When the wife's right, she's right. The run came, alright, and the Blue Devils took the lead. But the Tar Heels withstood it, and had a run of their own. The Tar Heels scored the final ten points of the game and got out of Cameron with a win and the ACC regular season championship. It was beautiful.

Question, though: How does Tyler Hansbrough not get to the foul line? The boy was absolutely mauled tonight. He did keep his composure and made a key putback to help the Heels to the win.

Three stars of the game: Danny Green with 18 points, Wayne Ellington, 16, and Hansbrough, 16.

Another note: Sometime between last season and this, Greg Paulus figured out how to shoot.

Kudos to Duke and the Cameron Crazies for the moment of silence and blue ribbons in memory of Eve Carson. Eve, I hope you enjoyed tonight's game.

My wife is terrified of the first few minutes of the second half. She's sure it's coming: that signature Duke run. She is confident that the Blue Devils will come out firing, hit some 3s and maybe even take the lead.

She may be right. I've seen Duke play too many times to be comfortable with an 11-point lead. But if my wife knows it's coming, and I know it's coming, won't Roy Williams know it's coming, too? Of course he will. So he has to get his charges ready for it. They have to play the kind of lockdown D they were playing for that long first-half stretch when the Blue Devils went cold. A few 3s from Paulus (he has four now) gave Duke the confidence they needed and prevented the Heels from pulling away.

The run will probably come, but if the Heels can find whatever it was inside that powered that defense, they can withstand it.