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Bigger win; at UNC or at Duke ?

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KerryRhodes

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Im going with at UNC.
Cards just took it to the Heels.

At Duke was very impressive that they didnt wilt despite the foul trouble, however im still leaning at the Dean Dome.
 
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I guess it depends on your definition of "bigger" win. The UNC win was more dominating and was a wire to wire beat down.

But this Duke win was huge, mostly due to the redemption from last year's game. Although besting #3 at their home was big. Simply put, the team needed this win against Duke, both for their spirit and mentally. Remember how they were never the same after that loss last year.

Beating Duke or UNC at home is usually a pretty big deal so can't really go wrong with either most years. But this Duke win was bigger than the UNC win IMO.
 
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KerryRhodes said:
Im going with at UNC.
Cards just took it to the Heels.

At Duke was very impressive that they didnt wilt despite the foul trouble, however im still leaning at the Dean Dome.
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I think the season has to play out. If the Duke win is the turning point and a start of a Final Four season, then I say Duke. Anything less than that, then I say the biggest loss at home ever for UNC.
 
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KerryRhodes said:
Im going with at UNC.
Cards just took it to the Heels.

At Duke was very impressive that they didnt wilt despite the foul trouble, however im still leaning at the Dean Dome.
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I'm leaning towards Duke just because they were a wounded animal after losing to Clemson. We knew we were going to get their best shot and we still won @ Cameron Indoor Stadium AKA cracker jack box.

Oh, and is anyone else surprised that Duke fell just 5 spots after losing back to back conference games? LMAO!!
 
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PushupMan

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I’ll go with UNC, though it’s close. Both were Road conference wins against nationally ranked opponents in January, so they are both big deals.

I think that the win at UNC put us on a trajectory toward that 5th place conference finish in a year in which we were picked 11th, and set the stage for the high expectations for this season. And we’ve done a pretty good job so far capitalizing on those expectations.

We were possibly taking a small step back from those expectations with the losses to UK, TTech and FSU, but the Duke win has given us a chance to get back to an ACC championship and a top NCAA seed.

What comes next is what will determine the importance of the win at Duke,
 
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Guardman

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It's the microwave era....DUKE. How can we remember anything past the last 14 days?
 
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kentuckyshame

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Duke road win this year is bigger than Mich St at home and the unc road win last year, due to the resilience we showed to close out a win on the road against a top ten team, and the significance of it being a possible deciding factor of winning an ACC reg season championship.
 
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I think Duke, only because we already know last year's team didn't end up doing all that much with such a big win, it ended up looking more like a real upset. This year, I'm hoping it's not actually a major upset, but a case of the Cards being the better team than a top shelf opponent.
 
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