Duke, Elite Eight and North Carolina
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Here are our key observations from UNC and Duke women's basketball's NCAA Sweet 16 matchup in Birmingham as the Blue Devils eliminated their ACC rival.
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The Duke and North Carolina women have faced each other 110 times, including 16 games on a neutral court, but they’ve never played in the NCAA Tournament — until Friday.
For Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson, it's not about the who it takes, but the what it takes. She's not relishing extra in this UNC win.
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The No. 2 seed Duke Blue Devils meet the No. 3 seed North Carolina Tar Heels in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Women's Tournament on Friday.
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WNCT Greenville on MSNDuke downs UNC in NCAA Women’s Tournament to advance to Elite 8Rivals Duke and North Carolina met in the NCAA Women’s Tournament Friday in a Sweet 16 game in Birmingham, Alabama. The Tar Heel women started out strong, building an 11-0 lead in the first quarter. Duke then responded with a 21-2 run to take a 21-13 lead in the second quarter.
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Duke and North Carolina will meet in women’s basketball for the third time this season, but this time, a lot more is on the line. The No. 2 Blue Devils (28-7) and
No. 3 seed UNC will face a familiar opponent in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 Friday afternoon: No. 2 seed Duke.
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It will take some time for Alyssa Ustby to disentangle her identity from UNC basketball and accept the ending of this chapter, but when that happens, those around her say Ustby will see the impact she made.