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Loss is second worst ever to Devils
March 7, 2010
Duke's Brian Zoubek (55) and Kyle Singler (12) double-team North Carolina's Tyler Zeller. (MCT/Chuck Liddy)

DURHAM – In Duke vs. North Carolina, there is seldom a sure thing. But Saturday’s regular season finale was never in doubt.

Duke built a 20-point lead in just 11 minutes and a 30-point lead in 26. After four straight losses to UNC in their own building, the No. 4 Blue Devils took back Cameron Indoor Stadium. Emphatically.


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Marcus Ginyard

DURHAM — Duke's Saturday-night thrashing of North Carolina was a tale of two seniors.

On one hand, there was Duke's Brian Zoubek. The 7-footer from Haddonfield, N.J., hauled in 13 rebounds as Duke clobbered the Tar Heels on his Senior Night.

Seniors embrace Thursday at the dedication of the Eve Carson Memorial  DTH/Phong Dinh

The dedication of the Eve Carson Memorial Garden on a sunny Thursday afternoon brought people together.

Friends embraced. Some cried. Others in the crowd of more than 100 stood in silence. Everyone remembered.

Chancellor Holden Thorp addresses the hundreds who gathered Thursday to remember Carson. DTH/Phong Dinh

It’s because of the way she lived and the way she was killed that Eve Carson’s name is accompanied by a gut reaction.

But in a couple of years, all the students who can remember the former student body president’s voice, presence and friendship on campus will have graduated.

Cynthia and Bob Risley of Chapel Hill celebrate the closing of the KFC on East Main Street in Carrboro. DTH/BJ Dworak

Champagne glasses filled with sparkling grape juice toasted the end of a Kentucky-fried era on Thursday.

A small group of demonstrators, some in chicken suits, gathered outside of the KFC at 313 E. Main St. in Carrboro to celebrate the store’s closing.

With only two deer down and three shots taken, Governors Club deer hunters have a long way to go.

They have until April 15 to kill no more than 65 antler-less deer. But community officials continue to hear disapproval from residents who want archers out of their yards.

North Carolina’s innovative research campus is back on its feet after months of hiring freezes and budget cuts.

Junior Bianca Bell protests UNC’s tuition hikes and budget cuts. DTH/Erin Hull

Student protesters broke the silence and broke the rules in Polk Place on Thursday afternoon, decrying administrative decisions that have led to budget cuts and tuition hikes.

No arrests were made, despite students staying inside South Building past the 5 p.m. deadline for sit-ins.

Junior Cetera DeGraffenreid scored 23 points before she fouled out near the end of UNC’s 83-77 loss to Maryland. DTH/Mike Ehrlic

GREENSBORO — With four players on the floor with four fouls, Maryland coach Brenda Frese did not panic.

Although North Carolina had rallied from a 10-point deficit to within four points on a timely 3-pointer from UNC junior guard Cetera DeGraffenreid with 1:20 remaining, she stayed steady.

Largely because there was one player on the floor who had proven to do the same.

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