Carolina/Duke

There is, of course, something else going on Saturday night. UNC and Duke will square off in their second head-to-head of the season. National Review Online provides an excellent article from an UNC Alum about the nature of what is perhaps the most passionate rivalry in college basketball.

I always favored the Tar Heels in this matchup, but I never realized how important it was until I met Mandy. She may not say it, but there is a bit of disappointment in her that we will not be able to watch the game. She not only is a Tar Heel fan, but she comes from a Tar Heel family who are among the rabid on the subject. Here's to a good game, and a Carolina victory.

By the way, something else I have had to learn with Mandy is that "Carolina" means UNC. Growing up in SEC land, I always thought it meant the Gamecocks. Of course, I should not think highly of them anymore, now that they have Spurrier.