No. 3 UNC is leaning on a season-long defensive surge entering rivalry game with No. 7 Duke
It wasn't long ago, during North Carolina's best start in Atlantic Coast Conference play in more than two decades, that veteran big man Armando Bacot surprised his coach with a confession. “Coach, this is the most fun I've ever had playing defense,” coach Hubert Davis recalled Bacot telling him. Scoring has long been the headliner in Chapel Hill with efficient offenses humming at run-run-run pace.