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Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops

by Art Chansky

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A half-century history of college basketball’s Duke–Carolina rivalry

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A half-century history of college basketball’s Duke–Carolina rivalry

Art Chansky traces the Duke–Carolina basketball rivalry across fifty years, framing it as a contest shaped by school tradition, regional identity, fan allegiance, and the stakes of annual bragging rights. The book gathers the rivalry’s conflicts and controversies alongside its on-court history, while placing prominent coaches and players within the longer continuity of the two programs. It also follows the rivalry beyond campus, noting its national television audience and the number of Duke and UNC figures who moved into NBA playing or coaching careers. The emphasis remains on how a recurring matchup became a defining college-basketball institution.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of Duke or North Carolina basketball history
  • College basketball readers interested in rivalries and program traditions
  • Sports readers interested in the connection between NCAA basketball and the NBA

Themes

College basketball rivalryDuke and North CarolinaSports traditionFan culture and school prideBasketball history

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Book overview

Blue Blood is a thrilling chronicle of the Duke-Carolina rivalry as it has evolved over the last fifty years. With unparalleled insider access, veteran journalist and author Art Chansky details the colorful, revered, and respected rivalry--for the first time ever.

"It's not about me versus Dean, or me against Roy or Dean against Vic Bubas. Duke and Carolina will be here forever."--Mike Krzyzewski

For fifty years the rivalry between Duke and Carolina has featured famous brawls, endless controversy, long-nurtured hatred--and some of the best basketball ever played in the history of the sport. For Duke and UNC players and fans, the competition is not about winning a prize, trophy or title--it's about bragging rights and raw pride.

The Duke-Carolina rivalry has fostered more than thirty former players from the two schools playing or coaching in the NBA; it has enchanted a nation of spectators to watch games between the archrivals--garnering some of the highest regular-season TV ratings in history. Blue Blood celebrates the history of this rivalry, the traditions, the heritage, and, most importantly--spectacular basketball.

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