They have had such a winning tradition for so long, it would be nice to beat them. But it wasn t until I got here that I wanted us to beat them. It would just be nice to beat them. The rivalry intensifies when you pepper in the reaction of the locals once they have picked sides. But it s usually a friendly rivalry.
People talk about it.
They brag and stuff. But you usually only get just a few crazy guys who want to get physical over it and ruin the fun for everybody else. But if either side ever comes to blows over any particular Duke-UNC game, this could be the one. The stakes are high. It was once believe by basketball experts that both Duke and UNC could get top seeds in the NCAA Tournament.