Some random thoughts about Duke-UNC
- It’s not easy to win in your first season. Vic Bubas, Dean Smith, Neill McGeachy and Roy Williams all went winless against the other end of 15-501 while Bucky Waters, Bill Guthridge, Matt Doherty and Mike Krzyzewski all got wins in their first years.
- It’s easy to dehumanize your opponents in a rivalry and there aren’t too many Tar Heels we really like. But there are a few we think highly of: Eric Montross, Dante Calabria and Shammond Williams come to mind. We admired Montross for how intensely he attached himself to a pediatric cancer patient while he was at UNC.