No. 9 Tar Heels visit No. 1 Kansas in only second on-campus showdown between college hoops titans

Posted Nov 8, 2024
It’s hard to call any series between basketball programs a rivalry when they’ve met just 12 times. Hard to call North Carolina-Kansas anything else, though. They are linked by Dean Smith and Larry Brown, Matt Doherty and Roy Williams. And when they have played, the stakes have been high: Seven NCAA Tournament matchups, five in the Final Four. (Associated Press)

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