From now until eternity, Austin Rivers’ buzzer-beater against the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill will be featured in every lead-in highlight package to every Duke-UNC game ever played. The shot, by itself, is iconic. The game it won is memorable because Duke had no business winning. The performance, on paper, is an incredible introduction to The Rivalry as it capped off a 29-point night for Rivers in his Tobacco Road debut. And while Rivers’ game that night should be held up as a rarity in a rivalry series that serves as the ultimate gut-check, Duke’s one-and-done freshmen have more than risen to the occasion. …read more

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