Duke vs UNC

Mike Krzyzewski's legendary coaching career came to an end last night when his Duke Blue Devils lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels, 81-77, ...

No. 8 North Carolina defeated No. 2 Duke 81-77 in the nightcap of the men's Final Four. The Tar Heels advance to the national championship where they will ...

North Carolina is out to a 10-6 lead after seven minutes, despite shooting just 25 percent from the field (and 1 of 7 from 3). That’s because Duke is shooting 33.3 percent and committed the first five fouls of the game. It's 24-all with 5:17 to go in the first half and now two Blue Devils big men are in foul trouble. R.J. Davis leads the way for UNC with 10 points, shooting 2-for-3 from deep.Duke leads 22-18 with 7:51 left in the first half.OK, now we're having fun in NOLARJ Davis is a bucket: 10 points in 12 minutes on 4-of-5 shooting. Love has all six of his points in the final 4:29 of the half after missing his first five shots. Theo John has racked up FOUR first-half fouls.Duke clings to a slight 28-26 lead with 3:54 left in the first half.Theo John just picked up his fourth personal foul. He's up to 21 rebounds but missed two tries in the paint for the lead and the Tar Heels missed a third shot on that same possession. In the first half of his Final Four debut, Banchero has drilled a pair of 3-pointers and thrown down a Shaq-style slam. He has 10 points and six boards and it's 34-all with 26 seconds left in the half. He's up to 10 points and 18 rebounds in this game, good for his national-best 30th double-double of the season. He missed his first five shots of the game, didn't score a point for the first 15 minutes. He'll leave college basketball with 101 victories as a head coach in the NCAA Tournament.In his first season as North Carolina's head coach, Davis spoiled Mike Krzyzewski's final home game, then ended his career with an 81-77 thriller of a win over Duke tonight in the Final Four. In those two games against the Blue Devils, Love had 22 points, five rebounds and five assists at Cameron Indoor, then 28 points (all in the final 25 minutes) and drilled the dagger 3-pointer with 25 seconds to go in the national semifinals. How North Carolina beat Duke to advance to the national title gameNo. 8 North Carolina defeated No. 2 Duke 81-77 in the nightcap of the men's Final Four. The Tar Heels advance to the national championship where they will take on No. 1 Kansas. Caleb Love led the way for North Carolina with 28 points.

Moments after the game the two teams went through the handshake line but there weren't a lot of Duke players in that line because most of the team headed back ...

I mean, it wouldn’t have been a bad thing but I get them being caught up in the moment and just walking back to the locker room. They’re still just kids, after all, and it was a devastating loss on many levels. Moments after the game the two teams went through the handshake line but there weren’t a lot of Duke players in that line because most of the team headed back to the locker room feeling really sad about what had just happened.

North Carolina's twitter account said goodbye to Mike Krzyzewski with a short and sweet message.

For Krzyzewski, despite this run being over, he is proud of how Duke fought to the end. Love finished with 28 points in the game to lead all scorers, including North Carolina’s final six points. After a week of hype, North Carolina vs.

Everyone who is watching the Duke vs. North Carolina Final Four game is saying the same thing right now: It's living up to the hype.

Every possession has the feeling of the game being on the line. The later the game gets with @UNC_Basketball leading how tight do the @DukeMBB players get with all the extra #CoachK pressure on them?! Fantastic game that has lived up to its hype.

Duke and North Carolina's first ever matchup in the men's NCAA tournament was always going to be historic. The fact that we finally got it in the Final Four ...

This Tar Heels team was in jeopardy of missing the NCAA tournament midway through the year after Duke beat them by 20 points on their home floor. Carolina’s Sweet 16 win over UCLA was convincing enough, but there were still some questions of whether this was a Final Four caliber team after easily advancing past No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s in the Elite Eight. At 6’10, 250 pounds, he hit pull-up threes, scored in the post, and showed dynamic driving ability. They knocked off No. 1 seed Baylor in the round of 32, but almost blew a 25-point lead before doing it. Trevor Keels was fouled and split his own free throws to keep Duke down two. Duke and North Carolina’s first ever matchup in the men’s NCAA tournament was always going to be historic. On UNC’s next possession, Caleb Love hit a ridiculous pull-up three-pointer to put the Heels up four. Duke’s Jeremy Roach drove down and scored a layup to cut the lead to two. Duke came down and found Keels for a three that missed, but Duke grabbed the offensive rebound, swung the ball to Wendell Moore, and saw him hit another go-ahead three. This was the biggest shot of the night. With UNC as a No. 8 seed and Duke struggling entering March, this matchup simply felt too good to be true. North Carolina beat Duke, 81-77, to punch their ticket to the national championship game.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with author and University of North Carolina graduate Will Blythe about the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry ahead of their highly ...

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This Tar Heels vs. Blue Devils game in the Final Four is the most anticipated national semifinal in NCAA Tournament history.

The fact is it's right here, right now — what a blessed bending of this year's bracket. It's almost like Duke will need to win two championship games in a three-day span to get K, and the program, a sixth national title. North Carolina colliding amid the cacophony in the Crescent City. You only get it for the first time one time. This is the biggest stage, the first time they've met in the NCAAs, and it's K's retirement in the balance. "We'd be foolish to let any other storylines play a part of how we're going to go out there and play." "I feel like that's when we play our best basketball, when the stage is bright, the lights are on. The task will be sizable, but if Carolina manages to beat Duke for a second consecutive time and end Krzyzewski's career in the process, that is for the ages. We're gonna have to play a great game, probably our best game of the year, to beat these guys." And I think when you have great kids and great players like Armando (Bacot) and Brady (Manek) that understand that what is real for us to have success on Saturday is our preparation, is our practice and how hard we play. So, for us, that puts us as the underdog and it gives us that chip on our shoulder that we need. So definitely just understanding that feeling, keeping (it) in the back of our minds every time we play." It was his last face-to-face with the horde of hacks prior to the game.

Check out the top plays from Duke vs. North Carolina men's basketball in the NCAA Final Four on Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

North Carolina guard RJ Davis hit a jumper with 1:06 left in the first half that cut the Duke lead to 34-30. Duke forward Paolo Banchero hit a left-wing 3-pointer with 12:25 left in the first half. North Carolina guard Caleb Love drove for a basket with 16:22 left in the second half. Duke guard Trevor Keels hit a left-wing 3-pointer with 2:07 left in the second half. Banchero's basket put Duke up 11-10 vs. Keels' basket put Duke up 71-70 vs.

The Tar Heels emerged victorious in an exciting battle that featured 18 lead changes, capturing an 81-77 win to advance to the national championship game. Caleb ...

9:25 p.m. — And now Theo John has three fouls. Here's one of the makes, courtesy of Leaky Black: Duke and North Carolina have missed 11 of their first 14 field goal attempts. Mike Krzyzewski clearly wanted an offensive foul to be called on Armando Bacot, but John appeared to make contact with Bacot first. Villanova on Saturday. The Sporting News tracked live scoring updates and highlights from Duke vs. He didn't put much weight on that foot initially, but he's moving a little bit better now. Caleb Love led the way for UNC, scoring 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting, including multiple clutch buckets down the stretch. Theo John picks up his fourth foul. I thought both teams played their hearts out," Krzyzewski told TBS Sports' Tracy Wolfson. "It's an emotional win, and it's an emotional loss. 11:05 p.m. — The Tar Heels survive, and they're going to the national championship game. "They played an outstanding game.

What's the Duke-UNC score? Who's winning. Duke Blue Devils vs North Carolina Tar Heels Final Four game updates. Winner will face Kansas Jayhawks for NCAA ...

Duke foul trouble III: With Mark Williams in foul trouble after picking up two early, Duke let Theo John occupy the post for most of the rest of the first half ... until he picked up his fourth foul with 3:54 to play in the half. More foul trouble for Duke. (Duke 28, UNC 26; 3:54 1H) Theo John picked up his fourth foul with 3:54 remaining in the first half. He had 4 points (including a monster dunk) and a rebound before exiting the game and being replaced by Theo John. John has played well in his stead with 4 points, 3 rebounds and an assist. The Blue Devils led by as many as six in the first half. UNC led by five points early in the half before Duke’s interior scoring allowed it to push in front. That sort of energy and tension to all this. At the time of the injury the game was tied at 65. UNC guard R. J. Davis led all scorers with 14 points in the first half. Karl honored at halftime: UNC alumnus George Karl was among the Naismith Hall of Fame class of 2022 inductees recognized at halftime. The winner of the NCAA tournament semifinal game, which is scheduled to begin just before 9 p.m. ET on TBS, will face Kansas Monday in the national championship game here. Bacot finishes with 11 points and 21 rebounds in 33 minutes. Bacot fell to the floor behind the basket and laid on the floor before being helped off by teammates.

Duke's loss to arch-rival North Carolina produced a startling scene and the end of Mike Krzyzewski's remarkable career.

But, as Krzyzewski said postgame in a reference to a famous Teddy Roosevelt quote, simply being in the arena is all he could have asked for. He may not want to get caught up in the history, but everyone else will, and they’ll remember this night for as long as people are talking about college basketball. Davis went from some perceiving him as a failure 20 games into his tenure to beating perhaps the sport’s greatest coach ever twice in a month in the two most-anticipated games of the season. Regardless of what happens in Monday’s championship game, this game and this moment will be the one remembered from this tournament forever. He was uninterested in discussing his career or his legacy or even the emotions of it all coming to an end. He stood waiting for the Carolina players to shake hands, which they eventually did after sprinting to celebrate with family and friends.