UNC Basketball's Greatest Games: 8 Points, 17 Seconds

Posted Nov 2, 2023
"When these two rivals meet, you can throw out the record books." Sports cliché 101. But clichés become clichés for a reason. Never was this better demonstrated than the afternoon of March 2, 1974, when an overmatched Duke basketball team visited Carmichael Auditorium and almost ruined Senior Day for the No. 4-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. (Inside Carolina)

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