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Every epic game comes with a defining moment — if not more than one — and for the North Carolina-Duke NCAA Tournament national semifinal of a year ago, that moment remains clear enough. It will endure, even if almost nothing else about the photographs capturing it lasted all that much…

HOUSTON — In the 17 years that passed between Final Four appearances for Jim Larranaga, he changed schools (from George Mason to Miami), became a worse dancer (according to his players and his own self-appraisal), and lost none of the love for coaching he absorbed from Terry Holland.

The temptation to compare Hubert Davis and Jon Scheyer is strong, and for good reason. Coaches at Duke and North Carolina are always linked, through history and circumstance, but these two especially. Both were stars at their alma maters, where they took over for legendary, Hall of Fame coaches who…

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Saturday was always going to be different, a new day, as clean a slate as there can ever be when North Carolina visits Duke or vice versa.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — You could feel the tide turning, and not just because N.C. State looked lost against the zone or because the fans who filled Carmichael Arena rose and sent a roar up to the girders above like it once always was. When there came a moment Sunday…

17 January 1963: Except for alcohol, these classless havens provide all the requisite ingredients for an instant party

More like swag swaying, am I right?

NEW YORK — When Jacque Vaughn was at the tail end of his NBA career as a backup point guard for the San Antonio Spurs, Mike Budenholzer was an assistant on Gregg Popovich’s staff.