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“I’m not going to say like, ‘Oh my God, I hope we play them again,' ” Duke freshman Zion Williamson said, splashing a dose of cold water on the prospect. “I’m not going to start no extra drama. They’re a great team. If we see them, we see them. If not, oh well.” Of all the years North Carolina and Duke have played each other while both were highly ranked, this season as much as any feels like we need to see it one more time to get the final word.
Duke, being the young team that it is, did not maximize that advantage. Over the final nine minutes, Williamson made 4-of-6 field goals, while his teammates made just 1-of-9, not to mention R.J. Barrett missed two free throws with 12 seconds remaining that handed North Carolina guard Coby White a chance to win it .
“Both historic programs going at it,” Barrett said. “They kept coming at us, and we kept going at them all game long. Such a fun game to be in.” That may not be a terribly popular idea in this state, where the underlying emotion of this rivalry might run too deep to maintain sanity. A Final Four meeting might be too big, too important to make it enjoyable.
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