Duke vs North Carolina LIVE Stream/Preview: Blue Devils Host Tar Heels in ACC Grudge Match
ByThe Duke Blue Devils (4) now have the chance to avenge their earlier loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels (14) in a grudge match of college basketball's best rivalry.
One of the hottest teams in the country, UNC beat Duke 74-66 on Feb. 20 as part of the Tar Heels current 12-game winning streak. UNC's rocky 1-4 start in the ACC is now a distant afterthought.
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Duke has lost two of its last four, once to UNC and once to Wake Forest in an upset bad enough to literally make coach Mike Krzyzewski's head spin. Since skipping his post-game press conference with dizziness and going to the hospital for it, Coach K is expected to be 100 percent fine for the Tar Heels game.
Five of Duke's seven losses have come on the road, two in neutral locations and none at home. At 16-0, Duke has proven that even with an inexperienced squad, they are still homebodies who greatly elevate their game in front of their own fans. This season's home winning streak is only part of a streak of 32 in a row at Cameron Indoor.
The game could also very well be Jabari Parker's final home game for Duke, as most NBA Draft experts project him as one of the two or three best prospects this year. Like Kansas' Andrew Wiggins admitted to recently, Parker is also likely feeling his freshman season went by too quickly.
Saturday night's game also represents an intriguing matchup of the teams' leading scorers. Parker, who is averaging nearly 19 points per game, tallied only seven points in the second half of his team's loss to UNC. On the other side of the court, Marcus Paige, who averages 17 for the Tar Heels, notched all of his 13 points in UNC's late surge to beat the visiting Blue Devils.
Duke's impressive home streak does not just apply to unranked teams. They have won 12 of their last 13 home matchups with top-25 teams, but the only loss was to... you guessed it, the North Carolina Tar Heels.