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)
|
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