College Basketball
Tar Heels clinch first regular season ACC title since 2017
Behind Cormac Ryan's career-high 31 points, North Carolina defeated rival Duke 84-79 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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Behind Cormac Ryan's career-high 31 points, North Carolina defeated rival Duke 84-79 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
SPONSORED BY DRAFTKINGS SPORTSBOOK. >> WE CAME OUT HERE ON THE TO PLAY. I WANT TO PLAY IT. >> YOU HEARD IT RIGHT THERE FROM ARMANDO BACOT. IT IS A CLEAN SWEEP. THE TAR HEELS BEAT THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS. 84 TO 79 RIGHT HERE AT CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM. I'M CHRIS LEE. WELCOME TO SPORTS. BIG GAME FROM CORMAC RYAN. 31 POINTS FOR HIM. HE HIT 6, 3 POINTERS. THE ONLY OTHER TARHEEL TO EVER HIT 6, 3, POINTERS AGAINST DUKE IN CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM. HIS HEAD COACH HUBERT DAVIS. LET'S CHECK OUT THOSE HIGHLIGHTS. THE CRAZIES ARE READY. THE WORLD IS READY. UNC DUKE PART TO THE HILL STARTED GAME ON A 21 TO 8 RUN. THANKS TO HOT SHOOTING QUARTERBACK RYAN WITH BACK-TO-BACK CORNER THREES. THE HILL SHOT AT 50% IN THE 1ST HALF NEW THING GO AWAY WITHOUT A FIGHT. TYRESE PROCTOR WITH THE STEAL. >> AND THE FLUSH AT THE OTHER END 9, THE FIRST-HALF POINTS FOR HIM. PANTHERS HEAD COACH DAVE CANALES, TAKING IN ALL THE SIGHTS, THE HEELS, GO UP 40 TO 31 AT THE HALF. THANKS TO A JAIL WEATHERS BUCKET AT THE BUZZER. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE 2ND HALF KYLE FILIPOWSKI. ABSOLUTELY STEPPING-UP 19 0ND HALF POINTS FINISHED WITH 23 POINTS. BUT DUKE HAD NO ANSWER FOR CORMACK RYAN SEASON-HIGH. 31 POINTS IN THE GAME OF HIS LIFE. UNC SWEEPS DUKE. 84 TO AND SO THE NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS ARE OUTRIGHT ACC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS. GREAT MOMENT FOR THEM HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT AND WASHINGTON, D.C.. LET'S BRING IN PAT WELTER IN CASE HE HAD TO LIVE INSIDE OF CAMERON GUYS. YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THE TEAM'S AFTERWARDS. WHAT WAS THE MOOD LIKE IN A LOCKER ROOM? >> YEAH, WELL, CHRIS, THAT ACC REGULAR SEASON TITLE CAROLINA HAS NOW BEING DUKE 9 STREET WHEN THAT REGULAR SEASON TITLE IS ON THE LINE. AND COMING UP BIG TONIGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE TRANSFERS. >> CORMAC RYAN, THE STAR OF THIS GAME. AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU CASEY, GOING INTO THIS ONE THAT ARMANDO BACOT AND RJ DAVIS WOULD BE HELD TO SINGLE DIGITS. I MEAN, YOU WOULD BET YOUR LIFE THAT YOU WANT TO WIN THE GAME. AND OF COURSE, IT'S THE TRANSFERS. CORMAC RYAN, HARRISON INGRAM REALLY STEPPING UP IN THIS ONE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE FROM RYAN. A LOT OF FANS OUT THERE MIGHT REMEMBER THAT RYAN SCORED 28 VERSUS DUKE CAMERON WAS ON NOTRE DAME. THAT EXPERIENCE WAS HUGE FOR HIM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. HE WAS DELIVERING FROM THE VERY START OF THE GAME. 3 THREES IN THE 1ST PUT UNC UP 15. THEY REALLY NEVER LOOKED BACK. >> HAVING A GUY THAT'S BEEN AT THIS STAGE, EVEN THOSE FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL. HE'S HE'S PLAYED HERE. HE'S BEEN ON THE STAGE, UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT TAKES. IN ORDER TO MAKE PLAYS EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN IN THIS TYPE OF GAME AGAINST THIS TYPE OF TEAM AND. HE DID STEP UP. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE A HOUSE IN KIND OF GUY LIKE THAT'S JUST WHO I AM AND I CAN'T CONTROL AND SYSTEM OF PLAN IN THESE I LOVE BEING. >> IN FRONT OF THE FIRE. >> TYRESE PROCTOR TOLD ME CORMACK RYAN'S HOT START REMINDED OF WHEN PITCH BLAKE HINSON GOT HOT FROM DOWNTOWN AT CAMERON EARLIER THIS SEASON. HE SAID IT COMPLETELY CHANGES THE GAME BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND FOR THE WHOLE TEAM. AN INTERN THEY'RE PLAYING FROM BEHIND. THAT LED TO THE LACK OF CONNECTIVITY FOR DUKE'S OFFENSE. THE BLUE DEVILS SETTLING FOR SHOTS THAT LED TO THE RUNS OUT IN TRANSITION. THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME. >> YOU KNOW, RYAN SEASON 2 THREES. HE'S WIDE OPEN IT ALL STARTED FROM BAD POSITIONS ON OFFENSE. NOTHING STRONG WITH THE BALL OR TAKING SOME WEEK SHOTS IT'S DISAPPOINTING. >> IT HAPPENED EXACTLY HOW THEY YEAH. GETTING NOW 15 IS TOUGH TO ALWAYS OVERCOME THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD WE CAN FIGHT BACK. ALI IS JUST WANT TO FIGHT BACK IS MAINTAINING A LEAD IN >> AS WASTED POSSESSIONS, THE U.S. AND WAS LED TO TRANSITION OFFENSE FOR THAT. >> NOW AFTER THIS GAME, JOSH, I WALKED UP TO THE STUDENT SECTION AND HE APOLOGIZED. HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS THING TURNED AROUND. AFTERWARDS. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS WHO SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT AT THE STUDENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO THEIR OWN WAY. YEAH, LITTLE BACK AND FORTH. KIND OF PRO WRESTLING THERE AT THE END ON A BREAK ON THE PLAYERS AND THE STUDENTS ASKED BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL ABOUT IS LIKE, HEY, THAT THEY WERE GIVING IT TO ME THE ENTIRE GAME THERE. SOME AARP SIGNS. >> YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. HE WAS