Oluchi Okananwa recorded her third double-double of the season to lead ACC Tournament champion Duke past North Carolina 47-38 Friday and into the Elite 8 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

The Tar Heels seized control early, but Duke settled in and outscored North Carolina by a 47-27 margin in the final 34 minutes.

Duke and North Carolina are two of the better women's basketball programs of this era. That's certainly true in the ACC, where the heat gets turned up for all of their rivalry matchups. But on Friday,

Experts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai have revealed their picks for Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina Tar Heels in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament on Friday

Second-seeded Duke defeated No. 3 North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 on Friday in the teams’ first NCAA postseason meeting. The Blue Devils will play again Sunday.

The ACC has just one team left in the NCAA Tournament at the end of the Round of 32. It is the first time that has happened since 1975.

Duke is 8-6 over North Carolina in the postseason, but all 14 of those meetings came in the ACC tournament. Overall, North Carolina leads the all-time series against Duke, 56-54. Here are some ...

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