Louisville-Kentucky Trumps North Carolina-Duke In Rivalry Debate

Posted Dec 26, 2013
Sometimes ESPN wraps all 17 of its channels around a story and then they shake it like a tambourine. Perhaps you have noticed. Red Sox-Yankees. Tiger Woods. That left-handed kid who played quarterback at Florida. Then there is the other story that lights up my keyboard every college basketball season: The tall tale that Duke vs. North Carolina is the greatest rivalry in college basketball. It isn't. Louisville vs. Kentucky is more compelling, ferocious and decisive. (WDRB)

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