Duke’s Coach K makes final stop at Dean Center

The famed rivalry between No. 9-ranked Duke and North Carolina is changing.

One Hall of Fame coach is gone, with the Tar Heels’ Roy Williams retiring last spring and former UNC player and assistant Hubert Davis replacing him. On Saturday, outgoing Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will make his final trip to Chapel Hill for the annual showdown.

Davis’ debut and Krzyzewski’s latest stop on his farewell tour add another dynamic as the rivals jostle for position atop the ACC.

“I wouldn’t say it’s pressure,” Duke big man Mark Williams said of Krzyzewski’s UNC finale.

“Obviously the stakes are a little different, but we’re still playing the same game.”

The Blue Devils (18-3, 8-2 ACC) and Tar Heels (16-6, 83) each have won four in a row, with UNC joining Miami and Notre Dame close behind Duke.

But the focus will be on the sideline.

In 42 seasons at Duke, Krzyzewski battled against late Hall of Famer Dean Smith, and he has been a constant while UNC moved from Smith to Bill Guthridge to Matt Doherty and 18 seasons under Williams. He coached Duke in the first game at the Smith Center in January 1986.

Krzyzewski has also coached against Tar Heels greats like Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter and Tyler Hansbrough. That list includes Davis, who played for Smith from 1988-92 and went 6-5 against Duke as a player before a 12-year NBA career.

UCLA

Mac Etienne was arrested and cited on suspicion of misdemeanor assault after appearing to spit toward a fan after the Bruins lost a road game to Pac-12 rival Arizona, a University of Arizona police spokesperson said. The alleged incident occurred Thursday night as UCLA players left the McKale Center playing floor and entered a tunnel to go to their locker room, the spokesperson said. Etienne was allowed to go to the locker room and was then arrested, cited and released.