The Greatest Rivalry (2010) Chapter 3: The Interrogation Process

Because his team won, Iceman will pretty much be running the debriefing of last night's Duke-Carolina game as well as the Q and A.

Iceman's Game Notes:
Just like every other Duke/Carolina game in the history of all history this one was competitive and meaningful. It was also the beginning of a new chapter in the rivalry, full of fresh faces. Duke is the more experienced and more polished team, but the odds and the Smith Center guaranteed this would be a close match regardless of the rosters and season records. From the onset Carolina just looked young and in need of a leadership. As you (Teach) so astutely pointed out at the beginning of the season, that leadership would more than likely have to come from Marcus Ginyard, but to date, it really hasn't. To me he seems to be the quiet veteran who knows what to do, but is not talented enough to "lead-by-example."

The Greatest Rivalry (2010) Chapter 1: The Invisible Men

Somehow, someway, this North Carolina team found a way to make H. G. Wells grin from inside a tomb of science fiction nonsense.

This time last year Carolina was well on its way to being crowned the ACC regular season champs with even bigger dreams of eventually becoming national champions. They did both, and the Carolina faithful were happy; but happiness soon gave way to madness. The phrase "gave way" even suggests that the madness was always present, perhaps as an intangible part of what makes college basketball such a tragically beautiful sport.