Duke vs. North Carolina rivalry | Wins, highlights, memorable moments

It’s one of the most popular rivalries in all sports: UNC-DUKE.

Tobacco Road Nemesese – whose campuses sit only eight kilometers apart – they have been playing each other for more than 100 years. UNC sits on No. 3 on the list of all time. Duke is no. UNC defeated Duke in 2022 Final Four in the last game of Coach K.

Opponents: Roy Williams’ Top 8 UNC-DUKE MATCHUPS

Every season they meet at least twice in what are often some of the best games of the year, regardless of their charts. Here is everything you need to know about rivalry, including statistics from both schools and peaks from some of the most important matches:

Schools:

The university was founded
North Carolina: 1789
Duke: 1838

Type
North Carolina: Public
Duke: Private

General enrollment
North Carolina: 32 234
Duke: 17,112

Basketball program established
North Carolina: 1910
Duke: 1905

National championships
North Carolina: 6 (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)
Duke: 5 (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)

Final Fours
North Carolina: 21
Duke: 17

ACC Champions
North Carolina: 51 (33 regular season, 18 tournament)
Duke: 42 (20 regular seasons, 22 tournament)

Matchup:

First Meeting:
January 24, 1920 – UNC 38, Duke 25

Record:
UNC leads 145-118

The longest winning lane:
UNC-16 (1921-28)

Current head coaches:
North Carolina: Hubert Davis (97-42 Career Record in North Carolina); To 4 March 2025
Duke: Jon Scheyer (81-21 Career Record in Duke); To 4 March 2025

Mad Fact:
From the 1949-50 season to the 2018-19 season, the UNC gained 13,581 points against Duke and allowed 13,559. This is only 22 points over 179 games or 0.1 per match.

Remarkable games:

March 2, 1974
No. 4 North Carolina 96, Duke 92 (OT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo445w4mtzi

When 17 seconds left, he led in Duke No. 4 UNC 86-78 in Chapel Hill. It takes place before the three -point line, the comeback was almost impossible. The castle was upset. Or not. Two free throws. Then the stolen incoming and the basket passes. Duke turn. Another basket. The Duke missed a free throw. There are three seconds left. Incoming for Walter Davis. Davis, from 30 feet. Bang. Overtime. UNC would win 96-92 in addition to the victory, but compared to one of the most likely comebacks in all university sports that will be known forever, it would win compared to one of the most likely comebacks in all university sports: eight points, 17 seconds.

March 10, 1984
No. 16 Duke 77, No. 1 North Carolina 75

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0dkra8s7oa

Both teams met for the third time in the ACC semifinals. UNC won both regular seasons, including a thriller of double time, where Michael Jordan left for 25 points to help UNC undefeated in ACC games. But it was the Duke, who held the lead 40-32 in the half-time in the tournament. The tar heels would not leave quietly when they started at 12-2 run to tie the game in the second half. The Duke regained the lead, but with five seconds, Jordan had an offensive reflection and returned him to reduce Duke’s lead to 77-75. David Henderson would be fouled and missed his first free throw, and after reflection, UNC called his last time limit with three seconds remaining. But the frantic incoming pass would give Blue Devils the ball and upset.

February 2, 1995
2 North Carolina 102, Duke 100 (2ot)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B79ni1g2aw

Mike Krzyzewski emerged for most of the 1995 season, recovering from back surgery and Blue Devils suffered one of the worst era periods, 13-18 and 2-14 in ACC. And when hosting tar heels No. 2, it looked more. Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse immersed themselves with soaking and UNC climbed on a 17-point lead. But Duke would gather to force overtime. At the end of the next period, Blue Devils were three with three seconds down. Enter: Jeff Capel. Capel exhausted the despair from the logo to force double overtime and send Cameron’s inner into madness. UNC would win the game in two overtime, but Capel’s shot would live on.

March 6, 2005
2 North Carolina 75, No. 6 Duke 73

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ztr2jbmam

UNC came into play and wanted to claim its first direct crown of ACC regular season since 1993. JJ Redick, Shelden Williams and Duke stood in the way. Redick and Williams joined for 39 points, and after three-evidence Lee Melchionni late in the game, Duke held 73-64 leadership with three minutes remaining. But the UNC assembly had tar heels down only 73-71 with less than a minute remaining when Duke’s Daniel Ewing began to bring the ball to court. At that time David Noel UNC came from behind, forced the turn and the tar heels came up with the possession. The next game was Raymond Felton fouled. He made the first and missed the second and left UNC down 73-72. But Felton managed to lean the ball to Marvin Williams, who was shooting and pulled out a foul. Williams made a free throw and gave UNC 75-73 leadership, the Duke missed two shots at the other end, and UNC students attacked court.

February 8, 2012
No. 9 Duke 85, No. 5 North Carolina 84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adf3f7nx7eq

In Chapel Hill, Tar Heels led by 10 with more than two minutes the remaining than the three Blue Devils, the Dukes took four points. With 14 seconds, the UNC Tyler Center Zeller accidentally leaned into the trash, Blue Devils put two points and reduced the UNC lead to one. Zeller was fouled on the next game, hit his first free throw, and then missed his second. The Duke gathered the jump and the guard Austin Rivers brought the ball to the playground and held him for one shot-the pointer he released at Bzzčák to win the game.

February 18, 2015
No. 4 Duke 92, No. 15 North Carolina 90 (OT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obwsu0i6cx

Just 11 days after the legendary coach UNC Dean Smith, Tar Heels died to Cameron Indoor to face Blue Devils No. 4. Before the match, players, coaches and employees from both teams gathered at Court for a moment of silence to appreciate Smith. The game itself would go back and forth, with the UNC attacked from the half -time deficit to take the ten -point lead with four minutes the remaining. But Duke would complete the regulation for 9-2 running to force overtime, where they won, 92-90.

March 5, 2022
North Carolina 94, No. 4 Duke 81

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2BBAP3HIH4

One month from the day after he lost to Duke about 20 points at home, UNRANKED North Carolina spoiled the final home game coach K at the Cameron Indoor Stadium stalls, where the stalls were full of more than 100 former players, NBA Silver and comic that man coach in that Building for the last time.

Tar Heels had none of this, they played their appetizers throughout the second half to run away from Blue Devils and won by 13 points because four players in North Carolina gain at least 20 points, including the Armando Bacot team 23 points at 10 for shooting. Double double.

2 April 2022
North Carolina 81, Duke 77
Final Four

The The first meeting of the NCAA Fierce Rivals finally arrived in 2022 – and what ended as the last game of coach K. About one month after UNC handed the coach to loss in his last home game, Tar Heels defeated Blue Devils in Final Four.

Caleb Love scored 28 points per UNC, while Armando Bacot a total of 11 points and 21 rebounds in the thriller. Both remained close all the time, exchanged 3-clinic and in the second half they seem to lead every property.

Paolo Banchero led the Dukes with 20 points and 10 boards.