{"id":3149,"date":"2011-02-09T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T20:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2011-02-09T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T20:41:04","slug":"blue-devils-vs-tar-heels-in-mens-hoops-it-doesnt-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/blue-devils-vs-tar-heels-in-mens-hoops-it-doesnt-get-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Devils vs. Tar Heels.  In Men&#8217;s Hoops, It Doesn&#8217;t Get Better."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Storied Rivalry to Reignite in Durham\u00a0 Tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Duke-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3153\" title=\"Duke 5\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Duke-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UNC-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3154\" title=\"UNC 4\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UNC-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a>Follow college basketball?\u00a0 If so, you are in for a treat tonight as the North Carolina Tar Heels hop on a chartered bus\u00a0in Chapel Hill and travel all of seven miles to Durham and Cameron Indoor Stadium to tangle once more with their hated, but highly respected, rivals, the Duke Blue Devils.\u00a0\u00a0 It will be a match-up every college basketball diehard looks forward to\u00a0twice each year.\u00a0 And, as is the usual case, the unexpected is expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roy-Williams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3162\" title=\"Roy Williams\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roy-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>Carolina enters the game having\u00a0experienced\u00a0the second consecutive disapointing year.\u00a0 Although the team\u00a0is on a solid run, having won ten of its last eleven games, the Heels have not been their accustomed dynamic force of\u00a0late.\u00a0 They failed to make the NCAA tournament last year and since then have seen the premature and voluntary departure of three significant recruits.\u00a0 Still,\u00a0to fully dismiss a Roy Williams squad is never a wise thing to contemplate.\u00a0 A master motivator and\u00a0game coach, Williams can be\u00a0trusted to have\u00a0his charges locked and loaded for the Dookies and Cameron Crazies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coach-K-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3164\" title=\"Coach K 3\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coach-K-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a>As for Duke, the recent loss to\u00a0ACC opponent Miami still must sting.\u00a0 And, with the ongoing absence of freshman guard, Kyrie Irving,\u00a0Coach K&#8217;s team faces a charging Carolina bunch a bit shorthanded.\u00a0 Nonetheless,\u00a0the leadership and inspirational play of seniors Kyle Singlar and\u00a0Nolan Smith have the Blue Devils poised for\u00a0yet another deep run toward a second straight NCAA national championship.<\/p>\n<p>So, tonight&#8217;s contest will be like all the others &#8212; a fierce battle between two very proud programs, neither of which will give an inch of hardwood from tip-off to final buzzer.\u00a0 Throw aside the records.\u00a0 Toss the coaches&#8217;\u00a0resumes to the wind.\u00a0 When Carolina meets Duke on\u00a0a basketball floor, anything can happen and it&#8217;s a joy to watch.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s roll!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storied Rivalry to Reignite in Durham\u00a0 Tonight Follow college basketball?\u00a0 If so, you are in for a treat tonight as the North Carolina Tar Heels hop on a chartered bus\u00a0in Chapel Hill and travel all of seven miles to Durham and Cameron Indoor Stadium to tangle once more with their hated, but highly respected, rivals, &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/blue-devils-vs-tar-heels-in-mens-hoops-it-doesnt-get-better\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[10,13,56,79,94,111],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}