UNC-Duke rivalry

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The UNC-Duke game always features tough physical play
The UNC-Duke game always features tough physical play

This refers to the rivalry, mainly in men's college basketball, between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("UNC").

The rivalry between the two schools in college basketball is one of the best in sports. Some say this is due to the close proximity of the two universities (only 8 miles apart on Tobacco Road), the excellence of both athletic programs, and the different composition of the two schools (one private and one public). Duke has won three NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships and been in 12 Final Fours. North Carolina has won four NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships and appeared in 15 Final Fours (the men's basketball team was additionally awarded another national championship by the Helms Foundation in 1936 for the undefeated (26-0) 1924 season).

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[edit] Coaches

Though the two schools had always had the contempt born of familiarity, the rivalry exploded in the late 1980s and early 1990s due to the presence of two of the greatest coaches ever in the college game.

On UNC was Dean Smith, considered by many to be the greatest coach of all time. Smith has the most wins by a men's college basketball coach, with 879 wins against only 254 losses. In 1982, with players like Michael Jordan and James Worthy, he won his first national championship, but would soon share the Tobacco Road spotlight with one of the few men who could eventually eclipse his wins record.

In 1981, Duke hired Mike Krzyzewski, and in contrast with Smith's slow start at UNC, Coach K quickly launched Duke into the stratosphere. Duke went to five consecutive Final Fours, including winning it all in 1991 and 1992 behind Grant Hill and Christian Laettner. North Carolina was not to be denied the spotlight, though, winning the championship in 1993. Since then, Duke won a third championship under Krzyzewski, in 2001.

The excellence at Duke and UNC put both coaches in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Since Smith's retirement, UNC has had a number of coaches who have had to follow in Smith's shadow. With the arrival of Roy Williams, UNC secured another national championship in 2005, and the rivalry remains as heated as ever.

[edit] Coaching Stats

Stats For North Carolina
North Carolina Coaches:
Frank McGuire,Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge, Matt Doherty, Roy Williams

National Coach of the Year honors for North Carolina Coaches while at North Carolina:
Frank McGuire in 1957; Dean Smith in 1977, 1979, 1993; Bill Guthridge in 1998; Matt Doherty in 2001; Roy Williams in 2006. [1]

ACC Coach of the Year honors for North Carolina Coaches while at North Carolina:
Frank McGuire in 1957, Dean Smith in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993; Bill Guthridge in 1998; Roy Williams in 2006.

Stats For Duke
Duke Coaches:
Harold Bradley, Bill Foster, Vic Bubas, Mike Krzyzewski

National Coach of the Year honors for Duke Coaches while at Duke:
Bill Foster in 1978; Mike Krzyzewski in 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000. [2]

ACC Coach of the Year honors for Duke Coaches while at Duke:
Harold Bradley in 1959; Bill Foster in 1978; Vic Bubas in 1963, 1964, 1966; Mike Krzyzewski in 1984, 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000.

[edit] Players

Tobacco Road has showcased some of the greatest players to grace the college hardwood. On the UNC side are Michael Jordan, Jerry Stackhouse, James Worthy, Billy Cunningham, Larry Brown, Phil Ford, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Raymond Felton, Sean May, Rashad McCants, Sam Perkins, Kenny Smith, Rasheed Wallace, Bob McAdoo, and current standout Tyler Hansbrough. On the Duke side are Grant Hill, Danny Ferry, Bobby Hurley, Christian Laettner, Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Jason Williams, Corey Maggette, and outgoing Duke seniors Shelden Williams and J. J. Redick.

For a further list of North Carolina and Duke players see wikipedia categories on North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players [3] and Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players [4].

[edit] Player Stats

Player Stats for North Carolina
UNC Players with retired jerseys:
Jack Cobb, George Glamack, Len Rosenbluth, Phil Ford, James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Antawn Jamison.

National players of the year honors for North Carolina players:
Len Rosenbluth in 1957; Phil Ford in 1978; James Worthy in 1982; Michael Jordan in 1983, 1984; Kenny Smith in 1987; Jerry Stackhouse in 1995; Antawn Jamison in 1998.

ACC players of the year for North Carolina:
Len Rosenbluth in 1957; Pete Brennan in 1958; Lee Shaffer in 1960; Billy Cunningham in 1965; Larry Miller in 1967, 1968; Mitch Kupchak in 1976; Phil Ford in 1978; Michael Jordan in 1984; Antawn Jamison in 1998.

ACC rookies of the year for North Carolina:
Sam Perkins in 1981; Michael Jordan in 1982; J.R. Reid in 1987; Ed Cota in 1997; Joseph Forte in 2000; Marvin Williams in 2005; Tyler Hansbrough in 2006.

Player Stats for Duke
Duke Players with retired jerseys:
Dick Groat, Art Heyman, Jeff Mullins, Mike Gminski, Johnny Dawkins, Danny Ferry, Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, Shane Battier, Jason Williams.

National players of the year honors for Duke players:
Art Heyman in 1963; Johnny Dawkins in 1986; Danny Ferry in 1989; Christian Laettner in 1992; Elton Brand in 1999; Shane Battier in 2001; Jason Williams in 2001, 2002; J.J. Redick in 2006.

ACC players of the year for Duke:
Art Heyman in 1963; Jeff Mullins in 1964; Steve Vacendak in 1966; Mike Gminski in 1979; Danny Ferry in 1988, 1989; Christian Laettner in 1992; Grant Hill in 1994; Elton Brand in 1999; Shane Battier in 2001; J.J. Redick in 2005, 2006.

ACC rookies of the year for Duke:
Jim Spanarkel in 1976; Mike Gminski in 1977; Gene Banks in 1978; Chris Duhon in 2001.

[edit] Trivia

  • Carolina leads the all-time series with Duke, 125-96.
  • UNC is 57-30 against Duke in Chapel Hill and 12-9 in the Dean Smith Center. The Blue Devils have won six of the last eight over Carolina in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heel wins in that span were in 2002-03 and 2004-05.
  • The two teams have never met in the NCAA Tournament.
  • Overall, Duke has won 16 of the last 20 games in the series.
  • Carolina is 32-31 against Mike Krzyzewski-coached Duke teams.
  • For the last 122 meetings at least one school has been ranked in the AP Top 20 or AP Top 25. The last time Carolina and Duke met when neither team was ranked by the Associated Press was on February 27, 1960. Frank McGuire and Vic Bubas coached the Tar Heels and Blue Devils, respectively, at the time. When they met on Feb. 27, 1960 neither was ranked by the AP, but UNC was No. 12 in the coach's poll (run at the time by the UPI, now the ESPN/USA Today poll). The last time when neither of the teams was not ranked in either the AP or coaches poll was February 25, 1955 when 17-7 Duke (which had been ranked as high as 17 earlier in the season) beat 10-9 UNC (unranked all year).
  • Carolina has been ranked in the AP poll in 99 of the previous 121 games. Duke was ranked in 76 of those 121 match-ups
  • Carolina and Duke have accounted for 31 of the ACC's 53 conference tournament championships.
  • Carolina and Duke hold the top two spots all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins and NCAA Tournament wins.
  • Duke is second, behind UCLA, in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation with 96 weeks. Carolina is third with 84 weeks. [5]
  • Carolina holds the record for most times defeating the number one team in the nation with 11 victories. Duke is fourth with 8 victories. [6]
  • Carolina has won the ACC regular-season title 24 times, including in 2004-05. The Blue Devils are second with 18 regular-season crowns including 2005-2006.
  • Duke has won the ACC tournament title 16 times, including in 2005-2006. Carolina is second with 15.
  • Either Carolina or Duke has played in the NCAA Final Four in 19 of the last 26 seasons.
  • The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have won six national championships in the last 25 seasons.
  • Carolina has won 16 NCAA Regional championships and played in an NCAA-record 16 Final Fours. Duke has played in 14 Final Fours.
  • After the 2006 season, Carolina had 1883 all-time school victories and Duke had 1796.
  • Sports Illustrated on Campus named the Carolina-Duke rivalry the No. 1 "Hottest Rivalry" in college basketball and the No. 2 rivalry overall in its Nov. 18, 2003 issue.
  • ESPN listed it as the third best rivalry in all of sports for the past century. [7]
  • ESPN, under its ESPN Full Circle program, gave the UNC-Duke game on Mar. 4, 2006, unprecedented coverage by broadcasting the game simultaneously from three different views on three different channels. [8] Coverage of the game set a record for the largest audience for a men’s college basketball in ESPN history (more than 26 years), according to Nieslen Media Research, with an average of 3.78 million households watching the event. It was also the fourth most-watched basketball game of all time (including college and professional games). [9]

[edit] Results

[edit] Scores Of Games

Winning team is shown in their teams colors. Ranking of the team at the time of the game by the AP poll is shown in parenthesis next to the team name.

Date Duke North Carolina Site
February 9, 2005 Duke (2) 71 North Carolina (7) 70 Cameron Indoor Stadium
March 6, 2005 Duke (6) 73 North Carolina (2) 75 Dean Smith Center
February 7, 2006 Duke (2) 87 North Carolina (23) 83 Dean Smith Center
March 4, 2006 Duke (1) 76 North Carolina (13) 83 Cameron Indoor Stadium

Complete list of scores

[edit] Achievements By Season (1985-2006)

Season ACC Regular Season Champions ACC Tournament Champions Duke's performance in NCAA Tournament North Carolina's performance in NCAA Tournament
1985-1986 Duke Duke Finals Sweet Sixteen
1986-1987 North Carolina N. C. State Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight
1987-1988 North Carolina Duke Final Four Elite Eight
1988-1989 N.C. State North Carolina Final Four Sweet Sixteen
1989-1990 Clemson Georgia Tech Finals Sweet Sixteen
1990-1991 Duke North Carolina National Champions Final Four
1991-1992 Duke Duke National Champions Sweet Sixteen
1992-1993 North Carolina Georgia Tech 2nd Round National Champions
1993-1994 Duke North Carolina Finals 2nd Round
1994-1995 North Carolina (co-champs) Wake Forest Did not Qualify Final Four
1995-1996 Georgia Tech Wake Forest 1st Round 2nd Round
1996-1997 Duke North Carolina 2nd Round Final Four
1997-1998 Duke North Carolina Elite Eight Final Four
1998-1999 Duke Duke Finals 1st Round
1999-2000 Duke Duke Sweet Sixteen Final Four
2000-2001 Duke/North Carolina (co-champs) Duke National Champions 2nd Round
2001-2002 Maryland Duke Sweet Sixteen Did not qualify
2002-2003 Wake Forest Duke Elite Eight Did not qualify
2003-2004 Duke Maryland Final Four 2nd Round
2004-2005 North Carolina Duke Sweet Sixteen National Champions
2005-2006 Duke Duke Sweet Sixteen 2nd Round

ACC records

[edit] UNC-Duke rivalry in other areas

There is also a less intense football rivalry between the two schools over the Victory Bell. This rivalry has been less intense recently due to the fact that both schools have not typically fielded competitive football teams. However UNC has dominated Duke by winning 15 of the last 16 meetings with Duke and now owns a 52-36-4 advantage in the all-time series between the intrastate rivals. Also recently, many consider North Carolina's main football rivals to be NC State.

The rivalry between Duke and North Carolina has spilled over into other arenas. Recently, the rivalry has sparked the creation of the Carlyle Cup. This Cup is given each year to the school that has the most wins in a variety of sports over the other school.[10]

Duke and North Carolina have also developed a strong women's college basketball rivalry since the 1990's. It is not as intense as the men's basketball rivalry, and it is also overshadowed by more prestigious women's basketball rivalries, such as the rivalry between Connecticut and Tennessee. Nevertheless, Duke and North Carolina field the strongest women's basketball teams in the ACC. Duke made four Women's Final Four appearances in 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2006. North Carolina won its first NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 1994, and made two Women's Final Four appearances in 1994 and 2006.

Twenty four students from the two schools got together from January 14-16, 2006 in order to attempt to break the world record for the longest continuous game of basketball ever recorded. The game set a new world record at 57 hours, 17 hours and 41 seconds with Duke winning the game 3699-3444. All $60,000 raised from the marathon benefited the Hoop Dreams Basketball Academy [11], an organization which helps children with life-threatening illnesses develop successful life skills through basketball.

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