After years facing North Carolina, Jon Scheyer prepares for first Battle of the Blues as head coach :: WRALSportsFan.com

BEING THE ONLY. >> WRAL SPORTS STARTS NOW. >> JOHN SHY WENT 3 IN 5 AGAINST UNC WHEN HE WAS A DUKE PLAYER. AND AFTER 8 YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT COACH, SATURDAY WILL BE SHY AS FIRST BATTLE OF THE BLUES AS DUKE’S HEAD COACH, WRAL STATION JENNINGS HAS THE STORY IN THE NEWEST WRINKLE TO THIS OLD RIVALRY. >> TO ME, IT IS THE BEST RIVALRIES SPORT. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. I MEAN, THERE’S A LOT OF MEMORIES THAT STAND UP. AND JOHN SHIRE’S FIRST GAME AGAINST CAROLINA. HE SCORED 26 POINTS AS A FRESHMAN 3 YEARS LATER, HE HELPED LEAD THE DEVILS TO A 32 POINT WIN ON HIS SENIOR NIGHT. THOSE ARE GAMES JIMBO PLAY IN. BUT LAST YEAR, SHY OR WITNESS CAROLINA BEAT HIS MENTOR BIKE. SHE CHEF SKI IN HIS FINAL HOME GAME AND THEN IN COACH Okay’S CAREER IN THE FINAL 4 FOR ME IS VERY COMPLICATED. MY RELATIONSHIP IN THE MOUNT OF BATTLES I’VE BEEN WITH HIM. THAT’S OVER NOW. YOU KIND OF BECOME THE HEAD COACH FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHO’S COMING BACK AFTER THE OFFSEASON ROSTER OVERHAUL. JEREMY ROACH IS THE ONLY CURRENT BLUE DEVIL TO HAVE EVER PLAYED SIGNIFICANT MINUTES AGAINST THE TAR HEELS. TELL YOU MY LAST YEAR YOU’RE LOOKING AROUND AND WHO WAS IT? WHO WAS WITH US LAST YEAR? >> SO IT’S MAKES MAKES IT HARDER TO DO THAT. THE OTHER GUY LIKE ME AND JEREMY JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION. THE 2 OF US. >> AS FAR AS THE BATTLE OF THE BLUES ATMOSPHERE AND CAMERON FROM HIS PLAYING DAYS COMPARED TO NOW, IT’S THE SAME. YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR YOU WHEN YOU RE A SPEEDO GUY HAVEN’T SEEN, YOU KNOW, SPILL GOT I’M NOT SUGGESTING WE SHOULD BE TAKE THAT I WISH I COULD TAKE THAT BACK. JASON JENNINGS, WRAL, SPORTS, DURHAM. >> IN THE LATEST EDITION OF THE BOUT OF THE BLUES IS SATURDAY AT DUKE. WRAL HAVE TEAM COVERAGE BEFORE THE GAME. AND AFTER IT ALL BEGINS AT 6