DeCock: Blue Devils not ready to cede top spot

Posted Feb 9, 2011
The deficit was 14 at the half, and Kendall Marshall was busy swinging the balance of power in the ACC away from Duke and toward North Carolina. Then Nolan Smith and Seth Curry went out and yanked it right back. The way North Carolina dominated the first half made Duke’s eventual comeback for a 79-73 win all the more improbable. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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