Duke 74, North Carolina 73: What we learned from rivals' latest classic, What we abstruse from No. 20 Duke’s 74-73 improvement achievement Wednesday over No. 5 North Carolina in the aboriginal of the schools' two animosity amateur this season:
There was every acumen to accept the Devils would be bounced out of the Dean Dome afterwards Carolina advanced Brice Johnson began bagging buckets in the aboriginal bisected and Duke bouncer Matt Jones formed an abate during the aboriginal bisected and larboard the aggregation with 5 advantageous regulars.
The Tar Heels (21-5, 10-3 ACC) were aggressive through the lane and seemed to own the game, even admitting they never could absolutely agitate apart from the Blue Devils (20-6, 9-4).
Duke drillmaster Mike Krzyzewski went with an isolation-style arrangement that affected Carolina’s defenders to play complete alone defense, and admitting it did not plan able-bodied aboriginal in the bold its capability grew as the burden increased. There was no bent assemblage from far behind, but that was abundantly because the Devils managed to break in acquaintance throughout the bold with their airy offense.
UNC drillmaster Roy Williams has questioned his team’s aggressive courage at times, and that seemed to be an affair here, even adjoin the Tar Heels’ greatest rival, even at home. Instead of putting a lock on the ACC regular-season appellation by acceptable this one, Carolina now is angry with Miami in aboriginal abode and has arrive Duke, Virginia, Louisville and Notre Dame aback into the hunt
There was every acumen to accept the Devils would be bounced out of the Dean Dome afterwards Carolina advanced Brice Johnson began bagging buckets in the aboriginal bisected and Duke bouncer Matt Jones formed an abate during the aboriginal bisected and larboard the aggregation with 5 advantageous regulars.
The Tar Heels (21-5, 10-3 ACC) were aggressive through the lane and seemed to own the game, even admitting they never could absolutely agitate apart from the Blue Devils (20-6, 9-4).
Duke drillmaster Mike Krzyzewski went with an isolation-style arrangement that affected Carolina’s defenders to play complete alone defense, and admitting it did not plan able-bodied aboriginal in the bold its capability grew as the burden increased. There was no bent assemblage from far behind, but that was abundantly because the Devils managed to break in acquaintance throughout the bold with their airy offense.
UNC drillmaster Roy Williams has questioned his team’s aggressive courage at times, and that seemed to be an affair here, even adjoin the Tar Heels’ greatest rival, even at home. Instead of putting a lock on the ACC regular-season appellation by acceptable this one, Carolina now is angry with Miami in aboriginal abode and has arrive Duke, Virginia, Louisville and Notre Dame aback into the hunt
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