Duke fans celebrate with fire after win over rival North Carolina

Duke fans celebrated Saturday night after defeating rival North Carolina.

2026-03-08

Fans of the Blue Devils lit a fire on campus after their 76-61 win over their rival.

It comes after Duke lost to UNC, 71-68, on Feb. 7.

"I felt like the first loss was a fluke," one Duke student said. "It's only up from here."

Duke won the regular season ACC title for the second consecutive season under head coach Jon Scheyer. The Blue Devils will play Thursday in Charlotte at the ACC Tournament.

North Carolina is the fourth seed and will play at 9:30 p.m. Thursday in the quarterfinal round.

Virginia locked up the No. 2 seed and Miami is the No. 3 seed.

Related: ACC Tournament schedule puts top-seeded Duke, No. 4 seed UNC in primetime (full schedule)