Sport’s Perfect Blend

Simply stated, they are sport’s grandest rivalry. Eight miles divide them. However, their compositions and aspirations are cavernous. Conversely, their basketball is comparable. Their legacies are monumental. Their fans, traditions, and alumni are collegiate standards. For eighty minutes a season, they are sport’s world.

Duke is academia personified. Their students are pre-med, pre-law, pre-pillars of society. Basketball savvy, character adverse teenagers are unwelcome. Duke’s starters may lack talent. However, their term is student-athlete.

North Carolina is leisure learning. Their students are not incorrigible. With that stated, their southern belles and weekend wreckers know alcohol. North Carolina basketball flaunts a professional pedigree. From Michael to Rasheed, their simultaneous goals are championships and lottery position.

On Wednesday, Duke and North Carolina clashed. The score is irrelevant. For two hours, breathing halted and pulses exploded. Fans were privileged witnesses of sport’s paramount contention. Ultimately, a winner and loser were realized and fans began craving another edition.