Duke Rivalry

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In almost every sport there are certain players, teams, and coaches who have some type of conflict causing a rivalry between programs. For Duke University's Basketball program, it almost seems as if every game is a rivalry for them because of the hate the program gets. Being one of the most successful teams in college sports can be fun sometimes; however, the other side of that comes with lots of teams and fans wanting to take down a high achieving team such as Duke. In college basketball there are the 'Blue Bloods' which include: Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Ucla, and UNC. All of these teams become rivals in the sense of who is the best 'blue blood'; however, for Duke the biggest rival they have had for the longest time in college basketball would be the University of North Carolina Tar Heel. This rivalry started in their first matchup appearance in 1920 where UNC won. These two teams have faced each other 257 times in College Basketball history and Tar Heels lead the series 142-115. When games played at Cameron Indoor Stadium Duke's record is 46-39; whereas played at UNC the Tar Heels' record is 64-38. Moreover, when played at neither of their stadiums but instead a neutral court the record for Duke is 22-27. A rivalry such as this one is one of the most talked about in sports history because it is two highly successful teams who are so close to each other in record/achievements; as well as being right down the road from each other as the two universities are in the same state.





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