What happened the last time UNC swept Duke?
There’s not many years where either UNC or Duke sweep the season basketball series, but it’s happened in each of the past two seasons.
The Blue Devils won both matchups last year en route to the ACC Tournament championship, essentially ending North Carolina’s season with the second of two wins.
It was North Carolina’s turn to sweep this year, beating the Blue Devils by a 84-79 mark on Saturday to complete the feat. The Tar Heels largely dominated both matchups this year, leading for all but 16 seconds and proving they were – undoubtedly – the ACC’s best team.
The last time UNC swept the season series was in the 2020-2021 campaign, which was legendary head coach Roy Williams’ final season.
What exactly happened this year? Cole Anthony was the main star, but he played too much iso ball. North Carolina started the year ranked, but issues were exposed in a big loss to Ohio State.
UNC ended up winning a couple ACC Tournament games and made the NCAA Tournament, but was blown out by Wisconsin in its first-round matchup.
Both the Tar Heels and Blue Devils will make the NCAA Tournament this year, but there’s no doubt UNC is the ACC Tournament favorite. North Carolina may have very well played its way back into national title contention, too, thanks to its recent hot stretch of six consecutive wins.
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