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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 2071532, member: 767"] Well i was born in 1984. So I'll go to wikipedia. [SIZE=3][B][I]March 2, 1974: #4 North Carolina 96, Duke 92 (OT)[/I][[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carolina%E2%80%93Duke_rivalry&action=edit&section=6']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] [I]8 Points in 17 Seconds.[/I] Duke led Carolina 86–78 with 17 seconds left. Despite the deficit and despite the fact that the game took place prior to the implementation of the three-point shot, Carolina rallied with a pair of free throws by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)']Bobby Jones[/URL], then baskets by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kuester']John Kuester[/URL] and Jones after a steal by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)']Walter Davis[/URL] and a turnover on inbounds attempts. After Duke's Pete Kramer missed the front end of a one-and-one, Carolina tied the score on Davis' 30-foot bank shot as time expired. The game went into overtime, where Carolina prevailed, 96–92. To this day, many regard this comeback as the greatest in college basketball history. [SIZE=3][B][I]February 24, 1979: #6 Duke 47, #4 North Carolina 40[/I][[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carolina%E2%80%93Duke_rivalry&action=edit&section=8']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Spanarkel']Jim Spanarkel[/URL]'s Senior Day game turned into one of the strangest afternoons in ACC basketball history as Duke held Carolina scoreless for a half before knocking off the No. 4-ranked Tar Heels 47–40. Dean Smith resorted to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_corners_offense']four corners offense[/URL] and the Tar Heels held the ball throughout the first half, but Duke led 7–0 as Spanarkel forced two turnovers, assisted on a basket to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gminski']Mike Gminski[/URL] and scored the last bucket of the half on a short jumper. (Smith later said, "It should have been 2–0, or something like that, at the half.") Carolina's only two shots of the first half were air balls, that resulted in the first-ever chants of "Air ball . . . Air ball!" from the Cameron Crazies. Spanarkel added 15 points in the second half and finished with a game-high 17, hitting 8-of-9 field goal attempts. The win allowed Duke to tie North Carolina for the ACC regular season title. Duke coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Foster_(basketball,_born_1930)']Bill Foster[/URL] wasn't amused by Smith's tactics in the first half and the next day said, "I've been doing this a long time, but during the first half last night I began to think maybe I've been doing it for too long." He then added this infamous dig: "I thought [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith']Naismith[/URL] invented basketball, not Deansmith." Though the two schools had always had the hatred born of familiarity and proximity, some of the earliest roots of the modern basketball rivalry occurred in the early 1960s when Duke star and eventual national player of the year [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Heyman']Art Heyman[/URL] got into a brawl on the court with Carolina's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)']Larry Brown[/URL] which resulted in suspensions for both players [SIZE=3][B][I]March 3, 1984: #1 North Carolina 96, Duke 83 (2OT)[/I][[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carolina%E2%80%93Duke_rivalry&action=edit&section=11']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] The final home game for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Doherty_(basketball)']Matt Doherty[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan']Michael Jordan[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins']Sam Perkins[/URL], was a memorable one for Tar Heels fans. Carolina looked to be finished when Duke's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alarie']Mark Alarie[/URL] converted a three-point play with 20 seconds to go in regulation and the Tar Heels missed a jumper that would have tied the game. However, after the Blue Devils missed the front end of a one-and-one, Matt Doherty took the inbounds pass the length of the court and hit a 15-footer with one second left to force overtime. The teams traded baskets during the first overtime and headed for the second extra session tied at 79. Michael Jordan opened the second overtime with an ally oop and a free throw, but [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Dawkins']Johnny Dawkins[/URL] cut the North Carolina lead to 82–81 with a short jumper. Duke would get only one more basket as Jordan and Sam Perkins carried the Tar Heels to the 96–83 final, and Carolina became the first ACC team in 10 years to go undefeated in conference play (14–0). Alarie led all scorers with 28 points, while Jordan topped Carolina with 25. [SIZE=3][B][I]March 12, 1989: #9 North Carolina 77, #7 Duke 74[/I][[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carolina%E2%80%93Duke_rivalry&action=edit&section=15']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] In one of the most intense games in the rivalry's history, Carolina defeated Duke 77–74 in the ACC Tournament final at the Omni in Atlanta to secure the Heels' first ACC Tournament title in seven seasons. The teams had split the two regular season meetings; Carolina defeating top ranked and then undefeated Duke 91–71 in Cameron in January (a game notable for the infamous "J.R. Can't Reid" placard displayed by some Duke fans) then Duke returned the favor in Chapel Hill in the season finale, knocking off Carolina 88–86. Tensions between coaches [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Smith']Dean Smith[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski']Mike Krzyzewski[/URL] boiled over during Tournament week, stemming from the Reid sign in Durham in January, and by the time the two teams met in the conference championship, the game had developed the atmosphere of a heavyweight title fight. Carolina led for much of the game, including a 39–35 halftime lead, but never could pull away. Carolina's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.R._Reid']J.R. Reid[/URL], however, outplayed Duke's Naismith Award-finalist and ACC Tournament MVP [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Ferry']Danny Ferry[/URL]. The game saw an incredible 49 fouls called between the two squads, and Carolina prevailed, but only when Ferry's 3/4 court shot rimmed out as time expired. How many Syracuse-GT moments do you think the average fan can remember? [/QUOTE]

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