Blood feud on Tobacco Road rises

Posted Mar 5, 2007

Gerald Henderson leaped, and his right elbow swung into Tyler Hansbrough's face, and Hansbrough fell, and blood flowed, and the ACC's most heated rivalry turned into a blast furnace. UNC now has another reason to hate Duke, as if it needed one. The most-played highlight from Sunday's 86-72 Tar Heels romp will be the play with 14.5 seconds left, the one referees described as "a flagrant foul for combative and confrontational action. It is ruled a fight." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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