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How are the Duke Blue Devils ahead of the North Carolina Tar Heels?
This is a classic "eye test" versus "resume test" situation. North Carolina is the better team, right? The consensus preseason No. 1. Just look at all those pros on the roster ...
There's only one problem with that argument. Five weeks into the season, Duke has played a slightly better schedule than UNC and lost one fewer game while doing so. In fact, the Blue Devils and Tar Heels have each lost on the road to presumptive No. 1 seeds (the Ohio State Buckeyes and Kentucky Wildcats, respectively). What separates the two longtime rivals -- for now, anyway -- is Carolina's second loss (to the UNLV Rebels).
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