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Here’s everything you need to know about the Duke-Carolina game

From staff reports

February 9, 2017 7:15 AM

Duke center Jahlil Okafor, left, and teammate forward Amile Jefferson, right block a shot by UNC forward J.P. Tokoto in Duke’s 84-77 win over the Tar Heels on March 7, 2015. Chuck Liddy cliddy@newsobserver.com

The ACC basketball season’s first Duke-North Carolina matchup is finally here, The No. 18 Blue Devils (18-5, 6-4) host the No. 8 Tar Heels (21-4, 9-2) Thursday at 8 p.m.

Here are links to all of our pregame coverage:

* For Duke, a chance to take a giant leap forward -- DeCock

* UNC’s Roy Williams want some of what Duke has

* UNC at Duke: How to watch and what to know about the game

* Amile Jefferson gearing up for last rivalry game at home

* How UNC’s Isaiah Hicks grew from his ‘deer in the headlights’ days

* Duke players know UNC rivalry game more than just a regional event

* A look back at the past five years of Duke-Carolina games

* UNC’s Roy Williams says Grayson Allen scrutiny is ‘way blown out of proportion’

* Blue Devils guards finding cohesion ahead of game against Tar Heels

* Duke faces tall task against UNC’s interior

* Cameron Crazies fired up for Duke-Carolina rivalry game

* Duke’s Coach K jokes about retirement and calls Duke-Carolina game a ‘national treasure’

Here’s our ACC Now Podcast with special guest ESPN college basketball analyist Jay Bilas:

This story was originally published February 9, 2017 at 7:15 AM with the headline "Here’s everything you need to know about the Duke-Carolina game."

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