The Duke vs. North Carolina rivalry is of a special sort; it's one of the few matchups in sports where fans of each team can look back, no matter how the season at large played out, and say... "Well,

With Duke and UNC trending in opposite directions, you had questions before the first meeting of the rivals this season on Saturday.

Highland School (Va.) five-star Nate Ament was in Knoxville on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-9, 185-pound forward, a longtime Duke basketball offer holder who now ranks No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, watched the visiting No. 12-ranked Kentucky Wildcats defeat the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 78-73.

Courtney Butash was a 3-sport captain at Manalapan High School. Now she uses those skills as a leader in Krzyzewskiville.

The Duke Blue Devils (18-2, 10-0 ACC) will attempt to extend a 14-game winning streak when they host the North Carolina Tar Heels (13-9, 6-4 ACC) on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Cameron Indoor

Cooper Flagg heads into his first meeting with rival UNC on Saturday leading Duke in scoring, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots.

Seth Trimble, considered UNC’s most effective defender, missed games after a concussion and has had a double-double in each of the past two games.

If you drew up the seed list for the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels might be an 11. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi had North Carolina down as an 11-seed on Tuesday morning — hours before the Tar Heels lost at Pitt, 73-65.

As third-year head coach Jon Scheyer and his crew prepare the No. 2-ranked Blue Devils (18-2, 10-0 ACC) for their home showdown against the struggling archrival UNC Tar Heels (13-9, 6-4 ACC) at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN), here's a look at the Blue Devils' season stat leaders:

Duke basketball is a heavy favorite against UNC on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. What does history say about the Tar Heels' odds for an upset?

Everything you need to know in order to watch the Duke Blue Devils take on the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Monday, Jan. 27.