if they really wanted to. It’s actually a pretty cool opportunity for student athletes!

@@mromneyobama Even a Liberty University basketball player could transfer through the portal to a blue-chip program like Kansas. Perhaps the best-known bluechip teams include all the blue-chip programs that we last saw this past year Duke, and Carolina, of-course, Villanova, and Kansas. Others also include Kentucky, I guess Georgetown might be considered a blue-chip program, as well as maybe, just maybe Ohio State, and maybe, just maybe even Louisville maybe for that matter. (They had Rick Pitino). I guess Syracuse might be one also maybe even just maybe Michigan State well they have a good coach. I mean Tom Izzo is no fly by night. Oh I mean he’s for real. He’s actually a very very good coach he’s excellent. No there are more than just a few blue chip programs there are not tons but there are several. So those are the main blue-chip programs of basketball. Unless maybe it’s Michigan. Remember The fab five? That was with Jalen Rose from 1993. Coach Howard was also one of the fab 4. Yeah they were fun to watch. North Carolina beat them. They went near undefeated. That is when Michigan University had Steve Fisher. Steve Fisher only lost like 4 games that whole year. North Carolina had Donald Williams, and, of-course Dean Smith was the Coach. That story never gets old. Dean Smith ended up winning The National Championship in 1993. Jerry Stackhouse was also on that team. No matter how many times you hear that story if you’re an ACC basketball fan it never gets old. Especially if you grew up watching Carolina basketball most people remember that 1993 team who ended up facing Michigan Monday night. It’s funny because everybody thought Michigan would win they were wrong. Michigan was favored to win by 15 points. North Carolina thumped them. Everybody thought the fab five would end up winning. But North Carolina had a fairytale run that year. Dean Smith only won one other national title that was of course with we all know who you know who MJ of course. But then he won in 1993. But he came in second or had made it to the elite eight multiple other times. Perhaps his signature win was in 1997 after he beat was it Colorado State? That was in Winston-Salem. That was when he broke the record. He broke Adolph Rupp’s record for the most wins. Some of my absolute most favorite coaches include Dean Smith, John Wooten, Bobby Knight, Roy Williams, John Calipari, and Bill Self. Perhaps one of my favorite players from North Carolina was Tyler Hansbrough Psycho-T! He was a white boy from North Carolina who played for Roy in his second year. The stat I liked about him is When he handled the ball he knew how to jump high he was a high jumper people forget how high Tyler Hansbrough actually could jump he could go to the rim, and he could actually run all over the court, and he knew how to fly high in the air, and dunk the basketball. He had a leap at the time but not too many white boys at the time could physically do at the time. Tyler Hansbrough was awesome! He was a freak. His jersey is hanging in the rafters at the dean dome in chapel hill. He played for the Indiana Pacers at one point. One of my most favorite March Madness games in recent memory was when Virginia lost to number 16 UMBC that was pretty cool. I also remember when North Carolina had the redemption in 2017 after losing the year before to Villanova they came back in Phoenix, Arizona, and beat Gonzaga as Roy won his last National Championship. Who knew? Luke Maye sent them to that year’s final four. I also like players like Bill Walton, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird, and Pete Maravich but they came early on. Larry Bird was just a blue-collar person from rural Indiana who played college at Indiana State. He made himself into a name. Perhaps he was one of the greatest white boys the sport had ever seen ever in history as Earvin “Magic” Johnson became his arch-rival. And Jim Valvano’s story at NC State. “Never Give Up. Don’t Ever Give Up.” Who could forget Jim Valvano’s iconic hug at The Palace? And Pandemonium in The Astrodome. Those were early but they are still fun to learn about in history. They were early basketball things but they never get old to study. They were not the modern game but I enjoy studying that history. Have you ever heard of “The Tall Firs?” They played for Oregon early on. I enjoy studying the history of March Madness. Besides, Steph Curry who just won the NBA finals with Golden State congrats to them again played for Davidson. He literally could shoot from anywhere on the court I mean anywhere! The perfect example occurred in a March Madness game at Ford Field against Wisconsin in ‘08 after Davidson defeated a hungry Gonzaga team in Raleigh they advanced he was consistent in Raleigh all over the court as well as all over the court in Detroit winning to Wisconsin with a final score of 56 to 73 sending the Badgers home with a 17 point loss in the second round. He was perhaps the best shooter in 2008 he was named MVP for his consistent three-pointer shooting average. Others in history also included Oscar “The Big O” Robinson, and Larry Brown as well as Phil Ford, and Clyde Drexler. Also, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played for UCLA. Who could forget Christian Laettner “the shot” at Duke against Kentucky in 1992? That was perhaps the greatest ever one of them ever. Perhaps the greatest game happened of all time changed the modern game as we know it today when the North Carolina State Wolfpack lead in an ACC tournament game with a six-point win over Maryland. The Terrapins shot only 61 percent during that game. That when they had David Thompson. Norm Sloan was the head coach at NC State that year.

@@mromneyobama All these March Madness stories rock! UMBC versus Virginia was awesome! Ryan Odom was head coach of The Retrievers in what was then (until Saint peters this year) at the time a nobody for The Golden Retrievers. Unfortunately the next day they lost to Kansas State. I also remember in 2007 The Eastern Kentucky North Carolina March Madness game. As well as the UCF Duke game. The Eastern Kentucky North Carolina game was great also! Tyler Hansbrough had his mask on after being hit in the nose by Gerald Henderson against Duke. Eastern Kentucky was also a number 16 seed. They had a great player named Julian Mascoll. He was really really good! Eastern Kentucky had a run there in the game for a little while. At one point it could have indeed gone the way of The UMBC Virginia game in 2018 it could’ve gone that way indeed at one point in the game because a consistent Mascoll scored 8 points making it a four point game 44 to 48 in the second half. Indeed, Eastern Kentucky could have been a Cinderella indeed. Indeed they would have played Michigan State the next day in Winston-Salem. That would have indeed been a Cinderella story at the time. That would have indeed made Eastern Kentucky a household name the time. Roy Williams was frustrated. The problem is North Carolina is really hard to defeat. That is especially true if North Carolina is playing on their home turf although they did get beat in Charlotte the same year UMBC beat Virginia in 2018. Wayne Ellington was on North Carolina’s team also as well as Marcus Ginyard. And so was Brandon Wright, and Reyshawn Terry. In the end the final score was North Carolina 86 Eastern Kentucky 65. Billy Gillispie was the head coach of Eastern Kentucky. North Carolina was the number one seed just like Virginia was in 2018 so Roy Williams was the head coach of North Carolina after winning the 2005 national championship he was about Tony Bennett’s age at the time Tony Bennett was coaching against UMBC maybe a little older. Keep in mind that was 2007 that was a long time ago. Billy Gillispie was a no joke of a coach! No he was serious business. He was no fluke. Billy Gillispie was serious. That classic was in Winston-Salem. That game really stood out it still stands out to this day. Of-course, the Duke UCF game was like Virginia versus UMBC. That’s when Zion played for Duke. Tacko Fall played for UCF. He was 7 foot 6. That happened in Columbia, South Carolina. UCF almost pulled it out but Duke won at the buzzer.

that;s because he beat 98 percent of the college basketball world and he has the numbers to prove it

@@americanpatriot7233 yeah 98 percent, but Hubert Davis is the other 2 percent because he has a winning record against K

@@CrackerAndTheDoctor yeah for now. but im sure that will change.

​@@americanpatriot7233 Duke has 1 Title in the last decade with one and done teams. 😂 Coach K was great but he was also overrated.

@@RenaldyCalixte he won more ncaa tournament games than any coach in history, he also has won more regular season games than any coach in history, when usa olympic basketball got the bronze and got blown out with nba players and the current nba champion coach larry brown.they called coach k not another nba coach, they called him to get them the gold, and he delivered.you're just a jealous loser

It never will get old. This is fireworks of watching rivalries I don’t care how many times you see it.

#TarHeelNation 4 life

Should of won that national championship

@@Antbeast23 We weren't even supposed to make the tourney. Hoping for Redemption Tour the Sequel next year.

@William the Worst unless Duke and UNC met in a future title game. But yes unless that happens you do and I’m glad cause Duke basketball is the most annoying sport team

@@kylegross1081 spot on, my friend.

Puff also with the fantastic block out after Keels missed the 2nd. Great contributions from him.

and coach k will always have his last win at the dean dome.and coach k finishes with a winning record over unc with 50 wins for his career

@@americanpatriot7233 Thanks to Pete Gaudet.

@@americanpatriot7233 I'll still take this win over that stat (which is impressive)

@@kspade8751 and i'll still take kansas win over unc because i won a ton of money betting unc fans on that game and many of the best were at halftime when unc was up big.the miami kansas game and the unc baylor game taught unc fans nothing haha

@@americanpatriot7233 still behind in final 4s, head to head by a lot. Overall wins and winning percentage. And National Championships. Heels

Yeah you’re just joking quite the opposite, actually.

no it wasnt. kansas was better than both teams

​@@americanpatriot7233, Duke wld've moppd da floor wit Kansas had we won. We matchd up betta.

​@@americanpatriot7233if they was to play in an NBA playoff format 7 game series that UNC team wins 4-3 imo Kansas was slightly better championship night. I even agree as a Heel fan that Duke would have been a problem for Kansas anyways 😂 just my opinion tho 🤷🏿‍♂️

​@@earnieb35As a Heel fan I 100% agree 😂 we only had 1 Big 😂😂

@@logan790 unc only beat duke due to the refs keeping mark williams out of the game due to getting in foul trouble with those tickytak fouls. otherwise duke would have blown out unc by halftime, all those rebounds by bacot gave unc 2nd chances, because unc shot terrible in the 1st half, and those rebounds kept them in the game in the 1st half, and that was due to the refs putting 7 foot 2 mark williams in foul trouble

i knew duke was in trouble when williams got in foul trouble,duke would have been up by more if williams didnt miss most of this game, that cost them the game

It’s New Orleans. Did I want the win? Yes. Look at Carolina’s history in this building 5-1 as I type this. 82 and 93 come to mind. I didn’t have a good feeling. That slow start when tip happened set the tone. You look at their history in that building. North Carolina in New Orleans is like Duke in Indianapolis. Same thing the cards weren’t in our favor. I knew something crazy was probably gonna happen. I couldn’t watch it my anxiety was so bad.

Absolutely!

As someone who's been watching Tar Heels games for the past 55 years I've seen better games between them during alllll those seasons. This one, though, had the most impact. I honestly don't think a bigger game will ever be played.

I couldn't breathe until love shot went in the basket and then I remember collapsing on the floor with happiness 😂

considering coach k finished with a winning record over unc with 50 wins id say he did alright, its a compliment to coach k that he is so hated by unc fans and we all know why

@@Jack_Reacher2024 All that will be remembered is that last game! Oh....And the Final home game! It was sorta sad.....

@@williammials6080 no what will be remembered is kansas winning the championship that year over unc, nobody remembers the semifinal or season games

@@Jack_Reacher2024 OK Whatever! He monopolized the NCAA Basketball Season with his retirement and then went out like a light bulb! That has to hurt! And to get beat by UNC to end it all.... Maybe as Jay Williams says... He may come back or unretire! We all know why!

@@williammials6080 @teddy boy K’s record against unc is 50-50. Lol. Ncaa does count those 2 losses from back surgery year as does everyone else. Overall no real progress against the Heels in 40 years.

I’m sorry to hear that because you missed one of the greatest games ever I watched every single minute of this game it was incredible it was phenomenal!

Or he just lost, dukes been to ZERO nattys in eight years despite having 4x the talent unc has had, and unc has been to 3 since dukes last…

you barely made the tournament with manek, and you think you will make the tournament next year without manek ur best shooter haha, ur delusional.

this game was controlled by the refs, they kept unc in it by making sure mark williams didnt play and kept him out of the game in foul trouble, mark williams shut down arkansas and the refs made sure he didnt do it for this game.

@@Jack_Reacher2024 This game was a lifetime wait of only two hours, and now it won’t ever happen again in our lifetime anyway. So I hope you enjoyed it while you watched it. It was a very short game it was a lifetime waiting for this in the final four that has been wanting to be talked about for many decades yet it didn’t last very long it happened it’s lucky but it didn’t last very long, and it again probably will never happen again.

@@Gonzoweirdo1 i think the refs kept unc in it, mark williams hardly played and this allowed unc to get all those put back rebounds

@@Gonzoweirdo1 i enjoyed winning lots of money from unc fans after betting them that unc would lose to kansas, it was so funny seeing them celebrate at halftime thinking the game was over, the baylor game taught them nothing and neither did the kansas miami game.

Sorry but Michaels shot was a 15 footer from the left wing.. GO HEELS!!!!

@@t-reyharden6987 Although I will say you cannot compare Caleb Love to Michael Jordan it would be like comparing in another sport Tiger Woods to Will Zalatoris or Roger Federer to Nick Kyrgios. Caleb Love is NOT Michael Jordan!

@@t-reyharden6987 My point is Caleb Love is a very very different basketball player from how Michael Jordan was.

@@t-reyharden6987 Caleb Love, and Michael Jordan are two very very different basketball players from two very different eras. It’s just like I said Tiger Woods, and Will Zalatoris, for example, are two very different golfers from two very different eras. Tiger Woods played the way Michael Jordan did in basketball for golf Will Zalatoris is a lot like in golf Caleb or how Roger Federer played tennis differently from Nick Kyrgios two completely different styles of tennis players in two completely different t eras two different tennis players in two different eras. Nick Kyrgios plays like Caleb in tennis whereas Roger Federer was The GOAT 🐐 so to speak he was like Michael. MJ, and Caleb are two different basketball players who play/played different styles of basketball. One is not as good as the other but the other is very different in the style they play basketball. Caleb Love’s style is an entirely different style of basketball from that of MJ. Despite MJ was on the same team, they play two entirely different styles of ball.

It was arguably they’re calling it already the greatest basketball game ever ever ever I mean ever ever! Ever!!

Weird, it was on TBS in the US 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@jwilder7998 😂😂😂😂😂 You got me. I’m always used in seeing Jim Nantz covering bball games on CBS

college basketball is more physical while nba is more offensively skilled

Yes they will whoever says otherwise is sleeping.

We will win the whole thing next year it will be redemption whoever says otherwise is smoking. We are going to win the whole thing next year. I would be shocked if we didn’t. We are going to win the whole thing next year 2023 National champions North Carolina it’s going to happen history shows that North Carolina is all about redemption. I don’t care if the worst coach ever coaches us don’t care if we get the worst recruits ever we always deliver always that’s in our DNA. We could have The local Raleigh YMCA coach as our head coach for all I care, and we can win it all.

@@Gonzoweirdo1 espn says otherwise, unc barely made the tournament this year, 1 more loss they wouldnt have made it,and it will be even harder for them to make it now without their best shooter, duke has the number 1 recruiting class coming in, kansas,duke and arkansas are all on espn's list as favorites to win it all next season, unc wasnt even mentioned,yall will be lucky to even make the tournament next season

@@Jack_Reacher2024 Hahahahahahaha but you said that last year too

@@leakybasementrecords987 no i didnt, last time i said that was when duke had zionm duke will be very good this year and next year with the level of talent we have coming in, so im very happy

Zero natty appearances in 8 years

If only he could've done that when it actually mattered! Couldn't handle Christian Braun on that final shot!!

You are absolutely right! You may have disagreed with him you may have disliked him but you are spot on about this! It’s going to be hard to replace Coach K I don’t like to say that because as a Carolina fan, I did not like him. No matter how many years he coaches no matter how many games he wins no matter the reality is Jon Scheyer is never going to be as good as he was. Could he be another Roy Williams for Duke? Possibly but it’s too early to tail he could win three national championships at Duke but it’s too early to tell. Could he be like Tony Bennett at Virginia? It’s possible that that could be more realistic he might win one national championship, and then fall apart but he could be another Roy we just don’t know but he will never be Coach K that’s a fact. He’s very young he has mini mini years maybe under his belt at Duke he could stay or he could go we just don’t know it’s going to be interesting but honestly I don’t care because I don’t like Duke. I’m a Tar Heel I just respect them because of their success I will never root for them unless either they have a player like Zion Williamson, and a few other grades, and unless they were the only North Carolina team in March madness that year let alone the only team that year also from the ACC in March madness, and unless they made it to the final four, and Carolina has not then maybe maybe I will root for Duke maybe. I don’t know what losing Mike Krzyzewski means for the rivalry moving forward but it’s going to be real interesting. As much as I hate Duke I will say that they will never be another Coach K as much as I hated Coach K he was arguably one of the greatest coaches ever in the history of College hoops! What he has done for college basketball is unmatched it’s irreplaceable. Honestly, he is right in there with John Wooten, and I’m not even exaggerating! It’s going to be hard to see him on the sidelines next year I hate to say it but I’m just telling you! It’s going to be interesting to see how Jon Scheyer can carry on his legacy moving forward at Cameron Indoor. Time will tell if Duke will be a good team anymore or if Duke will fall apart with Scheyer as their new head coach but I just will say that I can’t root for them, unless maybe again they are the only team in the tournament from North Carolina, and unless they are the only ACC team in the field of 68 one year then maybe I would have to root for them I would have no choice because I wouldn’t care about the other teams I wouldn’t root for them but because Duke would be in there then maybe I would cheer for Duke then. Otherwise, I can’t cheer for them. I hate them. I’m a Tar Heel!

People can say what they want to about the Yankees versus the Red Sox or Kentucky versus Louisville or the Chicago Bears versus the Green Bay Packers or Alabama versus Auburn, or even Manchester United versus Liverpool F.C. in Soccer, for that matter, this is the greatest rivalry of any sport in the world not just in America but in the world by far, hands down! Duke versus Carolina in College Basketball is the greatest rivalry of any sport in the whole entire world! No rivalry can match Duke versus Carolina that’s a fact. Nothing I mean zero. It’s as good as some of the great sporting traditions like the Masters in Golf, The Ryder Cup, the cricket World Cup, The Kentucky Derby, The US Open in Golf, The NBA finals, and Wimbledon. The Duke Carolina rivalry game is one of the great traditions in all of sports, really. It’s more than just a rivalry. It’s more than just a very large sporting event it’s a tradition.