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UNC Basketball: Top five home wins vs Duke

By Bryson Gordon

Jan 8, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels mascot reacts with a Roy Williams mask at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 8, 2017; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels mascot reacts with a Roy Williams mask at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 4, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; NBA former player Michael Jordan and NCAA president Mark Emmert during halftime of the game between the Villanova Wildcats and the North Carolina Tar Heels in the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Final Four at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 4, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; NBA former player Michael Jordan and NCAA president Mark Emmert during halftime of the game between the Villanova Wildcats and the North Carolina Tar Heels in the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Final Four at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

January 22nd, 1983

UNC-103

Duke- 82

Player of the game: Michael Jordan (32 points, 7 rebounds, 68% FG)

This day in January, Michael Jordan had his breakout game in this rivalry. Sure, “The Shot” happened a year before in the title game, but this was his coming out party against Duke.

Jordan had one of those performances we expected from him when he was in the NBA. MJ was unstoppable. 32 points on 19 shots is extremely efficient, and doing it against your chief rival is even better. And five assists is not bad for him either!

Carolina was coming off of a national title, and was ranked number three in the nation. Duke at the time was unranked. North Carolina asserted itself from the beginning, leading by eleven points at the half. They went on to drop 60 points in the second half to blow the game wide open.

This Carolina team went on to the Elite 8, before losing to 4th seeded Georgia.

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