Jabari Parker and the Duke Blue Devils (8) are playing their best basketball once again, but they will be tested in Chapel Hill against the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Heralded as the best college basketball rivalry, Duke and UNC play their first of two meetings this season, the other coming March 8, the last game of the regular season. Duke (8-3 in the ACC) and UNC (6-4) are both vying for second place in the conference, chasing the top two teams Syracuse (10-0) and Virginia (11-1).

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Both teams have lost to the first-overall Syracuse, but Duke will get another shot Feb. 22.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski acknowledged his team is as good as they have been all year. They have won seven of eight, with the lone loss in that stretch coming in overtime against Syracuse.

"I think our team is the best it's been right now," Krzyzewski said Monday, according to ESPN. "And I think we're very good. But... we can lose really easier than last year's team."

Since losing to Clemson on Jan. 11, Parker has raised his point per game total back up to 19, whereas is slipped down from 22 in a mid-season slump. In his last four games, including the Syracuse loss, Parker has posted 86 total points.

UNC has won six of their last seven, losing only to Virginia. The Tar Heels are 11-3 this year at home, whereas Duke has been a shaky 3-3 on the road, with losses to Clemson and Notre Dame.

Marcus Paige, UNC's leading scorer, will have to try to match Parker's offensive output. However, the six-foot-one guard will not be tasked with guarding Duke's freshman sensation forward. UNC's six-foot-nine forward James McAdoo will most likely be tabbed with trying to contain Parker. McAdoo is averaging 15 points a game and 6.8 rebounds and his one-on-one matchup with Parker will likely be a focal of the game.

Paige may be the key for the Tar Heels, as he has scored no less than 15 points in each game of the team's five-game winning streak.

"I have been a little bit more aggressive (after halftime)," Paige said. "But it's not like I'm not trying to produce or be aggressive in the first half... When you look at the numbers, it is kind of crazy."