When Dean, Jimmy V and Coach K ruled Tobacco Road

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Mike Krzyzewski’s first Duke-North Carolina game was, like most games in the series, hard-fought and close. As the ending neared in that 1980 game, Duke was down by two points and had the ball out of bounds. UNC coach Dean Smith, even then at 49 considered one of the best coaches ever, believed the game was…

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