Ahead of Saturday's matchup against UNC, Duke head men's basketball coach Jon Scheyer spoke with media about the rivalry. When asked if Carolina's 13-9 record makes them a more dangerous team, Scheyer candidly admitted that records don't matter when it comes to this contest.

UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis covered several topics on Monday during the ACC's coaches teleconference. The Tar Heels play at Pitt on Tuesday.

UNC basketball players RJ Davis and Ian Jackson previewed the Duke game with media members on Thursday at the Smith Center.

If you drew up the seed list for the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels might be an 11. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi had North Carolina down as an 11-seed on Tuesday morning — hours before the Tar Heels lost at Pitt, 73-65.

Cooper Flagg heads into his first meeting with rival UNC on Saturday leading Duke in scoring, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots.

That positioning is apt, but I think it’s time to admit their “rivalry” is not equally yoked, even if the circumstances of their hiring and the programs they inherited are similar. This season is the most separated Duke and North Carolina have been in years: As Scheyer propels his Blue Devils toward their best shot at a national title since 2015,

The Blue Devils boast what is not only the best defense in the ACC, but one of the most efficient in the nation. Despite starting three freshmen, head coach Jon Scheyer’s team has managed to allow just 59.

Duke coach Jon Scheyer said freshman big man Khaman Maluach was OK after vomiting on the court during the second half of Monday night’s 74-64 win against North Carolina

As the Blue Devils played in a close matchup against NC State on Monday, their starting center had a vomiting incident on the court before a fan fell unconscious in the stands.

Landstown High graduate Donald Hand Jr. and former Kecoughtan standout DJ Campbell are thriving for Boston College and California, respectively.

Second-ranked Duke took the air out of the sold-out Joel Coliseum with an efficient 63-56 win over Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils spacing on their halfcourt offense, led by probable ACC player of the year Cooper Flagg,

Rarely challenged in the ACC thus far and looking like far and away the league’s best team, Duke plays Wake Forest having lost at Winston-Salem each of the past two seasons.