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Carolina beats Duke to sweet Duke in the regular season.

Shirel, I don't know if it's a one-off, but Kenny Williams, just fabulous tonight.

That's the only word I know to offer as an adjective for the senior.

It's funny because one of the storylines of the last month or so was Ken North Carolina

continued to win without getting much from Kenny Williams offensively. And I think there

were a lot of people who wondered why he was getting so many minutes,

why he was playing, why, you know, he was still taking shots.

And I think the last two games have really kind of justified Royal Williams' approach.

And they've also given Kenny a ton of confidence.

The two free throws or three or four free throws to close out Clemson.

And then really, you know, it was looking a little dicey there for North Carolina.

They didn't score a field goal in the last, you know, 647 of the game.

And, you know, just had that feel of something where, you know, Duke hits a couple threes and wins by one or something crazy.

And that block on RJ Berry was the play of the game by far.

It took away Duke's last, you know, really kind of gasped to win the game. And just overall, aside from that play, I mean, Kenny had 18 points. So the shooting slump, you know, seems to be, maybe not in the past, but it's not as strong as it was. He had four threes, which is what you wanted to do. He had six rebounds.

He had three assists. He chased RJ Barrett, you know, I would say probably the best offensive player in the country who is going to be the number one or number two pick in the draft in a few months. Chaste him around the entire game, played 39 minutes, and just kind of one of those where he willed North Carolina to victory.

And, you know, that's what seniors do. It's cliche. You know, we've heard a lot about it the last three or four days. But as we enter March, we start talking about finality. And Kenny Williams was a guy who knew he was playing his last game in the Smith Center and didn't want to lose to Duke. And he just didn't let it happen. Yeah, that's something I've done this week leading up to the game,

has read the stories, fantastic stories on Inside Carolina about the seniors,

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