The rivalry returns with all of its glory

Posted Feb 7, 2007

North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough didn't really know the magnitude of the rivalry with Duke growing up in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He did when he moved to Chapel Hill. So when a prankster affixed a Duke sticker onto the bumper of Hansbrough's black Dodge truck, parked in front of a movie theater, last year's consensus freshman of the year was so mad he couldn't express it Tuesday, months after the incident. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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