LOOK: UNC legend takes shot at Duke after loss to Tennessee in NCAA Tournament

Duke followers will certainly be fast to level out that North Carolina didn’t make the NCAA Match in any respect, however that received’t deter Tyler Hansbrough, one of many biggest Tar Heel basketball gamers ever, from having some enjoyable at his rivals expense. And he did simply that after Duke fell to Tennessee within the Spherical of 32 on Saturday.

Following a 65-52 win for the Volunteers, Hansbrough took to Twitter to find the wound. His mission? Add salt. And he picked a reasonably good visible.

Hansbrough’s captionless tweet is only a gif of the “I’ll give my all for Tennessee at present” signal that soccer gamers contact heading to the sphere at Neyland Stadium.

Loads petty for probably the greatest rivalries in all of sports activities. And once more, Duke followers will certainly not let North Carolina followers neglect who really made the NCAA Match this season.

Sadly for Duke followers, although, Hansbrough isn’t the one one having some enjoyable at their expense. Boston Celtic ahead Grant Williams received in on the schadenfreude, too. To not point out that Williams can be a former Tennessee star.

The previous Tennessee star received to have just a little enjoyable on the expense of a Celtic teammate and former Duke star: Jayson Tatum. Both proper after the Volunteers toppled the Blue Devils, 65-52, or within the late phases of the victory, Williams posted a fast video of a subdued Tatum.

“F*ck Duke,” Williams mentioned within the video because it pans in on Tatum.

It seems for a second that Tatum thought of retorting earlier than considering higher of it. Generally you simply have to chop your losses. As an alternative, the All-Star wing simply offers a playful nod. A tricky break for Tatum as Williams can declare bragging rights at the least till Duke and Tennessee meet once more.

And a tricky break for a Duke program that was enjoying as sizzling as any staff within the nation getting into the NCAA Match.

It was a extremely robust day for Duke on the courtroom, too, because the Blue Devils scored a program-low 52 factors in an NCAA Match sport. Duke transformed fewer than 50% of its subject aim makes an attempt and made simply six 3s whereas capturing a paltry 27.3% past the arc.

And whereas Duke struggled to attain, Tennessee’s Olivier Nkamhoua tied his career-high for scoring with 27 factors.

Altogether, a day Duke and its followers might be pleased to neglect.