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PHOTO (UNC Athletics): Roy Williams masked up in a strange college basketball season. By TOM SHANAHAN Everyone knows by now Duke and North Carolina aren’t playing for an ACC title or No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They're still clinging to hopes for an NCAA bid. But it doesn’t seem to impact the intensity of the game. It didn’t matter the first time around, even though much was made of the teams meeting as unranked opponents for…
PHOTO (Duke Athletics): Mark Williams scored 20 points at Georgia Tech. By TOM SHANAHAN Now what? Nobody knows. College basketball has always been a game of upsets, but the COVID-19 pandemic has added additional head-scratching over results. Duke and North Carolina are both coming off disappointing losses as they prepare for Round II of the Battle of Blues, Duke (11-10, 9-8 ACC) and North Carolina (15-9, 9-6 ACC) at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Smith Center. North Carolina…
PHOTO (UNC Athletics): Freshman Walker Kessler celebrates with teammates Saturday's upset of No. 11 Florida State. By TOM SHANAHAN The second to last weekend of the ACC basketball regular season opened with ESPN NCAA Tournament bracketologist Joe Lunardi projecting North Carolina in for March Madness and Duke in if it won. North Carolina won, although its 78-70 win over Florida State Saturday at the Smith Center was more about the Tar Heels (15-8, 9-5 ACC) strengthening their No.…
