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No. 14 UNC Men's Basketball Hosts No. 4 Duke Saturday Night - Pregame Notes

The Tar Heels host Duke on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the 266th game between the teams. Saturday's game is the 88th UNC-Duke game in which both teams are ranked in the Associated Press poll. Carolina is 145-120 against Duke, including 66-40 at home and 21-19 in the Smith Center. The Blue Devils won all three times the teams played last season. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Basketball faces tough task slowing Duke's Cameron Boozer

UNC will have the tough task of guarding one of college basketball’s best players in Cameron Boozer. At 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds, Boozer has been a force for Duke this season. He is the favorite to win ACC Player of the Year and projected as a top-five NBA Draft pick. He is averaging 23.3 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. (USA Today)

Seth Trimble Knows What UNC vs. Duke Means And He’s Making Sure Teammates Do, Too

For his first three seasons at North Carolina, Seth Trimble was a student. Now he's a teacher. Since the offseason, Trimble has been educating teammates as UNC prepares for a showdown with Duke on Saturday. With 10 first-year Tar Heels on the roster, Trimble is the only player in UNC's rotation who has logged significant minutes in the rivalry. (TarHeel247)

Video: Carolina Insider - Interview With George Karl

Former Tar Heel standout and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, George Karl, joins Jones Angell from the Tar Heel Sports Network and Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com for an interview on the Carolina Insider Podcast. (View Video)

North Carolina vs. Duke Basketball Preview: Freshman Stars Square Off in Round-1 Matchup

The Blue Devils are undefeated in conference play and sit one game ahead of the rest of the league in the ACC standings. Duke has the second-most Quad 1 wins in the country this season, with a 9-1 record. The Blue Devils earned five of their Q1 victories during their non-conference slate. Their only loss came at the hands of No. 19 Texas Tech, 82-81. (Inside Carolina)

No. 14 UNC vs. No 4 Duke: TV info, stats, scouting Blue Devils, keys to game, and notes

This matchup is usually decided by effort plays. UNC has to control the glass, especially offensive rebounds. Extra possessions in a rivalry game are back-breakers. Duke will pressure and run. The Tar Heels can’t get sloppy with turnovers because live-ball giveaways will turn into dunks the other way. UNC has to avoid giving up wide-open shots. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC’s bench production must continue against Duke

North Carolina won’t beat Duke on star power alone. As good as the Tar Heels’ starting five has been, UNC's surge from the bench has turned a good team into a dangerous one over their 4-game win streak. And if Carolina is going to knock off Duke, that second unit has to show up again. In the last four games, UNC has averaged 30.2 bench points. (USA Today)

UNC Basketball Looks to Regain Edge as Duke Returns to Chapel Hill

Seven hundred. That's how many days it's been since UNC last beat Duke. The No. 14 Tar Heels get their chance to erase that number Saturday, when No. 4 Duke visits the Smith Center for the first of two regular-season meetings at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN. The only Tar Heel who has played significant minutes in the rivalry is veteran guard Seth Trimble. (TarHeel247)

UNC freshman Caleb Wilson takes a page from Michael Jordan: 'It became personal'

UNC freshman forward Caleb Wilson has a list of about 30 names, including college freshmen he believes got the nod over him in high school and coaches who slighted him in recruiting or with USA Basketball. It’s likely that Duke head basketball coach Jon Scheyer and heralded freshman twins, Cameron and Cayden Boozer, respectfully, are on that list. (Andscape)

Same Shirt, Same Chair, same Food, Hocus Pocus, Carolina-Duke Traditions

Food. Clothing. Where one sits. How one sits. At home alone. At home with friends or family. At a watch party or at a bar. Teeth chatter. Lumps in the throat. And anxious sweat. With the game right around the corner, lets look at how some passionate UNC Basketball fans go about gameday for Carolina vs. Duke, the greatest rivalry in American sports. (TarHeel247)

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