Video: UNC Players Taunt Duke's Cameron Crazies Fans After Rivalry Win

Paul KasabianFeatured Columnist IIMarch 10, 2024

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 09: Elliot Cadeau #2 and the North Carolina Tar Heels wave goodbye to the fans as they leave the floor after a win against the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 09, 2024 in Durham, North Carolina.The Tar Heels won 84-79. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

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After the UNC men's basketball team's 84-79 road win over Duke on Saturday, Tar Heels players and the Cameron Crazies jawed at each other as the victorious team walked off the court.

Joe Ovies of Triangle Media and Bryant Baucom of Tar Heel Illustrated were among those who provided video, which also showed Duke fans throwing drinks down to the court.

Joe Ovies @joeovies
UNC taunts the Crazies after the win. Crazies give it back in the form of tossed drinks. Scheyer apologizes to senior students. <a href="https://t.co/yMej1gJ7Vv">pic.twitter.com/yMej1gJ7Vv</a>

Bryant Baucom @Bryant_Baucom02
The Crazies with a few choice words and items thrown at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNC</a> players. <a href="https://t.co/N6RvZWQKnW">pic.twitter.com/N6RvZWQKnW</a>

UNC forward Harrison Ingram gave his insight afterward and added that a fan hit him with a gum ball.

Josh Graham @JoshGrahamShow
"I got hit with a gum ball. Who has a gum ball?" Harrison Ingram recounted walking over to the Cameron Crazies after Duke beat UNC. He added, "We were talking crazy. It was fun." <a href="https://t.co/35fuYooMPn">pic.twitter.com/35fuYooMPn</a>

UNC's Cormac Ryan, who led all players with 31 points, got into it with fans during and after the game. He spoke with reporters about it postgame.

Josh Graham @JoshGrahamShow
"That's just who I am. I can't control it." Cormac Ryan on shushing — and having some words for — the Cameron Crazies throughout his 31-point performance against Duke. <a href="https://t.co/UW4GU4nURL">pic.twitter.com/UW4GU4nURL</a>

As a sidebar, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer also apologized to the Cameron Crazies, per Brendan Marks of The Athletic.

Brendan Marks @BrendanRMarks
Jon Scheyer walks over to the Cameron Crazies: "I'm sorry. We're gonna keep going. We're going to get this right."

With the win, UNC clinched the top seed in the upcoming ACC tournament, thanks in part to its season sweep of the Blue Devils.

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Duke will be the No. 2 seed, setting up a potential showdown in the conference tournament finals.

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Video: UNC Players Taunt Duke's Cameron Crazies Fans After Rivalry Win