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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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North Carolina vs Duke. The best rivalry in the sport, in all sports. The Tar Heels and Blue Devils tip off round 1 of 2026 in the Smith Center and while the visitors come to Chapel Hill as a favorite, Hubert Davis's team will look to answer doubters and shift the national narrative of the two programs on Saturday night. Inside Carolina's Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley take a look at the rivalry over the course of the years and focus on the intensity that few games can match on the floor. Barnes and Ashley discuss key players for both teams and the importance of winning is to both teams, but especially to a Carolina team trying to avoid a four game losing streak in the series. **Call to Action:** **Subscribe:** Follow 'Inside Carolina' wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode! **Review:** Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help us reach more Tar Heel fans! **Visit:** Explore http://www.InsideCarolina.com for breaking news, recruiting updates, and expert commentary on all things UNC sports. This show is brought to you by Inside Carolina, the No. 1 site for UNC sports coverage and community. Visit http://www.InsideCarolina.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	We are back for the last daily of the week.
0:02.8	I'm Tommy Ashley.
0:03.7	That's Greg Barnes, sponsored by Johnny T-shirt, of course, inside carolina.com.
0:07.9	Go get your premium membership.
0:10.3	Might be worth it.
0:11.7	Join up into the discussion about all things Carolina.
0:15.8	Today, it's Carolina and Duke on Saturday.
0:19.2	We talk about Carolina, Duke,
0:21.0	Jay Billis, one of the smartest things he said.
0:24.0	The rivalry always delivers.
0:26.1	It's one of the few things he said that I totally agree with, Greg.
0:29.5	Duke, Carolina, never mind the records.
0:32.1	We've seen blowouts on both sides.
0:34.2	This is a big game, especially for North Carolina on Saturday.
0:40.2	It is for sure. And, last year um duke had such a powerhouse roster and carolina had some obvious holes
0:47.1	so it was really a situation where uh Carolina needed to pull a significant upset to win any of those games.
0:58.2	And granted, they nearly did.
1:01.3	But I think it kind of spoke to kind of a change in how we talked about the robbery.
1:07.1	Because it wasn't either team can win.
1:10.2	It's okay, Carolina's got to do X, Y, and Z to have a chance to win.
1:14.9	And that's just odd.
1:16.2	That's not the case this year.
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