In retrospect, Duke won this game in the first three and a half minutes. The Blue Devils hit their first seven shots to get ahead 14-0 and the visitors cruised to a 69-53 victory over North Carolina.

Seth Curry, who finished with 20 points, hit his first seven shots with the seventh giving the Devils their biggest lead to that point at 28-11 midway through the first half.

By the half, Duke was in control at 42-24 as the Devils shot nearly 70 percent from the field compared to 28 percent for the Tar Heels.

Carolina, which has relied heavily on the three, didn’t hit a three-point shot until there was just five minutes left. PJ Hairston sank a three to pull the Heels within 14 at 63-49.

“I thought we still had a shot when PJ hit that three,” UNC coach Roy Williams said. “But we didn’t get stops after that.”

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