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UNC Basketball: Top five North Carolina wins at Duke

By Bryson Gordon

Mar 7, 2015; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams with Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski before the game at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 7, 2015; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams with Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski before the game at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 5, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Brice Johnson (11) celebrates as he leaves the court after the Tar Heels beat the Duke Blue Devils 76-72 in their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 5, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Brice Johnson (11) celebrates as he leaves the court after the Tar Heels beat the Duke Blue Devils 76-72 in their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports /

March 5th, 2016

UNC- 76

Duke- 72

Play of the game: This monstrous alley-oop to Brice Johnson

Recency bias may have something to do with this, but oh well.

This win was big for Carolina in several ways. For starters, it locked up the program’s 30th regular season ACC title. Secondly, it halted a four-game Duke winning streak in the rivalry. Number three, it was the Heels’ first win at Cameron Indoor in nearly four years. Lastly, it was sweet, sweet revenge for the game that the Blue Devils stole in Chapel Hill a few weeks earlier.

While the final score was close, the Heels dominated nearly every facet of the game. Carolina never trailed in this game, after getting out to a quick 6-0 lead. And they won this game the same way they had won most of their games last season. They were DOMINANT in the paint.

Carolina out-rebounded Duke 64-29 (!), and were hard to stop in the paint, outscoring the Devils 42-20. Brice Johnson almost out-rebounded Duke by himself, corralling 21 rebounds to go with his 18 points. Also, all five starters for Carolina racked up double-digits on their way to this big victory!

This game was the second win of a ten game winning streak that carried the Heels all the way to the National Championship game.

And of course, who could ever forget the awesome locker room celebration after the game!

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