North Carolina beat Duke 94-81 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, spoiling Mike Krzyzewski's highly anticipated sendoff.
This was Coach K’s final home game as Duke’s head coach. The longtime coach will be retiring after this season. Tickets for the game were going for thousands, and numerous former Duke players showed up to attend the game and support Coach K.
Despite all the hoopla, the Tar Heels were not deterred.
Duke led by two at the half and by five with 10:36 minutes left. UNC would go on a 7-0 run to take the lead, and they never looked back. The Tar Heels went 8-for-8 on free throws over the final minute to lock down the big 13-point win.
UNC coach Hubert Davis spoke after the game about the intensity of the atmosphere and joked it felt like he had just played a whole game.
"I feel like I played 40 minutes," Hubert Davis says as he sits down.
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North Carolina is now 23-8 overall and 15-5 in conference, while Duke is 26-5 overall and 16-4 in conference.
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