Duke carolina game on march 8 2008

But they combined for 24 points on of shooting against Duke. To top it off, reserve forward Walker Miller entered the game having played just 26 minutes all season. But he found himself on the court for the Tar Heels in overtime as the lead changed hands. His free-throw with left put UNC up Miller's clutch contributions would have made for a great story.

Instead, there is only agony for the Tar Heels after one of the most crushing losses imaginable. North Carolina led by points with remaining in the 4th quarter. Final CarolinaFamily pic. Bacot has fouled out for North Carolina.

Walker Miller, who has played two minutes the entire game, is back in for UNC. Duke leads with left. There's no way around it. Just crushing for UNC. Seems like the air is gone from the building. Don't forget, though. Vernon Carey is fouled out. It's the first time the game has been tied since the score was We are heading into overtime here at the Dean E. Smith Center. Tre Jones just tied the game at We're going to OT. Duke and Carolina, man. Duke and Carolina Platek splits 2 free throws.

UNC up with 6. Duke will have a chance to tie. It's a 3 point game with Carey went to shake Roy Williams' hand after he fouled out? Vernon Carey just fouled out with left. Duke's freshman big fella scored 18 points in the first half. He exits with 0 points in the second half. Still just two made 3s for Duke in this game as they trail with remaining. Blue Devils struggled from 3 vs. Boston College the other night. But I thought that was just a one-off for a team that's been good from deep this year.

Maybe not. Why would Cole Anthony come back after missing 11 games when his draft stock was all but set? This is why.

Bilas makes a good point about Cole Anthony on the broadcast. This is his third game back and his conditioning is unreal.

On track to play almost the whole game. For more information about our data practices consult our Privacy Policy. Duke vs. By David Cobb. Feb 8, at pm ET 1 min read. SAT P. UNC 7. Season Leaders points. Live updates See New Posts. Heels lead Duke Duke had 15 shots blocked -- seven by Green and five by Deon Thompson -- and was held to a season-worst Sometimes, you get lucky and they miss shots as well. The statistics show that we've gotten better defensively.

It's something that you have to be good at if you want to reach those big-time dreams that we have. Duke had good looks on three straight trips downcourt after that but came up empty on each, and that allowed North Carolina to take control down the stretch. We just couldn't get that thing in the hole there," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. Obviously, they didn't turn out to be winning plays. Ellington drove the left side for a layup to tie it at 68 with 3 minutes left and start North Carolina's game-closing run, and on the next possession Hansbrough stuck back Green's miss to put the Tar Heels ahead to stay.

They went on to finish in road games and in ACC games away from the Smith Center -- both school records. We stopped them and then executed our offense and pulled out the win. Ty Lawson , who missed the previous meeting with a sprained left ankle, finished with 10 points for the Tar Heels, who earned their first victory in a winner-take-all regular-season finale with Duke since They won their 26th regular-season conference championship and third in four years under Williams, and have won three straight at Cameron for the first time since It was sweet revenge for Ellington and Green, who were roundly blamed for the Tar Heels' loss last month in Chapel Hill after they were a combined 4-for shooting in that No.

With the stakes even higher, they were significantly sharper, making a combined of attempts. The Tar Heels raced out to an early lead on the strength of Green's hot hand -- he was 6-for-8 at the break. Kyle Singler and Gerald Henderson each scored 10 for Duke, which got back in the game by opening the second half on a run. And we stressed coming into this game and approaching it like any other game, and I think everybody was ready to play. But I think we might have played on raw emotion, and it drained us.

Jerome Desrosiers added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors.