Duke Blue Devils at North Carolina Tar Heels
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Bacot, Love and Walton score 18 each, UNC beats Duke 91-73
Walton hit 4 of 7 from 3-point range and Love had seven assists. Garrison Brooks added 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting for North Carolina (16-9, 10-6 ACC).
The Tar Heels will be the No. 6 seed and earned a first-round bye in next week's conference tournament. Tenth-seeded seed Duke (11-11, 9-9) plays No. 15 seed Boston College in Tuesday's first round.
Bacot scored seven consecutive points to start a 22-4 run that made it 26-6 when he capped the spurt with a dunk midway through the first half.
Mark Williams led Duke with 18 points, DJ Steward added 16 and Matthew Hurt 14.
The Blue Devils finished the regular season without a winning record for the first time since 1994-95. Duke has made 24 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, the second-longest active streak of its kind, but will likely have to win five games in as many days at the ACC tourney to earn a berth this year. The Blue Devils' longest win streak this season is four.
North Carolina made 31 of 56 (55%) from the field, shot 44% (8 of 18) from 3-point range, and outscored the Blue Devils 21-12 from the free-throw line.
Duke trimmed its deficit to 13 when Wendell Moore Jr. hit a jumper early in the second half by Walton answered with a 3 and the Blue Devils got no closer.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 73 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Duke Offensive Rebound. | 73 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Sterling Manley Block. | 73 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Mike Buckmire missed Layup. | 73 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:15 | Sterling Manley made Dunk. Assisted by Andrew Platek. | 73 - 91 |
Statistics
 DUKE |
 UNC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28-69 | FG | 31-56 |
| 41 | Field Goal % | 55 |
| 5-27 | 3PT | 8-18 |
| 19 | Three Point % | 44 |
| 12-16 | FT | 21-26 |
| 75 | Free Throw % | 81 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 23 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 22 | Fouls | 15 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 24 |
Game Information
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Attendance: 3,263 | Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 35-3 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 30-6 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 26-9 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-14 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-15 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 22-12 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-12 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-14 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 18-17 |
| Syracuse | 6-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-13 | 12 | 13-20 |
| Notre Dame | 4-14 | 13 | 13-18 |
| Boston College | 4-14 | 13 | 11-20 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-16 | 15 | 11-20 |