The North Carolina-Duke basketball rivalry burns with an eternal flame of pettiness, as evident by this intrepid Tarheels fan during ESPN’s broadcast of the 2024 ACC men’s tournament.
The fan in question held up a sign on their phone that read “Where’s Dook?” and wore a sweatshirt showing the image of Duke’s Kyle Filipowski seemingly tripping North Carolina’s Harrison Ingram in a game last week.
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The “Where’s Dook” slogan goes back to a sign held up by former UNC basketball player Makhtar N’Diaye, who was in the stands for the 2009 national championship game between North Carolina and Michigan State, which the Tarheels won.
Of course, the sign asks where archrival Duke is if North Carolina advances in any basketball setting where Duke hasn’t.
The reason for the trolling? Duke was eliminated in the ACC tournament and UNC will play NC State for the conference title on Saturday night.
The fan did the UNC trolling behind Jay Bilas of all people, the former Duke basketball standout and assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski.
A UNC fan photobombed Jay Bilas and Dan Shulman with a "Where's Dook" message and a t-shirt of Kyle Filipowski tripping Harrison Ingram. College hoops is the best. pic.twitter.com/RQcA9y6Srp
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As you can imagine, this North Carolina fan will have plenty of support from fellow Tarheels.
Feature image courtesy of ESPN.
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