UNC's Armando Bacot set two schools records, including the program's all-time rebounding mark, and the Tar Heels defeated NC State 80-69 on Saturday in Chapel Hill.
>> WRAL, SPORTS STARTS NOW. WANTED BY EASTER AUTOMOTIVE. >> TODAY'S STATE IN CAROLINA SHOWDOWN IN CHAPEL HILL WAS SET UP TO BE ONE OF THE MORE COMPETITIVE MATCHUPS BETWEEN THE 2 IN RECENT YEARS TO FLASHING BACKCOURT TANDEM. A PAIR OF BIGS GOING TOE TO TOE PAX, BIG MEN. DJ BURNS FOR HIS SOFT TOUCH WAS ON DISPLAY. HE PUT UP 18 POINTS ON THE NIGHT. MEANWHILE, HEELS GUARD RJ DAVIS HAD A GAME-HIGH 26 POINTS. BUT IT WAS THAT EACH OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS WHO ARE THE STORIES IN THIS GAME WHERE CAROLINA LAST MONTH THE STATE 86 9, CHRIS LEA PAT WELTER TAKE A MINUTE. >> CHRIS, THIS IS PROBABLY CAROLINA'S BIGGEST WIN OF THE YEAR AND THE HISTORIC MOMENT FROM A NO-BAKE ON THIS GAME. BUT THE CELEBRATION DEFINITELY TEMPERED BY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE GRAVY ON SMITH. YEAH, IT WAS UNFORTUNATE WITH 9 45 LEFT IN THE GAME. THE GREENVILLE NATIVE WAS FOUND ON A LAYUP ATTEMPT BY LEAKY BLACK. >> SMITH WAS DOWN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. A REAL TIME BEFORE BEING STRETCHERED OUT AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WITH A NECK INJURY THAT MOMENT THE AIR OUT OF THE SMITH CENTER. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? TO BRING TO THE TABLE EACH AND EVERY THE BUCCANEERS, ONE OF OUR LEADERS TO BE HEARD IS DEFINITE. AND I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WE HELD, WE HANDLE IT AS BEST AS WE COULD. >> I THOUGHT OUR GUYS DID A GREAT JOB COMING TOO LATE AND THINK WE MAY HAVE CUT THE LEAD TO POSSIBLY 6 AT THAT POINT. >> AS YOU STATE HEAD COACH KEVIN KEATTS SAID HE KNOWS THAT HE BLACK. HE KNOWS HE'S NOT A DIRTY PLAYER. HUBERT DAVIS TOLD US ALSO THAT BLACK ASKED FOR SMITH'S NUMBER SO YOU CAN CHECK UP ACCIDENT. >> FOR THE TAR HEELS, THE STORY WAS DEFINITELY ARMANDO BAKE ON. IT'S THE SCHOOL'S DOUBLE DOUBLE RECORD AND THE ALL-TIME REBOUNDING RECORD PASSING BILLY CUNNINGHAM FOR THE DOUBLE DOUBLE AND TYLER HANDS BROKE THE ALL-TIME REBOUNDING. RECORD HANDS WERE EVEN HERE TO GRACELYN PASS. THE TORCH HAS BEEN ABLE >> GREET ALL HAS ARRIVED THAT I MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME BECAUSE GROWING UP JUST HOW GREAT OF A PLAYER WAS NOT JUST UNC WOULD ALSO JUST IN COLLEGE. I KNOW YOU WANT TO RAISE FOR ALL TIME TO BE ABLE TO PASS. AND THAT MEANS THE WORLD BECAUSE RECORD COMES FITTINGLY, 2 DAYS AFTER HE GETS A DENNIS RODMAN TATTOO ON HIS LEG. HE SAID HE LOVES RODMAN STYLE. HIS WORK ETHIC. OF COURSE, THE REBOUNDING. YOU LOOK A LITTLE LIKE ROBIN THERE WITH THE SHADES AND HE A LITTLE BIT. >> THAT LED TO A NORTH CAROLINA WIN 80 TO 69 RIGHT HERE IN CHAPEL HILL. HUGE RIVALRY WIN
