Duke - Carolina Volume 4. Art Inc. Chansky
Duke - Carolina Volume 4
by
Art Chansky
Editorial Assistance, Al Featherston
Digital color photographs, Robert Crawford, Rich Carkson, Bob Donnan, Durham Herald-Sun, The Daily Tar Heel and Duke University
Copyright 2012, GreatestFan
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-1022-7
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Volume 4: Final Four Regulars
Many college basketball fans under 40 believe the Duke-Carolina rivalry began in the 1980s, when Mike Krzyzewski arrived in Durham and built a powerhouse program to rival what Dean Smith had been doing at Carolina for almost 20 years.
The 1980s were, however, the years the rivalry moved off Tobacco Road and across the nation, thanks to television. Since 1986, every Duke-Carolina game has been on national TV, whether ESPN, CBS or ABC. In fact, ESPN2 was launched on the power of Duke-Carolina, as fans outside of the ACC had to subscribe to The Deuce to get the first Duke-Carolina game in 1994.
Since 1986, every Duke-Carolina game has been on national TV; Duke was the opponent when Carolina’s opened the $32 million Dean Smith Center, and former coach-turned-broadcaster Al McGuire named the “Cameron Crazies” during the second game of the 1986 season (Robert Crawford)
But true historians of the rivalry know it dated back to before the ACC was formed in 1953, when Duke All-American Dick Groat set season and career scoring records against the Tar Heels in the final games of the 1951 and ’52 seasons. In fact, it was Duke reacting to the hiring of Frank McGuire by UNC (which had reacted to the hiring of Everett Case by N.C. State) that brought young Vic Bubas to Durham as the coach of the Blue Devils in 1959.
And the first thing Bubas did was steal heralded Long Island recruit Art Heyman away from McGuire and Carolina, which set the stage for a decade of dominance by both schools. In the 1960s alone, Duke and Carolina each went to three NCAA Final Fours and played in one national championship game, both losing to UCLA as John Wooden and the Bruins were on their way to 10 national championships.
When Heyman joined the Duke varsity in 1961, the Blue Devils were coming off a surprise ACC Tournament championship in Bubas’ rookie year. And it turned out to be the last season for McGuire, whose 1957 Tar Heels had authored their unforgettable undefeated 32-0 season and triple overtime defeat of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain in Kansas City for the national championship. There was history and pent-up anger between both programs when Carolina visited Duke on February 4, 1961 at the Indoor Stadium.
Heyman was supposed to be the centerpiece of McGuire’s 1960 freshman recruiting class that included Larry Brown, the smart guard who had been Heyman’s high school rival in New York. Brown and the Tar Heels had felt jilted when, during the summer of 1959, Heyman suddenly changed his mind. Their freshman teams had played three contentious games in 1960, one ending with Heyman taking a punch from UNC’s Dieter Krause that required seven stitches.
The far more famous fight that broke out on February 4 forever changed the rivalry, elevating basketball over football at both schools and making the hyphenated name Duke-Carolina synonymous with the round ball sport. The skirmish was started by Brown and Heyman under the UNC basket in a game that Duke won 81-77 as the rivals battled for first place in the ACC standings.
“Wait till we get ‘em in Chapel Hill,” McGuire said to Brown as they left the court at Duke. Carolina won the rematch to finish first in the ACC but, unfortunately, Heyman, Brown and UNC’s Donnie Walsh sat it out after being suspended by the ACC for instigating the fight in Durham. All of the Tar Heels missed the ACC Tournament and a chance to play for another national championship because they had been placed on probation by the NCAA for alleged recruiting violations the uncooperative McGuire never bothered to refute.
Tensions were high before the February 4 game at Duke began; Duke’s Doug Kistler (41) rebounds while rival big men Doug Moe (35) and Carroll Youngkin (23) eye each other (Durham Herald-Sun)
Six months later, McGuire had resigned at Carolina and his 30-year-old assistant Dean Smith took over a program that required a massive rebuilding job. It required five years during which Smith was hung in effigy by UNC students and held onto his job only because he had kept the program clean in the eyes of the NCAA and his players had shaken the surly reputation of McGuire’s last few teams.
Late in the game Duke’s Jim Frye (3) collides with Carolina’s Jim Hudock; then all hell broke loose in the final seconds. ( Durham Herald-Sun)
The 1960s – Duke and Carolina Take Turns
Meanwhile, Bubas and Heyman enjoyed three great years together, winning 69 games and culminating with an ACC Championship in 1963 and Duke’s first trip to the Final Four in Louisville. The Blue Devils lost to Loyola of Chicago in the national semifinals and Heyman to graduation, but they would continue their glory years with star players such as Jeff Mullins, Jack Marin and Bob Verga.
Heyman was so dominant that Carolina needed all five men to Guard him in the lane (Duke Athletic Department)
Heyman’s great career ended when the Blue Devils lost to Loyola of Chicago in the 1963 semifinals (Duke Athletic Department and Rich Clarkson)
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