Duke has lost its past two ACC home games.

Now the Blue Devils have to go to Chapel Hill, N.C.

The ACC's top rivalry resumes tonight when No. 10 Duke (19-4, 6-2) visits No. 5 North Carolina.

What will Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski be stressing to his team?

"I've already used five minutes [on Monday's ACC teleconference]. We're going to stress more than I can talk to you about," he said. "The main thing is just to be prepared for playing the best, the most talented team in our conference and maybe the most talented team in the country.

"They can be an offensive juggernaut, especially at home. We have to play really good defense in order to have an opportunity to beat them."

UNC (20-3, 7-1) was 1-2 against Duke last season.

"We've got to play our best game of the year," Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said. "Offensively, they have the most weapons of anybody in the league. ... It's awfully difficult to stop them, so you've got to be able to score yourself."

UNC might not have much trouble scoring against the Blue Devils, who have been struggling defensively.

"They're pretty doggone good defensively," Williams said. "They give up a lot of points. So do we - because we want to play so fast. But I'm not counting on them opening the door and letting us drive in for a layup.

"I saw something [in the Super Bowl] I've never seen, when a team let a team score a touchdown. I've never seen anything like that. I don't think Duke's going to let us do that."

Local viewers will have the choice of watching Tim Brando and Dan Bonner call the game on WDBJ or watching Dick Vitale and Co. do the game on ESPN. Unlike in past years, ESPN is no longer required to black out games that are also being carried on the syndicated ACC network.

Tech girds for SpongeBob

Miami won at Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first time Sunday, knocking off Duke 78-74 in overtime.

Next up for the Hurricanes is a Thursday home game with Virginia Tech.

"We're going to play an outstanding Miami team that has as good a frontcourt as anyone in our league," Tech coach Seth Greenberg said.

Miami center Reggie Johnson, a 6-foot-10, 284-pound junior, had 27 points and 12 rebounds at Duke.

"It's like a different time zone when you get from one side [of him] to the other side," Greenberg said. "I always have the philosophy that there's a direct correlation between the size of someone's rear end and their ability to score. But he's like SpongeBob SquarePants. The guy's square, and [it's] impossible to get around the guy.

"He doesn't jump very high, but you're like at 6 o'clock and the ball's like at 3 o'clock, he's so wide."

The Miami frontcourt also features forward Kenny Kadji. The 6-11, 251-pound Kadji, who sat out last season after transferring from Florida, had 15 points and eight rebounds at Duke.

The Hurricanes (14-7, 5-3) don't have a marquee nonleague victory, so they need to follow up the Duke game with more high-quality ACC wins to improve their NCAA tournament resume.

"It's a 30-game test, and you don't know what your final grade is until you've answered all 30 questions," coach Jim Larranaga said. "It's going to be the next nine games that really determine what kind of year we've had.

"We are improving, but you can always get better."

Larranaga was so ill from the flu that he went to the emergency room Saturday morning before the flight to Duke.

Greene, Hollins clicking

It has been nine years since Hollins qualified for the ODAC tournament, but that drought could end this month.

Hollins, which has four league games left, is 7-9 in the ODAC. The seven conference wins are the most Hollins has recorded since going 7-13 in ODAC play in 2002-03. Hollins won only five ODAC games in the past six seasons combined.

Hollins, which swept its series with Washington and Lee, Randolph, and Emory & Henry this season, needs a top-eight finish to make the ODAC tournament. Entering Tuesday, only five of the league's 11 teams had more ODAC wins than Hollins.

Junior point guard Jasmine Greene is a big reason for Hollins' success.

She ranks second in the ODAC in scoring (17.0 ppg) and first in assists (4.7 apg). She also ranks seventh in rebounding (7.6 rpg) and second in steals (2.8 spg).

"She's the most competitive kid I have," coach Jim Phillips said. "She's probably the fastest kid in the league, especially her first step off the dribble. Her ability to get to the rim with her quickness separates her."

Hollins, which has endured 18 straight losing seasons, took an 8-12 overall record into Tuesday's nonleague game with Meredith.