Sir Purr
Well-known member
- Mar 16, 2019
- 1,969
- 0
In my previous, pre-Panthers life, I was fortunate enough to have one of the best seats in the house for the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry that will renew Friday night in Charlotte in the ACC Tournament semifinals.
As Duke beat writer for the hometown paper from 2000-10, I sat courtside in both Durham and Chapel Hill for 20 regular season meetings. Between that run and my time as a student at UNC and a writer at multiple North Carolina newspapers, I’ve been in the building for about 40 of their matchups.
The intensity that envelopes the entire arena for the entire game is tough to match, but it does happen. NFL games feature a rarely replicated intensity between the white lines, and that feeling can spill into the stands.
Since I joined the Panthers in 2011, here are the five most intense games.