Ryan McGee
Duke Blue Devils will hold Sonic Block Buster on Saturdays on Saturdays, the first meeting of two regular season meetings with North Carolina’s tar heels (6:30 pm at 6:30 pm) )
Ryan McGee from North Carolina wrote a public letter to Star Freshman instead of his hometown, which has two programs on both sides of the famous rivals of university basketball.
Dear Cooper Flag,
Congratulations on what Duke was a tremendous newborn season. In the basketball program, which was a long -legendal assembly line, only 20 university games were played, and the name was engraved on the wooden framework of the indoor stadium.
As a domestic top recruitment, you came to Dalam with almost unprecedented hype as an estimated 2025 NBA draft. However, you live in a hype from the beginning, drive in the lane, throw a ferraway three pointer, throw a backbody latt dunk, and send it back to your hometown in a campaign. Mainly New Port.
However, before we solidify your heritage, there is a plan planned for Saturdays to the nearby team wearing a light blue color, and we will trek 11 miles from Chaperhill to Dalam. 。 Yes, North Carolina, the flagship school in the state where you are currently living, and your Duke’s day is a measurement stick forever.
Forget that you’re 18 years old just a month and a half ago. How to play against the team from the other end of Highway 501 will follow you through all birthdays to celebrate.
And to clarify here, this is not the exaggeration of an excessive sports writer. Before you are born, ask those who once stood in your sneakers in the same court, most of them were very long -very long -very long people.
“It’s been 40 years since I played a university basketball match,” said Michael Jordan. (Have you ever heard of him, Cooper?) Duke? ‘”
Looking back on the UNC day at the NASCAR event (he is now a team owner), the goat added as follows after pause to make room for a evil smile like a grinch. good. “”
Very good, as in six wins to one loss, we bring us to the Cooper, the other lonely end of the yard stick.
“One of the losses for Michael was the first victory for me,” said Jay Villas. You definitely know the name, Cooper? He is a man who always talks about you in “College Gemedai”. He is also a 6 -foot 9 big man in all photos that draw a museum in the Cameron shop indoor lobby on a wall. No. 21, Bilas traded to become SOCAL and become a member of Duke’s ACC Power Shift 1986 Final 4 teams. (But in your defense, you may not recognize him in the photos of those teams because he had his hair at the time.)
“I don’t remember the score of many games I played,” said Villas. “But I remember one of the scores in 1984. It was an ACC tournament, North Carolina was ranked first, but we won 77-74. In the town. There was a bumper sticker that read Duke Blue 77 and Carolina Blue 74.
“It’s so unusual for Duke to beat Carolina at the time. I remember saying this is not a big deal. This is a normal event.”
Villas like MJ laughed.
“And that’s right.”
Certainly, we have Cooper. UNC has led 145 to Duke’s 117 and leads the best series in history, which includes 16 consecutive games held a century ago. Since 1978, this series has existed as Duke 57 and UNC 49. Since 2003, it is Duke 26, UNC 23.
The only non -regular season game of them was the 2022 final pho, and the heel finished the unparalleled coaching career of Mike Kurzizhsky in the biggest way.
However, Mr. Flag, before the chip -off on Saturday evening, has nothing to do with records, statistical sheets, or series consecutive wins (however, that UNC has won two consecutive victories. Value). This game is much larger than that. This is about emotions. About the right to boast. For ripples sent from the Apallatian to the outside bank from the triangle of the entire northern state, the epicenter is engraved on their statistical seats in two winter conferences between you and your teammates. It is a number that you do not exchange.
Duke Carolina is about the old man sitting at the barbecue joint booth. Methodist dressed in a blue shade worn by the elders on other Azul Hugh. After that, check the entire Formica dyed with vinegar as demanded by the tradition.
A dear new student flag should be told that the countless list of first -year players of your friends was pleased and accidentally pushed into Duke Carolina’s spotlight.
Zion WILLIAMSON was a new student on the night of February 20, 2019, 36 seconds in a Cameron UNC game. His right Nike Sneakers exploded to be equipped by a special effect unit of Hollywood. In 2007, when the elbow of Duke’s Gerald Henderson broke Tyler Handsbra’s nose, a broken fracture between Dalam and Chapel Hill opened. The image of the face covered with the blood of the UNC center is equivalent to an old north state equivalent to a rock -filled balboa shouting “Adrian!” -However, it was a Hansbra swearing VEN to Henderson.
And the old people at the barbecue booth still talk about the story of February 4, 1961. On this day, it was often selected as the moment when the rivalry became more than just a basketball contest. UNC’s Larry Brown searches for its name, Cooper, he was very big among the coaches of the hoops -chasing Duke 81-75 and Cameron in the last few seconds. I was driving the length of the coat. He was protected by Blue Devil Ace Art Heiman. He spit on Brown and grabbed him for a intentional foul. Brown threw a ball against Heiman, thrown his fist and reacted.
Later, the UNC bench located along the baseline reacted with a large amount of Heiman jumped. Duke’s bench responded to protect the United States across the building, the students poured on the floor, and everyone punched in pale blue. Later, among those who were guilty of the worse, yes, newly attended players from both teams attended as fans when they were not yet allowed to play.
Also, Flag is looking at you so as not to pay much attention to the current victory record of each team. Yes, Duke loses twice and hosts Saturday night games as the second -largest team on land. Yes, North Carolina has been ranked seventh in ACC after dropping three of the four of the past four. Hubert Davis, four seasons, steered by his alma mater.
However, Davis himself is willing to explain that they “throw away records when these two gather”, and this is not just a complaint when these two teams gather. During the third year of Davis in 1990, twice the Tal Heils faced the top team on Duke and lost both time. After that, they met in the ACC tournament title game. There, Duke was ranked before Carolina and lost.
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“When I lost in the 1984 ACC tournament, people remembered the game, but they had to play a donkey a week ago,” Brad Dogarty recalls. “We were also number one in the game. They finally pressed two overtime before they were cleared up. About 20 years have passed since Duke won Charmekel (UNC’s many years of arena). I remember all the old letterman that night, saying, “This is not the one to blow away!” “
And before I went to the court for the latest work in this rivalry, I delved into a game movie of the same contest in this same building in this same building, and almost 20 years ago before I entered this big blue world. To, to.
It was February 2, 1995. Duke was bad. For example, the only true wound in the most hearing season of Kurzizevsky. Blue Devils is 2-14 in ACC. It was terrible to decide not to return at all when K had had to miss the mass of the season for his back surgery. But in a very typical fashion -like fashion, it may be the best game played in your new home. Rasheed Wallace, Jerry Stackhouse, No. The two heels were unraveled in the dunk contest to take 17 points, but Duke forced overtime. At the end of the first OT, Jeff Capel, which is scrambled all over the country to find a brand new ESPN2 in the cable system, yes, pit coaches in the midcourt, forcing the double OT to forcibly in the Dallum. Igmit delusion.
UNC won the game. However, Capel has won your new school’s heart forever, Amen.
Who knows, Cooper Flag? Perhaps you have the moment of your own capel. Or the moment of a handsbra. Or mj … or jj redick … or Austin Rivers …
Know this, Mr. Main Man. Forget what you know about the biggest rivalry of university basketball. Everyone dribbling before they know they know.
“What you really need to know is that this is bigger than you think, and, probably the most loved and hated hoop star Christian who hit the court for this series. Letner said, despite all of his success in the different world (see the four finals, two national titles, two national titles), he recorded 5-6 for UNC. did.
“It’s the most surprising privilege that you played in Duke Carolina games,” said the Retner. “It is a gift that you keep giving for the rest of your life to say that you have acquired it and won several times, and what you have lost is still played in your head.”
Look at the mark you left for this rival on Saturday, coop.
Sincerely
Everyone in North Carolina
