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When North Carolina and Duke have their second regular season meeting on March 3, the Tar Heels might still be trying to comprehend in the final two minutes Wednesday night in a stunning 85-84 loss to the rival Blue Devils.
With 2:09 remaining on the Tar Heels' home floor, they led 82-72.
And 2:09 later, Duke's players were piled up on the floor celebrating in front of a sell-out crowd that was stunned silent.
In that stretch, UNC didn't record a field goal attempt, turned the ball over twice and had Tyler Zeller go 2-of-4 from the free throw line.
Meanwhile, Duke went 5-of-6 from the floor. Three of those makes were from 3-point range, and the lone miss turned into a baseline jumper by Ryan Kelly off of an offensive rebound.
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