When I wrote last Sunday that Auburn could lose its final two regular-season games and still be projected as the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, I didn't actually expect Auburn to lose its final two regular-season games.

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The second of two games scheduled annually between Duke and North Carolina will be played later Saturday inside the Dean Smith Center. It should be a fun scene. But the juice that used to accompany the matchup is lacking in part because,

Duke played down a man — or two — for most of February and the first two games of March. For the final regular-season game at UNC, the Blue Devils had all players available.

Duke locks down on defense to stifle Notre Dame, sets up a meeting with Triangle rival N.C. State in the ACC Women’s Tournament final.