College basketball media reacts to Duke blowing out UNC in rivalry game

Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils had a ton of fun beating the North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill. Now the college basketball world is sounding off.

The North Carolina Tar Heels didn’t have much fun Saturday evening.

In what was Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final game in Chapel Hill, the Blue Devils came in and beat the snot out of the Tar Heels. In a very lopsided affair, Duke ended up winning 87-67.

North Carolina was expected to do something that at least resembled making this game competitive and they did not do that. The Tar Heels were blown out and a huge contributing factor for that was how they fell behind early.

Duke is simply operating on a very different level than North Carolina right now.

And now, the college basketball world is sounding off on Duke’s massive victory over North Carolina.

Duke basketball routs UNC in Chapel Hill: College basketball media reactions

This win definitely bodes well for Duke’s prospects for the remainder of the season. To soundly beat a pretty good (but definitely not great) North Carolina team shows how much potential the Blue Devils have this year.

This game should have been more competitive. Everyone wanted this game to be more competitive. Duke showed up to compete and play at a high level. North Carolina just kinda showed up.

Now, as Duke looks like a team that is capable of competing for a national championship, North Carolina doesn’t really look like a team that can compete in the NCAA Tournament. It’s not even a sure thing for the Tar Heels to make the tournament with the way their resume currently looks.

The Tar Heels will need to get back to winning to solidify their resume and hope for the best possible situation as the season starts to wind down.