It’s about time. UNC has been dogging the Devils in their last three meetings that Duke’s win last Wednesday was a breathe of fresh air.

Duke was riding from a three-game losing streak to their hated rivals from North Carolina coming to Wednesday night’s rivalry game, the biggest so far this 2008 NCAA college basketball season.

Greg Paulus scored 18 points, leading six Duke Blue Devils who scored in double digits to help their team pull off the 89-78 win over the No.3 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels.

After finally beating their hated rivals again after three unsuccessful attempts, the Duke Blue Devils are certainly looking like the team that fits in with their storied tradition.

‘’They’re pretty special right now,'’ Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. ‘’We know who we are. We’re a very unconventional team. We’re not a strong physical team, but we are strong team emotionally, a real together group.'’

‘’You have to hope you don’t get killed by a team for a stretch by their strength. You have to find a way and because we have versatile players we’ve been able to do that so far.'’

‘’We definitely drove the ball and got a couple good penetrate and kicks,'’ leading scorer Greg Paulus said. ‘’I'm not sure what we shot, but it seemed like whenever we needed a 3, we had guys who took big shots and knocked them down.'’

Tyler Hansbrough had a monster night, scoring 28 points and grabbing 18 rebounds against Duke.

Unfortunately for him, he had no help whatsoever from the rest of the Tar Heels and when that happens, unless you’re a guy from L.A. named Kobe Bryant, you usually lose.

‘’They got any shot they wanted,'’ North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams said. ‘’I don’t know very many times tonight that our defense dictated what shot they got. They had better spacing, more patience.'’

In other words, ‘’we sucked.'’

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North Carolina Tar Heels 5/1

UCLA Bruins 6/1

Memphis Tigers 10/1

Duke Blue Devils 15/1

Ohio State Buckeyes 40/1

Florida Gators 70/1

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