A 53-21 halftime lead in Chapel Hill bubbled into a 60-24 third quarter advantage for the Dukes, who left no doubt about their capabilities on a sublime Saturday.

What the AP story – or any other dispatch from any other reporter covering the game – didn’t contain was a comment from any UNC player. That’s because North Carolina refused to let the assembled media talk to players after this home loss.

And boy have the Dukes passed the test with flying colors, as they blew the doors off the Tar Heels with a record-breaking first half that saw them score a school-record 53 points