Duke, North Carolina, Split Regular Season Because Each Team Won On Opponents Court As North Carolina Spoiled Mike Krzyzewski's Final Game Saturday Inside Cameron Indoor Stadium As Duke's Head Coach
Duke, North Carolina split regular season because each team won on the opponents court!
Duke won in Chapel Hill 87-67 in Chapel Hill on Saturday February 5, 2022!
Why?
AJ Griffin scored a career high 27 points. Duke shot 58% and took all drama out of the renewal of the famed rivalry early in both halves, both in building a big lead and then stretching it back out after the Tar Heels had made a run to climb back in it. Paolo Banchero had a double double with 13 points, 10 rebounds! Wendell Moore Jr. like Paolo Banchero scored 13 points but unlike Paolo Banchero Wendell Moore Jr contributed 8 boards 5 assists.
“according to an article on goduke.com”
Then on Saturday North Carolina won 94-81 spoiled Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game inside Cameron Indoor Stadium as the Head Coach of Duke because he is retiring after the 2021-2022 season.
Why?
Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about his decision!
You might ask, 'Why are you doing this right now?' Look, this is not about health. Mickie and I, whether we look it or not -- she does -- whether I look healthy ... I am. It's not about COVID or saying, 'Boy, that year was so bad.' It's not about that. It's certainly not about what's going on with college basketball. 'Boy, the game is changing.' All right. I've been in it for 46 years. You think the game has never changed?"
He later added: "Those aren't the reasons. ... The reason we're doing this is because Mickie and I have decided the journey is going to be over in a year. And we're going to go after it as hard as we possibly can."
“according to an article on espn.com by Myron Medcalf”
And Jon Scheyer who currently is Mike Krzyzewski’s Associate Head Coach is going to be the Head Coach of Duke beginning in April 2023 while Chris Carrawell is going to be an Associate Head Coach while Nolan Smith is going to be his assistant while Amile Jefferson is also on the coaching staff as Director of player development.
In North Carolina’s spoiling of Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game as Duke’s Head Coach Armando Bacot scored 23 points while his teammate Caleb Love overcame an 0-8 start to shooting started to score 15 of his 22 points after halftime.
Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about his teams loss to North Carolina in his final home game as the Head Coach of Duke!
“They played much better than we did, I thought we played like we had already won the regular season - we didn’t play hungry. We have to learn from this, we’re 0-0 now, there are no second chances in March.”
Mike Krzyzewski had this to say to the crowd during his post game speech after Duke’s 81-94 loss to North Carolina on the night he was coaching his final home game as the Head Coach of Duke!
Today was unacceptable, but the season is very acceptable - and the season isn’t over.”
“according to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobserver.com”
Hubert Davis had this to say about North Carolina’s 94-81 win at Duke!
It was important for us to win, but it was really important for us to play well. The times we played ranked opponents Tennessee, Purdue , good teams like Wake Forest and Miami , Kentucky not only did we lose we lost big . And I think it was important for us to be good against a good team.
“according to CL Brown’s article on newsobserver.com”
Duke, North Carolina are now going to prepare for the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament that is going to be played in Brooklyn New York at the Barclays Center that is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA the New York Liberty of the WNBA!
Duke, North Carolina are both going to open up the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament playing Thursday in the quarterfinals! Duke is going to play the winner of the 8/9 match up between Florida State, Syracuse who play Wednesday in the second round at 12:00pm The game is going to be televised on ESPN!
Duke, Florida State played twice during the regular season splitting the regular season match ups with each team winning on their home court.
Duke won 88- 70 on Saturday February 19, 2022 in Durham!
Why?
Freshman Paolo Banchero led the way with 17 points – 13 in the second half – to go with eight rebounds as the Blue Devils (23-4, 13-3 ACC) picked up their ninth win in the last 10 games. After the teams traded baskets over the first 12 minutes, senior Joey Bakercame off the bench and knocked down a season-high 4-of-5 three-pointers to help Duke close the first half on a 12-2 run and head into the break with a double-digit lead.
Duke would not let the Seminoles (14-12, 7-9 ACC) get closer than eight the rest of the way. Junior Wendell Moore Jr., had a hand in every facet of the game, finishing with 16 points, five boards, seven assists and six steals, while freshman Trevor Keelsdished out a game-high eight dimes. Fellow rookie AJ Griffin went for 15 points and sophomore Mark Williams continued his string of high efficiency from the field with a 5-of-7 shooting night for 10 points and six rebounds.
“according to go duke.com
While Florida State won in overtime 79-78 in Tallahassee on January 18, 2022!
Why?
RayQuan Evans made two free throws with 12 seconds remaining and John Butler blocked a jump shot by Wendell More, Jr., with two seconds remaining, and Florida State won its NCAA record 13th consecutive overtime decision with a 79-78 win over No. 5 Duke at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
Caleb Mills led the Seminoles with 18 points, while Butler added a career-high 14.
The Seminoles outscored the Blue Devils by a 12-11 margin in the overtime period to win their 13th consecutive overtime game. The Seminoles’ overtime winning streak dates back to a 101-90 double overtime win over Syracuse on January 13, 2018. Florida State has defeated 11 different teams during the overtime streak with its win over Duke marking its first over the Blue Devils during the streak.
The win was Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton’s eighth all-time win over Duke. The win was also the Seminoles’ first over a top-5 ranked team since a 69-69 win over Virginia on March 15, 2019 in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
Florida State gained its first win over a nationally ranked opponent this season and snapped a five-game losing streak to the Blue Devils.
The Seminoles started the second half in a 38-33 hole at half but turned it around at the under 16-minute media timeout to lead by a 44-34 margin.
Sophomore Naheem McLeod started for the second time in his season and finished with a near a double-double with a career-high nine points and 10 rebounds.
However, it was Mills and Butler who led the way for the Seminoles. Mills contributed 18 points, two blocks, and two steals, while Butler had a career-high 14 points and blocked two shots for Florida State. Mills made two triples and was a perfect six of six from the free throw line.
The Seminoles were up 63-58 at the under four-minute media timeout in the second half, but Duke’s Mark Williams scored four points in 1:28 to put the Blue Devils up 67-65. Evans made a layup with one second remaining in regulation, and Mills stole the ball back as the clock expired.
Mills opened up the extra period with a three-point shot. He scored eight of Florida State’s 12 points in the overtime period.
Duke was up by one after two made free throws from Paolo Banchero, but Evans was fouled with 12 seconds remaining to put the Seminoles up for good.
Florida State had a season-low five turnovers and outrebounded Duke by a 42-37 margin. The Seminoles’ bench also gained the upper hand this evening with 23 points compared to Duke’s 13 points. Freshman Matthew Cleveland led Florida State’s bench with eight points and six rebounds. He is the ACC leader in scoring (10.5 ppg) amongst all players who have not started a game this season.
With nine steals for Florida State in comparison to just two steals from Duke, the Seminoles continue to be the top ranked team in the ACC for steals with 154 steals and a 9.6 steals per game average. The Seminoles lead the ACC in both total steals and steals per game.
Duke’s Banchero led the Blue Devils in all three major categories with 20 points, 12 rebounds, and seven assists.
“according to an article on seminles.com by Kennedy Kinsley”
Duke swept Syracuse in the regular season winning the first game in Durham on January 22, 2022 79-59 where they hit 14 three-pointers – including five from freshman AJ Griffin was one of four players for Duke (15-3, 5-2 ACC) with 15 points, joining classmate Paolo Banchero, junior Wendell Moore Jr. and sophomore Mark Williams. Banchero had 13 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.
Griffin swished three-pointers on his first two shots to spark Duke's 11-2 run out of the gate. Syracuse surged back with a 13-5 stretch but never took the lead.
A 24-11 run from the Blue Devils to start the second half extended their lead to 27, with Moore tallying 10 points during that span. Duke grew its lead to 31 points during the second half.
Senior Joey Baker had 11 points and sophomore Jeremy Roach dished out a career-high nine assists for Duke. Moore had eight assists of his own as the Blue Devils tied their season high with 25 dimes on 30 made field goals.
According to an article on goduke.com”
Then winning the rematch at Syracuse 97-72 on Saturday January 22nd, 2022!
In Duke’s 97-72 win at Syracuse Mark Williams scored a career-high 28 points, freshman Paolo Banchero contributed AJ Griffin added 20Duke (25-4, 15-3 ACC) maintained sole possession of first place in the conference with a dominant wire-to-wire performance. The Blue Devils also won their seventh consecutive road game, extending the longest active streak by a Power 5 team.
Banchero had career highs in assists (nine) and three-pointers (four) while Griffin hit 6-of-10 from deep as Duke finished .469 (15-of-32) behind the arc. Williams added 12 rebounds – eight on the offensive glass – for his seventh double-double of the year.
Buddy Boeheim led Syracuse (15-14, 9-9 ACC) with 23 points, while Joe Girard netted 18. After Duke shot out to a 14-0 lead in the game's opening four minutes and extended the lead to 30 later in the first half, the Orange were never able to cut the deficit below 15.
Banchero and Griffin had 18 and 14 in the first half, respectively, combining to hit 8-of-11 three-pointers. The Blue Devils shot 18-of-30 (.600) and 10-of-17 (.588) from behind the arc in the period.
Meanwhile, Syracuse lost both match ups of the regular season with Duke on the road and at home?
Why?
They lost lost on the road 79-59 in Durham on January 22, 2022 because Duke's AJ Griffin put the first points on the board with a 3-pointer and the Blue Devils never trailed in the encounter.
Then they lost at home to Duke on Saturday February 26, 2022 72-79.
Why?
blazed their way to an early advantage, scoring 14 unanswered points in the first four minutes of the contest. A Buddy Boeheim lay-up got the Orange on the board with 15:27 on the clock, but it did not slow the Blue Devils. At one point the visitors had made 11-of-12 from the field, including 6-of-7 of its 3-point tries.
“according to articles on cuse.com”
Meanwhile, North Carolina who is a 3 seed is going to play the winner of the 9:30pm that takes place between Virginia, Louisville or Georgia Tech on Wednesday .
North Carolina, Virginia only met once during the regular season in Charlottesville!
In that game North Carolina won 74-58!
Why?
In North Carolina’s 74-58 win over Virginia Armando Bacot who is a forward had career in points, rebounds because he scored 29 points and collected 22 rebounds. Armando Bacot was 12-of-18 shooting. Armando Bacot had career highs of 29 points and 22 rebounds to lead North Carolina to a 74-58 win over Virginia.
Armando Bacot was 12-of-18 shooting and became only the second Tar Heel to collect 20 rebounds in the Dean E. Smith Center. Sean May did it three times. Bacot, who came into the game second in the nation with 10 double-doubles, posted his seventh in a row.
Brady Manek made five 3-pointers and added 19 points and five assists for the Tar Heels (11-4, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who remained perfect at home this season with eight wins while bouncing back from a 78-73 loss to Notre Dame on Wednesday. Caleb
Love had 16 points with four 3-pointers and also had five assists. Reece Beekman scored 13 points, Armaan Franklin 12 and Jayden Gardner 10 for the Cavaliers (9-6, 3-2), who were coming off ACC road victories over Syracuse and Clemson.
Two Bacot baskets and 3-pointers from Love and Manek put UNC up by double figures for good midway through the second half. A 10-0 run with Manek hitting two more 3-pointers gave the Tar Heels their largest lead — 25 points — with 3 1/2 minutes left.
North Carolina took the lead for good five minutes into the game on a Bacot bucket but only led by six, 31-25, at halftime.
The teams were close in shooting percentage but North Carolina was 11 of 25 from the arc while Virginia was 6 of 12. With Bacot leading the way, UNC won the boards 36-28.
North Carolina has held opposing teams to 65 points or fewer in its last eight wins. Virginia came in 10th nationally in scoring defense at 57.7.
“according to an article on goheels.com by Associated Press”
North Carolina Louisville met twice during the regular season!
Once in Louisville Kentucky once in Chapel Hill North Carolina and they won both match ups!
Why?
North Carolina swept Louisville in the regular season because they won 90-83 in overtime in Louisville Kentucky on February 1, 2022 because in the final 1:10 was highlighted by a pair of technical fouls against Louisville that led to four made foul shots for North Carolina to seal the win.
Jae'Lyn Withers was whistled for a dead ball contact technical foul when officials ruled he shoved Bacot to the floor after the whistle blew when Bacot and Louisville's Matt Cross got tied up for a loose ball with 1:10 left. Caleb Love sank the technicals for an 86-81 North Carolina lead.
Noah Locke responded with two foul shots for the Cardinals with 59 seconds to go to reduce the deficit to three. North Carolina turned it over, and on the Cardinal's ensuing possession, Cross' deep, straight-on 3 attempt hit the rim and ricocheted to the left baseline. On the bounce, however,
Louisville's Syndey Curry was called for an offensive foul boxing out Bacot. In his irate response, Cardinals interim head coach Mike Pegues was called for a technical foul upon slamming his hand on the scorer's table.
Love then sank two technical foul shots and Bacot made 1 of 2 foul shots for the whistle drawn on Curry for an 89-83 advantage. Love made 1 of 2 with five seconds to go for the game's final margin.
In regulation, after Armando Bacot threw down a dunk to give North Carolina a 55-45 lead with 12:35 remaining, Louisville went on a shooting spree when El Ellis sank three 3s' and Cross another to give Louisville a 57-55 advantage. Neither team led by more than four points to end regulation.
Leaky Black's 3-pointer with 2:10 left in the extra session broke an 81-all tie and North Carolina led the rest of the way
Withers came up with spectacular block on R.J. Davis' wide-open layup attempt to send it to overtime tied at 74.
“according to an article by the Associated Press”
Then North Carolina won the rematch 70-63 in Chapel Hill!
Only this time North Carolina won in regulation!
Why?
North Carolina finished the game on a 6-0 run, holding Louisville scoreless for the final 2 minutes, 50 seconds. Louisville made just one of their final nine shots.
“according to an article by the Associated Press”
North Carolina swept Georgia Tech in the regular season because they won at Georgia Tech on December 5, 2022 by a score of 79-62.
Why?
RJ Davis scored 13 of his game-high 23 points in the second half Sunday afternoon as North Carolina pulled away in the second half to defeat Georgia Tech 79-62 in the ACC opener for both teams.
The game was tied 31-all at halftime, after UNC (6-2) overcame a nine-point deficit behind stingy defense. Georgia Tech (5-3) lost its second straight contest as senior guard Michael Devoe, who entered the game as the nation's leading scorer with a 25-point average, was limited to 13 points on 5 of 12 shooting.
Freshman guard Deebo Coleman scored 13 points for Tech, which also got 13 from senior wingman Khalid Moore.
North Carolina won with balance. Four players finished with double-figure scoring, including Caleb Love with with 17 points and Armando Bacot who pitched in with 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
Georgia Tech was the better team for much of the first half.
Georgia Tech built a a nine-point lead on a steal and dunk by Moore with 8:43 remaining, but North Carolina outscored the Jackets 17-8 from there to even the score by halftime.
“according to an article by Matt Winklejohn of the Associated Press”
Then they won the rematch in Chapel Hill on Saturday January 15, 2022!
Why?
Armando Bacot tied his career high with 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, RJ Davis scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, and North Carolina cruised to a 88-65 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday night.
Bacot made 10 of 16 from the field and 9 of 9 from the free-throw line while Davis had six assists and hit four 3-pointers. Caleb Lovemade three 3s and finished with 14 points and Brady Manek added 11 points for North Carolina (12-4, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Davis hit a 3-pointer to open the scoring and another to cap a 10-2 opening run and the Tar Heels never trailed. Davis hit two more 3s — and Manek added a 3-pointer and a traditional three-point play — in a 16-3 spurt that made it 42-24 with 2:23 left in the first half. Bacot converted back-to-back three-point plays and then made a layup in a 50-second span to give North Carolina a 32-point lead, its biggest of the game, with 9:29 left.
Jordan Usher led Georgia Tech (7-9, 1-5) with 22 points and Deivon Smith scored 16. The duo combined to make 16 of 27 from the field but the rest of the team shot just 34% (11 of 32).
“according to articles on go heels.com by Associated Press”
Tip off for Duke’s against either Florida State, Syracuse is set for 12:00pm on Thursday from Barclays Center that is home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, WNBA’s New York Liberty and is going to be televised on ESPN!
Tip off for North Carolina’s game against either Virginia, Louisville is set for 9:30pm from Barclays Center that is home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, WNBA’s New York Liberty! And like Duke’s game it’s going to be televised on ESPN!