UNC's bleeding continues with home loss to rival Duke

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—This will be an instant classic for nobody. Not even the winner. But North Carolina leaves its 64-54 defeat against Duke having squandered its final chance to make a stand in the 2009-10 basketball season. Like the Pittsburgh Steelers dropping five in a row and fumbling away their chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions, the Tar Heels quite likely will not get an official opportunity to defend their championship in the NCAA Tournament. Jon Scheyer nailed two big 3-pointers down the stretch for the Blue Devils. "For 30 minutes, I thought it was a pretty good basketball game," UNC coach Roy Williams said. "No moral victories." The fading Tar Heels did manage to appear as though they belonged on the court with the ACC-leading Blue Devils. So there's that. But a struggle to manufacture points in the final 10 minutes of the game drew the Tar Heels (13-11, 2-7) into their fourth consecutive defeat and seventh in the past eight games. In M...