Leading up to the UNC vs. Duke men’s basketball game on Saturday, February 6th, 2021, the student newspapers of the two schools are competing in an annual challenge of their own.
The Daily Tar Heel and the Chronicle are competing to see which newspaper can raise the most money leading up to the game. Student journalism is more important than ever, providing an independent voice to the campuses and beyond. The student newspapers also are training ground for our next generation of professional journalists.
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Leading up to the game, the Chronicle and Daily Tar Heel are hosting a Duke/UNC trivia challenge with both Chronicle and DTH alumni and friends.
The online trivia challenge will take place Thursday, February 4th, 2021, at 7 p.m.
Monetary prizes will be awarded to top winning teams or individuals.
Register to receive the Zoom link to the event.
You can register as an individual, or as a team with up to three people. (All three need to fill out the form.)
Fun facts about the UNC/Duke rivalry
- The first game that Duke and UNC played was on January 24th, 1920.
- Going back to 1920, UNC leads the series 139-114
- 14 UNC/Duke games have gone into overtime, most recently on February 8th, 2020.
- Two games have gone into double overtime, and on March 2nd, 1968, the game went into triple overtime.
- Of games that have gone into overtime, Duke won 10 of them, to UNC’s 4.
- The longest winning streak in the series is UNC’s 16 game stretch from 1921 to 1928.
- It’s 10.7 miles from the Dean Smith Center to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
