As Ryan and the No. 7 Tar Heels (25-6, 17-3 ACC) were mockingly waving goodbye to the Cameron Crazies while dodging water bottles and allegedly other items, such as a gumball or two, second-year Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer was making his way over to the heart of the famed student section to issue an apology.
Behind the career-high 31 points from graduate sharpshooter Cormac Ryan, UNC basketball completed its regular-season sweep of archrival Duke via Saturday night’s 84-79 win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The program secured its first outright regular-season conference title since the eventual national champion Tar Heels did so in 2017.
The 36-year-old Scheyer held one of the Cameron Crazies’ hand. He apologized profusely for his No. 9 Blue Devils (24-7, 15-5 ACC) falling short and promised to right the ship.
“It’s the best environment in college basketball,” Scheyer told the media following the defeat. “And there’s a part of you that feels like you let [the fans] down.
And as a team, it’s Senior Night, and I think we probably got caught up in some of that stuff.”
