<P> 8 Points in 17 Seconds . Duke led UNC 86--78 with 17 seconds left . Despite the deficit and despite the fact that the game took place prior to the implementation of the three - point shot, Carolina rallied with a pair of free throws by Bobby Jones, then baskets by John Kuester and Jones after a steal by Walter Davis and a turnover on inbounds attempts . After Duke's Pete Kramer missed the front end of a one - and - one, UNC tied the score on Davis' 30 - foot bank shot as time expired . The game went into overtime, where UNC prevailed, 96--92 . To this day, many regard this comeback as the greatest in college basketball history . </P> <P> In a Big Four Tournament matchup between North Carolina and Duke, the two teams played a see - saw game until a 10--0 Duke run in the second half made the score 64--56 . North Carolina eventually tied the score at 70--70 with four minutes to go . Duke went back up by four with 1: 41 to go, but a driving layup by Phil Ford with eight seconds to go in regulation tied the score at 82 and extended the game to overtime . The Blue Devils got quick baskets from Kevin Billerman and Bob Fleischer to open the overtime but the Tar Heels answered and eventually took the lead, 89--88, on two Ford free throws with two minutes to go . Duke answered with four straight points and North Carolina came back to tie the score at 92, and then Tate Armstrong converted a three - point play to put the Blue Devils ahead for good . The teams combined for eight points in the final 20 seconds of the game, but Duke's free throw shooting gave them the 99--96 win . Fleischer led Duke with 26 points and Phil Ford scored 22 for North Carolina . </P> <P> Jim Spanarkel's Senior Day game turned into one of the strangest afternoons in ACC basketball history as Duke held Carolina scoreless for a half before knocking off the No. 4 - ranked Tar Heels 47--40 . Dean Smith resorted to the four corners offense and the Tar Heels held the ball throughout the first half, but Duke led 7--0 as Spanarkel forced two turnovers, assisted on a basket to Mike Gminski and scored the last bucket of the half on a short jumper. (Smith later said, "It should have been 2--0, or something like that, at the half .") Carolina's only two shots of the first half were air balls, that resulted in the first - ever chants of "Air ball...Air ball!" from the Cameron Crazies . Spanarkel added 15 points in the second half and finished with a game - high 17, hitting 8 - of - 9 field goal attempts . The win allowed Duke to tie North Carolina for the ACC regular season title . </P> <P> Duke coach Bill Foster wasn't amused by Smith's tactics in the first half and the next day said, "I've been doing this a long time, but during the first half last night I began to think maybe I've been doing it for too long ." He then added this infamous dig: "I thought Naismith invented basketball, not Deansmith ." </P>

Who has the most wins between duke and unc