Duke/UNC round 2...

#51
#51
NCGatorBait said:
Hats off to the Dookies..they definitely looked better this time around...maybe we'll get round 3 this sunday.:)
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I hope that is true. Correct me if I am wrong, but I read not long ago that the ACC title has never been decided with a championship game Duke vs UNC
 
#54
#54
dantheman617 said:
I hope that is true. Correct me if I am wrong, but I read not long ago that the ACC title has never been decided with a championship game Duke vs UNC
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In the last 20 years, they've met six (6) times in the title game (3-3), but not since 2001.

1989 UNC
1991 UNC
1992 Duke
1998 UNC
1999 Duke
2001 Duke
 
#55
#55
I'm hoping Duke can pull the upset over Carolina. Carolina's just more experienced at point and have a way better frontline.
 
#56
#56
notverycrucial said:
In the last 20 years, they've met six (6) times in the title game (3-3), but not since 2001.

1989 UNC
1991 UNC
1992 Duke
1998 UNC
1999 Duke
2001 Duke
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It does ring a bell now that you point it out. I read about it somewhere. Maybe it was they have never played each other in the final 64 team bracket.
 
#57
#57
dantheman617 said:
It does ring a bell now that you point it out. I read about it somewhere. Maybe it was they have never played each other in the final 64 team bracket.
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They've never met in the NCAAs, but they did meet in the NIT in 1971 (back when the NIT was a bigger deal). UNC won that game.
 
#58
#58
That would be something if one day there was a Duke-UNC game for the national title. Talk about braggin rights
 
#59
#59
dantheman617 said:
That would be something if one day there was a Duke-UNC game for the national title. Talk about braggin rights
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I, for one, hope that never happens. It would be a death sentence for the losing program, the ultimate trump card which could never be repaid. Makes me ill just thinking about it. btw, I've heard K say he'd love for it to happen one day, but I'm sure he's lying. Lose that game and your legacy takes a huge hit.
 
#62
#62
notverycrucial said:
I, for one, hope that never happens. It would be a death sentence for the losing program, the ultimate trump card which could never be repaid. Makes me ill just thinking about it. btw, I've heard K say he'd love for it to happen one day, but I'm sure he's lying. Lose that game and your legacy takes a huge hit.
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By "one day", I think he means when he is gone. Every book of his i've read he mentions how he would never wish that on the fans or programs.
 
#65
#65
Dylan Stevens said:
I didn't mean for them to be. I didn't want to call you a liar. I'm sure you heard what you heard. I personally haven't heard him say that.
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Dylan, I appreciate you not calling me a liar, although it sounds like you were tempted, lol. Anyway, IIRC (and I could be wrong), it was Dean Smith that never wanted to have the two play each other and it was K that said he thought it would be fun, or something to that effect. I recall them both being asked about the possibility around the same time, though I don't think it was during the 1991 Final Four.

My recollection is almost certainly not from a book, just something in a news conference. Probably early to mid-90s so I doubt there's a link. Not saying this topic isn't discussed in a book somewhere, just not one I remember reading.
 
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