No. 3 UNC is leaning on a season-long defensive surge entering rivalry game with No. 7 Duke

Posted Feb 2, 2024
It wasn’t long ago, during North Carolina men’s basketball's best start in Atlantic Coast Conference play in more than two decades, that veteran big man Armando Bacot surprised his coach with a confession. The storied program’s career rebounding leader had found unexpected joy in another bit of often-unheralded work: getting stops on defense. (Associated Press)

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