The Tar Heels stepped up and gave His Airness the last laugh.Īt the end of the regular season, North Carolina rained on Coach K’s parade by upsetting Duke in the home finale. In this case, though, he didn’t even need to get involved. Michael Jordan managed to get the last laugh, even though he wasn’t directly involvedĪs you’ll remember from The Last Dance, Michael Jordan had a knack for remembering slights (perceived or otherwise) and using them as motivation for revenge. As we know, though, MJ and the Tar Heels got the last laugh. While Hill’s timeline was a bit off - Duke played UNC on February 5, and the NBA 75 ceremony took place during the NBA All-Star Game on February 20 - the other details are on the money. I was talking trash because when you guys were good, we were good, too.’ You know? And, so, we were going back and forth in the hallway, and, so, that rivalry, although there’s an incredible respect, a mutual respect, we definitely like to talk trash.” I was in his face, and I was like, ‘Oh man,’ like, you know? I’m giving it to him, and he’s like, ‘Man, you weren’t talking trash when we were good.’ And I would say, ‘Yes, I was. And, you know, we blew them out maybe a week before, so I was talking all types of trash.
“And as they were coming off and in the back, in the hallway, he came up to me, and Duke, we had just beaten in Carolina and blew them out.
“I saw in Cleveland at the NBA 75 ceremony,” Hill explained on the Rich Eisen Show. Even though the squad promptly lost its next game, falling to Virginia, the ‘W’ still provided some bragging rights. That victory sent Duke fans everywhere into jubilation.
On February 5, 2022, the Blue Devils traveled to Chapel Hill and defeated the Tar Heels by 20 points. Those NCAA ties extend even beyond the campus gates just ask Grant Hill about that. As even casual observers can confirm, Duke and North Carolina have one of the most heated rivalries in basketball.
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