Cormac Ryan led the Tar Heels with 31 points, including a dagger of a 3-pointer in the final two minutes. Even after a Jeremy Roach 3-pointer briefly trimmed UNC's nine-point halftime deficit to one early in the second half, North Carolina responded with a 9-1 blitz and never let the Blue Devils mount much of a charge. The spicy scene followed a game that North Carolina led from start to finish. Jon Scheyer apologized to all the Crazies he said sorry down the whole line. North Carolina players celebrated their ACC regular season title-clinching victory by taunting the Cameron Crazies, prompting a handful of Duke students to retaliate by tossing drinks and other projectiles in the Tar Heels’ direction.
It wasn’t until after the Tar Heels’ 84-79 victory that things finally became more interesting.
North Carolina rains 3s, Cameron Crazies rain drinksįor more than two hours of game action, the latest edition of the Duke-North Carolina rivalry didn’t deliver much drama. Here are nine takeaways from Saturday’s slate, leading off with North Carolina completing a season sweep of rival Duke: 1. Villanova fell behind by 24 points in the first half against Creighton … and nearly won. There were high-profile showdowns, heated rivalry games and results that all but defied explanation.Īrkansas never trailed in regulation at Alabama … and lost. The final Saturday of men's college basketball regular season served as a tantalizing appetizer for the Madness still to come this month.