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UNC basketball: Only beating Duke is sweeter than beating Virginia

What a beautiful Washington, D.C. day back in March 2016. London Perrantes was nowhere to be found, Malcolm Brogdon, the ACC’s Player of the Year, got completely shut down and Joel Berry II began asserting himself as one of the best young point guards in the country. And, oh yeah, UNC won its first ACC title since 2008 61-57 over UVA by strangling the Cavs offense in the closing stages.

For a lot of UNC pundits and fans, that’s one of the best Carolina wins in the era since Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson left.