Sure, this seems a little crazy.
No more crazy than actually getting to work on an online-only story for tomorrow’s paper e-edition.
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Anyway, today’s research about Maryland vs. No. 2 got the wheels turning about its last victory over a team at every spot in the AP poll.
Tedious? Yes. Fun? Only if you like research.
Productive? Well, look below and judge for yourself. It is a Carolina-centric chart; Wake Forest pops up six times, with Duke (5) and North Carolina (4) also prominently featured.
| Rank | Opponent | Date | Score |
| 1 | at North Carolina
| 1-19-08 | 82-80 |
| 2 | at Duke
| 1-26-05 | 75-66 |
| 3 | at Duke
| 2-9-00 | 98-87 |
| 4 | vs. North Carolina
| 3-7-86 | 85-75 |
| 5 | vs. Michigan State
| 11-27-08 | 80-62 |
| 6 | Boston College
| 12-11-05 | 73-71 |
| 7 | Duke | 2-12-05 | 99-92 (OT)
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| 8 | at Virginia
| 1-31-02 | 91-87 |
| 9 | North Carolina
| 1-14-04 | 90-84 |
| 10 | Wake Forest
| 2-17-03 | 90-67 |
| 11 | North Carolina
| 2-7-80 | 70-69 |
| 12 | vs. Xavier
| 3-23-03 | 77-64 |
| 13 | Florida State
| 1-7-98 | 81-74 |
| 14 | at Duke
| 2-28-07 | 85-77 |
| 15 | vs. Wake Forest
| 3-12-04 | 87-86 |
| 16 | Duke | 2-11-07 | 72-60 |
| 17 | vs. N.C. State
| 3-13-04 | 85-82 |
| 18 | vs. Georgia Tech
| 3-11-88 | 84-67 |
| 19 | vs. Wake Forest
| 3-10-84 | 66-64 |
| 20 | Wake Forest
| 2-24-02 | 90-89 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech
| 1-30-05 | 79-71 |
| 22 | vs. Wake Forest
| 3-9-01 | 71-53 |
| 23 | at Wake Forest
| 2-17-01 | 73-58 |
| 24 | vs. Temple
| 2-28-98 | 83-66 |
25
| vs. Memphis
| 11-26-04 | 84-61 |
– Patrick Stevens
