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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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Sigh.....

ESPN Classic has dubbed this an instant classic, to re air tonight at 8:00. I'll probably watch it again knowing my sick twisted a**.

It probably fits. How many classics have there been between these two? Tons of them.

I'm not sure how many people are aware of this, but in 1979 Duke and Carolina played a game that was 7-0 at halftime. It was the final regular season game of my senior year at Duke. It was in the days of the shot clock, and Dean went into a stall for most of the first half. Eventually, Carolina's Rich Yonakur took a shot and missed everything. It was at that moment that the chant of "air ball!" was invented. The final score of that game was 47-40, Duke. 7-0 first half, 40-40 second half.

There was the game, before I got to Duke, where Carolina made up a 7 point deficit with 17 seconds to play -- before the three-point shot was in the rule book.

The closest games of the Coach K era:

1980-81: UNC 78-76, Duke 66-65 (OT)

1983-84: UNC 78-73, Duke 77-75

1985-86: UNC 95-92

1987-88: Duke 70-69, Duke 65-61

1988-89: Duke 88-86, UNC 77-74

1991-92: UNC 75-73

1994-95: UNC 101-100 (2 OT)

1995-96: UNC 73-72

1997-98: Duke 77-75

1999-2000: Duke 90-86 (OT)

2000-01: UNC 85-83

2002-03: UNC 82-79

2003-04: Duke 83-81 (OT), Duke 70-65

2004-05: Duke 71-70, UNC 75-73

2005-06: Duke 87-83

2011-12: Duke 85-84

Duke leads in nailbiters, 12-10. And this doesn't include a lot of 6-8 point games that were closer until the last 30 seconds when one team had to foul.

FWIW, Duke has played 16 games with Maryland that were within 5 points in this same stretch of time. Not bad.

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It probably fits. How many classics have there been between these two? Tons of them.

I'm not sure how many people are aware of this, but in 1979 Duke and Carolina played a game that was 7-0 at halftime. It was the final regular season game of my senior year at Duke. It was in the days of the shot clock, and Dean went into a stall for most of the first half. Eventually, Carolina's Rich Yonakur took a shot and missed everything. It was at that moment that the chant of "air ball!" was invented. The final score of that game was 47-40, Duke. 7-0 first half, 40-40 second half.

There was the game, before I got to Duke, where Carolina made up a 7 point deficit with 17 seconds to play -- before the three-point shot was in the rule book.

The closest games of the Coach K era:

1980-81: UNC 78-76, Duke 66-65 (OT)

1983-84: UNC 78-73, Duke 77-75

1985-86: UNC 95-92

1987-88: Duke 70-69, Duke 65-61

1988-89: Duke 88-86, UNC 77-74

1991-92: UNC 75-73

1994-95: UNC 101-100 (2 OT)

1995-96: UNC 73-72

1997-98: Duke 77-75

1999-2000: Duke 90-86 (OT)

2000-01: UNC 85-83

2002-03: UNC 82-79

2003-04: Duke 83-81 (OT), Duke 70-65

2004-05: Duke 71-70, UNC 75-73

2005-06: Duke 87-83

2011-12: Duke 85-84

Duke leads in nailbiters, 12-10. And this doesn't include a lot of 6-8 point games that were closer until the last 30 seconds when one team had to foul.

FWIW, Duke has played 16 games with Maryland that were within 5 points in this same stretch of time. Not bad.

Good stuff, Frobby. I remember the 7-0 game. In fact that might have been the first Duke/UNC game I watched.

The list of close games is simply incredible. I can't wait until the next one. Congrats on last night.

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I'm not sure I'll advance dook past the 2nd round on either of my sheets. Something about them just doesn't pass the smell test.

They appear to be the most one-dimensional Dook team I've seen in a long, long time. They play no perimeter defense. The Plumlees are dominant, until they play someone with actual big men. Their guards (outside of Rivers) don't even look interested in penetrating. But when they are hot from the 3, watch out. I think that someone like Kentucky would beat them by 15+.

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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I'm not sure I'll advance dook past the 2nd round on either of my sheets. Something about them just doesn't pass the smell test.

I've been saying this since early in the year. They aren't very good defensively, they don't have anyone who is good at distributing the ball, and their big men look real good against other teams that are weak inside but they disappear against strong inside teams.

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