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Typical North Carolina-Duke game in an atypical season

PHOTO (UNC Athletics): North Carolina's Day'Ron Sharpe (11), Duke's Jordan Goldwire and North Carolina's Caleb Love (2) in a scramble for a loose ball. By TOM SHANAHAN Any other year -- well, at least in the past 61 -- North Carolina’s 91-87 win over Duke Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium would have been crowned an instant classic. It's replay schedule on cable would be tweeted out. UNC freshman guard Caleb Love would be mentioned in the pantheon…

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North Carolina worried about more than Duke’s usual 5-star and 4-star guards

PHOTO (UNC Athletics): Armando Bacot averages 11.9 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. By TOM SHANAHAN North Carolina is big, strong and dominant on the boards. The Tar Heels rotate three big men, 6-foot-10, 240-pound sophomore Armando Bacot, 6-10, 240 senior Garrison Brooks and 6-11, 265 freshman Day’Ron Sharpe. UNC ranks second in the nation in rebounds per game (42.8), offensive rebounds (15.2) and rebound margin (plus-11.2). Bacot averages 11.9 points, 7.5 boards, Brooks 10.5 and 7.2 and…

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Coach K and Ol’ Roy are “coaching up” their teams

By TOM SHANAHAN Clemson’s Brad Brownell sounded like a coach fully aware bad timing awaited his basketball team in Durham. He was right. Duke’s 26-point victory was its largest margin of the year, defeating Clemson 79-53 on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The last thing struggling Clemson needed was to encounter a young Blue Devils roster “coached up” by a Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K has a spring in his step – watch the 73-year-old enthusiastically slap hands with…

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