Blue Blood-Tar Heel vs Duke Rivalry

I haven't read it yet, but I here is a review that I found. I will be picking it up ASAP. The Tar Heel and Dook rivalry is the best rivalry in college sports and perhaps all of sports so pick up this book and give it a read.

What's interesting about the Duke-North Carolina basketball rivalry is that it's not the product of some marketing-savvy hypemeister. It's the real deal: there's respect, but dammit, them folks just don't like each other and haven't since whenever. Duke is a tony private school with high academic standards. North Carolina is a state school justifiably proud of its academic traditions, no matter what those Dukies say. Duke dominated basketball in the sixties, Carolina did so from the mid-seventies to the early nineties, and Duke was once again ascendant in the nineties and into this decade--except that North Carolina is now the defending national champion. Chansky provides an engaging overview of the rivalry--filled with great anecdotes--emphasizing the last 30 years, which encompass the reigns of dominant coaches Dean Smith (NC) and Mike Krzyzewski (Duke). He also delves beneath the surface to discuss recruiting ethics, the ever-escalating salaries of coaches, and their role as advertising pitchmen. An informative, intelligent history that will entertain even those college basketball fans who can't stand either school. Wes Lukowsky