Wednesday finish the best ever Duke vs. UNC game to end in regulation time?

Give a team enough 3-point shooters —  Duke has several — and there can be games when traditional basketball logic doesn’t count for much.

Austin Rivers’ final shot in Duke’s remarkable 85-84 comeback victory over UNC on Wednesday night was supposed to be a two-pointer. Not a three.

See video highlights from Duke's comback win over the UNC Tar Heels at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill.

Updated 12.25 a.m.

CHAPEL HILL — There have been some wild, crazy endings to North Carolina-Duke games over the 233-game history of the rivalry, and the one that happened here on Wednesday night at the Smith Center will take its place as one of the craziest and most memorable of all – if not the most.

The Tar Heels’ sophomore Harrison Barnes gave his team an 82-72 lead with 2:38 to play, and the game appeared over. Writers on press row went back to the media room to write their stories, most of those in attendance waited for the minutes to melt away, and even the Tar Heels appeared content to hold on and escape.

But it wasn’t over.

After a furious rally that placed the result in doubt, Duke’s Austin Rivers made a long 3 from the right side as the final buzzer sounded. The shot gave the Blue Devils an improbable 85-84 victory, and they spilled from their bench and onto the court as people here – fans, UNC’s players and staff, mostly everybody – stood in a stunned stupor.

Columnist Caulton Tudor and UNC beat writer Andrew Carter held a live chat at noon todays about tonight's Duke-UNC matchup. Read a transcript of that chat here.

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From Lennie Rosenbluth in 1957 to Nolan Smith in 2011 _ Duke vs. UNC games to remember.

DURHAM – This one was one-sided.

Early in the first half on Monday night, the Duke women’s basketball team decided to attack North Carolina – in the paint with strong-armed defense, on the boards with hustle, in the lane with well-timed passes and from the 3-point arc with accurate shooting. The No. 5 Blue Devils (19-3, 10-0 ACC) succeed on every front.

They railroaded No. 24 North Carolina (17-6, 7-3) – their heated rivals – and rode the energy inside Cameron Indoor Stadium to a thoroughly impressive 96-56 victory before a national television audience and an announced crowd of 8,595.

The watchword at Duke on Monday was “consistency,” and no one -- not the players, not coach Mike Krzyzewski -- had an explanation why the Blue Devils have been so inconsistent this year. At least, they were consistent in that respect.

“I don’t know, but we have to figure it out,” Duke forward Mason Plumlee said, two days before Duke visits North Carolina in the first meeting between the teams.