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- College basketball fans mocked Duke for allegedly escalating its beef with the University of North Carolina over the pettiest reason
- A report that claimed the Blue Devils were insulted the Tar Heels didn’t pay tribute to Mike Krzyzewski earlier this season went viral after UNC defeated Duke in his final home game
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Saturday’s uber-hyped showdown between Duke and the University of North Carolina marked the end of an era in Durham, as Mike Krzyzewski’s time patrolling the sidelines at Cameron Indoor Stadium came to an end after a storied 42 seasons with the program.
Most of the ticketholders who shelled out a truly absurd amount of money to attend Coach K’s final home game walked away disappointed, as the Tar Heels put a bit of a damper on the festivities by coming away with the victory by a score of 94-81.
The win was an especially sweet one for a UNC squad that got whomped by the Blue Devils in the 87-67 loss they suffered when the rivals faced off in Chapel Hill back in February (as well as the many avowed Duke Haters who were treated to a heaping serving of schadenfreude).
There’s a chance we could get a rematch between the two blue bloods in the ACC Tournament later this week, and if that ends up being the case, we should be in for a treat thanks to the bad blood that’s continued to boil thanks to a very petty issue that has many college basketball fans gleefully mocking Duke yet again.
Following Saturday’s game, we were treated to the season’s latest handshake-related controversy after one of Duke’s assistant coaches declined to exchange formal pleasantries with UNC head coach Hubert Davis.
It turns out tensions have been simmering since the aforementioned game on the Tar Heel’s home turf, as an article ESPN published last week claimed the Blue Devils were apparently very salty after their foremost foe declined to join the slew of college basketball programs that lauded Coach K with praise and adoration over the course of his farewell tour.
That report gained new legs in the wake of the weekend’s loss, and people seized on the opportunity to dunk all over Duke for pulling the Most Duke Move possible.
Duke should be upset that Duke didn’t honor Coach K in Cameron Indoor last weekend https://t.co/YxrQbC82Pu
— Céad Míle Fáilte (@ColeyMick) March 7, 2022
Not sure what’s worse, feeling this way or saying it out loud. pic.twitter.com/MEIAwznD3s
— Steve Carpenter (@stevencnc) March 7, 2022
applaud UNC's anti-farewell tour stance here https://t.co/whCQJbrzqH
— Daniel Gallen (@danieljtgallen) March 7, 2022
— 𝓑𝓘𝓖 𝓢𝓒𝓡𝓔𝓐𝓜𝓘𝓝 𝓗𝓞𝓝𝓚𝓔𝓡𝓢 #1 𝓯𝓐𝓝 (@justposa) March 7, 2022
It's cool to do a year-long vanity exercise if you want. Lots of K's players clearly love him, and if anyone earned vanity, he did. But being mad that others aren't participating is weird. I think the Jeter thing a few years back raised expectations too much https://t.co/UJqSs4tKdO
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) March 7, 2022
This is so insanely soft from Chris Carrawell. You're a 44-year old man, dude.
As for the 2nd part, you have to be careful with "suggestions," but that is so incredibly weak if Dookies really took offense to UNC not bending the knee enough to Coach K in Chapel Hill. pic.twitter.com/0W0RQvDBHU
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) March 6, 2022
I thought it was for the kids though https://t.co/NJccaNfNXk
— Tar Heel Nation (@UNC_TarHeelFan) March 7, 2022
You hate to see it.