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MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005
DUKE
FROM PAGE 1
one of the nets for himself, but he
already had set his sights on a twine
souvenir hanging in a gymnasium
800 miles west of Chapel Hill.
“I didn’t want it,” said forward
Jawad Williams. “I want another
net the national championship
net. That’s the one I want hanging
around my neck.”
For now, however, the strands of
cloth draped over the ear of each
jubilant Tar Heel player, strands
earned in one of the most dramat
ic conclusions in the history of the
Duke-North Carolina rivalry, will
have to suffice.
Center Sean May, who has
emerged as perhaps the most pow
erful single force in the ACC, once
again dominated play at both ends
of the floor. He finished the game
with 26 points and 24 rebounds
the highest rebound total of any
UNC player since Rusty Clark in
1968.
“May was fantastic,” said Duke
coach Mike Krzyzewski. “That’s
just a magnificent individual per
formance.”
Shelden Williams led the Blue
Devils (22-5,11-5 in the ACC) with
22 points, but he managed just four
rebounds. Sharpshooting guard
J. J. Redick scored 17, but not one
of those points came in the second
half.
In the critical final minutes of
the game, it was the tremendous
determination of guard Raymond
Felton that propelled the Tar Heels
(26-3,14-2) past a Duke team that
had led by nine points with 3:07
remaining.
Seconds after forward Lee
Melchionni buried his career-high
fifth 3-point shot of the game, a
critical fifth foul assessed to for
ward Shavlik Randolph created
an opening in the lane for North
Carolina to exploit.
“When you’re up nine with
three minutes to go, you’ve got to
take care of the ball, you’ve got to
get to the ffee-throw line, not turn
the ball over and get defensive
rebounds,” Melchionni said. “We
didn’t do any of those things.”
Jawad Williams drew first blood,
following misses by both Manuel
and May with a tip-in to cut the
lead to seven. But Felton domi
nated the game from that point
forward.
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his inability to drive to the basket
against Duke in February, forced
guard Daniel Ewing to boot the
ball across the end-line with 2:24
left.
Felton then made up his mind
to drive relentlessly to the basket,
and his second such attempt on
the Tar Heels’ ensuing possession
resulted in two free throws for
Marvin Williams. The freshman
sank both.
After Duke rookie DeMarcus
Nelson missed the front end of a
one-and-one with 1:53 remaining,
another penetration of the lane by
Felton resulted in a May put-back
and foul. Once again, the free throw
found nothing but nylon, and Duke
led by only two.
Felton had a chance after both
Melchionni and J.J. Redick missed
shots at the other end, but his one
handed floater missed and rolled
out of play to give Duke posses
sion.
But when Ewing dribbled the
ball into North Carolina territory,
forward David Noel playing with
four fouls deflected the path of
the ball just enough to allow Felton
to pounce on it and emerge with
possession from a critical scrum.
“My thoughts were, ‘Dave, don’t
foul out of the game,’” Noel said. “I
let him go by me and was able to
get it from behind.”
With the Tar Heels still need
ing one basket with 27-8 seconds
remaining, Felton once again drove
to the basket. This time, he drew a
foul on Nelson and a chance to tie
the game from the line.
The first shot sailed true, bring
ing North Carolina within a single
point, and his second shot rattled
off the rim into a tussle of arms
including Felton’s own.
“Probably one of the most impor
tant things of the whole game was
how aggressively Raymond went
after the offensive rebound on his
own missed free throw,” said UNC
coach Roy Williams.
The ball eventually landed in the
hands of Marvin Williams, how
ever, and he banked a shot off the
glass and into the net to drive the
Smith Center crowd into hysterics
with 17 seconds remaining.
The opportunistic forward hit
his ensuing free throw, and after
both Redick and Ewing missed
shots at the other end, May cradled
the rebound that clinched the Tar
Heels’ dramatic victory.
From Page One
UNC 75, Duke 73
Duk* 41 32 73
North Carolina 47 28 75
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Total 200 2606 10-19 7-26 17 20 73
Percentages - EG .464. FT ,626. 3p0im goals - 11-29
379 (Melchionni 6-11. Sedk* 4-9. Ewing, 2-7, Randolph
01. Nelson 01) Team rebounds -3. Stocked shots
- 7 (Wttaros 6. Randolph) Turnover, - 12 (Ewing 6,
VWSams 3. Nelson 2. Redick). Steals - 6 (WiSianw 4,
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Scott 22 02 OO 03 1 0 0
Felton 37 313 58 1-3 6 1 11
May 34 1019 57 12-24 3 2 26
MW9ams26 39 33 2-7 0 3 9
Noel 21 24 00 01 2 4 4
Terry 5 14 2-2 2-2 0 2 5
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From there, the party ensued.
Fans smothered the court within
seconds of the final whistle, but
they quickly retreated to the aisles
for the net-cutting ceremony. Any
court, after all, can clear quickly
when an ecstatic Roy Williams is
brandishing scissors.
Scott took the first snip, but
Manuel, Jawad Williams and
seniors Charlie Everett and C.J.
Hooker quickly took their places
at the top of the ladder.
After that, the entire North
Carolina roster including the
still-sidelined Rashad McCants, a
consistently enthusiastic presence
on the bench during the game
cut their own sliver of celebra
tion.
And that’s just how Roy Williams
wanted it.
“Everybody who was out there
was extremely important,” Roy
Williams said. “David Noel got a
deflection, Jackie took the ball to
the basket, Jawad got a big tip
in, Marvin makes the last play,
Raymond makes a driving layup
and makes the free throw and
knocks the ball loose.
“It was everybody. North
Caroling won tfrrt game todav -it
wasn t about any individuals.
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dooms Duke at the end
BY BEN COUCH
SENIOR WRITER
As the final 27 seconds ticked off
the clock, North Carolina trailing
Duke by a point, Raymond Felton
dribbled across the top of the key
eyes scanning the court, seeking
the opening that would allow him a
chance for redemption.
Felton sidestepped his defender,
saw daylight and darted through
the gap in the defense like he was
escaping a rolling boulder.
DeMarcus Nelson fouled Felton
as he laid up the ball, deflecting the
shot and sending Felton to the free
throw line.
With the Blue Devils gearing
up for the possibility of snagging a
critical rebound, Duke coach Mike
Krzyzewski promptly sent Patrick
Johnson into the game.
Patrick Johnson?
With Shavlik Randolph relegat
ed to the bench during the game’s
final three minutes after collecting
his fifth foul, Johnson, who stands
6-foot-9, was the tallest player left
on Krzyzewski’s bench.
And the little-used backup
forward Johnson entered the
contest averaging 3.9 minutes per
game failed to box out Marvin
Williams.
UNC’s freshman forward
snagged the last of his team’s 21
offensive rebounds and banked
home the game-winning shot.
But Johnson’s presence was less
a factor than Randolph’s absence in
UNC’s 75-73 victory.
“It was real key,” said UNC
swingman David Noel. “They went
through a little stretch where they
had to play DeMarcus at the four
and (Lee) Melchionni at the four.
FRANKLIN
FROM PAGE 1
ketball team’s victory over Duke
University, rowdy fans were lung
ing out the door of Ham’s restau
rant and onto Franklin Street.
There, they were joined by
crowds streaming from nearby bars
and racing up side streets to reach
the scene of the celebration.
“I live down on South Columbia.
I ran all the way up to Franklin,”
said sophomore Kevin Chandler.
“It was intense.”
As the crowds converged near
the intersection of Franklin and
That kind of gave Jawad (Williams)
and Marvin more of an inside pres
ence. It was real key that we got
them in foul trouble early.”
Randolph played only three
minutes in the first half and 15 in
the game after picking up his third
foul with 11 minutes and 31 seconds
remaining in the first half.
“I was definitely thinking about
it when I went back in,” Randolph
said. “You don’t do certain things.
I was more hesitant to step in and
take a charge, try to block a shot. It
definitely affects the way you play
the rest of the game.”
Randolph wasn’t the only Duke
player in foul trouble. After Shelden
Williams’ second foul of the first
half, Krzyzewski held him out for
the final four minutes.
The Tar Heels took immediate
advantage, closing out the half with
an 11-4 run. UNC center Sean May
scored four of those points down
low against Shelden Williams’
replacements.
But the Duke big man wasn’t
fazed when he returned to the
court for the second half, swatting
six North Carolina shots.
“I’ve been in foul trouble before,
and I’ve been in the game where I
can stay in the game and not pick
up my fifth foul,” Williams said. “But
for Shav, it kind of limited his play
when he started getting in a groove
—and all of a sudden he picked up
another foul, and then he had to sit
on the bench for a while.”
Yet in the 12 minutes Randolph
played in the second half, he
showed a renewed commitment to
defense, blocking a shot and alter
ing several others.
“In my mind, I was like, ‘Look,
Columbia streets, they were greet
ed by a cheering crowd from the
third-floor, outdoor dining area at
Top of the Hill.
The crowd above threw napkins
tinder, in the crowd’s eyes to
the crowd below, and soon the first
of several impromptu bonfires
flickered along Franklin Street.
The fuel of choice was whatever
was available. On Fraternity Court,
a table went up in smoke. On
Franklin Street, as the fires spread
east, the fuel was more varied.
Rolls of toilet paper, cardboard
boxes, wooden pallets, cheap-look
ing furniture and stacks of news
paper all ended up incinerated on
the pavement.
The last time UNC beat Duke
while classes were in session, in
2001, several cars were set on fire
and flipped during post-game
celebrations.
“Yeah, we remember that too,”
said Lt. Frank Holloway of the
Chapel Hill Police Department.
But crowds were mostly placid.
When a couple of young men did
start rocking a car, police stopped
them with a few words.
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this is the last 20 minutes of our
regular season.’ We had a couple of
people in foul trouble, and Coach
just said, ‘Don’t play like you’re
going to foul,’” Randolph said. “If
they’re going to call it, they’re going
to call it just keep on doing what
you’re doing.”
Though Randolph and Williams
tried to do just that, May out
rebounded the pair 15-4 in the
second half and 24-7 overall, log
ging his eighth double-double in as
many games.
Williams’ four rebounds were
well below his season average of
11.4, and the Tar Heels’ 21 offen
sive rebounds were a season high.
Getting so many second-chance
opportunities was key to UNC’s
comeback, because North Carolina
shot just 30.3 percent from the
floor in the second half.
“I think it affected us on the
defensive boards especially down
the stretch there, when another 6-
10 guy out on the court would have
really helped us,” said Duke for
ward Lee Melchionni. “But unfor
tunately, (Randolph) fouled out.
We still had a nine-point lead, and
we should have finished it off.”
Now go back to Felton’s missed
free throw.
Imagine Randolph is there.
When the shot clanks off the rim,
maybe Randolph boxes out Marvin
Williams and Duke stays ahead by
one, heading to the foul line with a
chance to ice the game.
But Randolph had fouled out
and Marvin Williams beat Patrick
Johnson to the ball.
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Other police concerns for the
night included people throwing
toilet paper and climbing trees
and students climbing to the roofs
of several buildings lining the 100
block of Franklin Street.
“We just had a well-behaved
crowd. We just let them go out and
do their thing tried to keep the
fire down,” Holloway said. No arrests
were made in connection with the
celebrations as of 9:45 p.m.
Cary Degraffenreidt of the Chapel
Hill Department of Public Works
said that while the festivities were
larger than expected, the depart
ment still was able to deal with the
debris left without problem.
“We’re used to doing this.
It wasn’t different at all,”
Degraffenreidt said. “We knew
what we needed to do.”
But exchange student Kasper
Jacobsen of Denmark was amazed
by the intensity of the experience.
“This is crazy. This is crazy,” he
said. “I had no idea it was going to
be this wild.”
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