CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - For years, everything Duke and North Carolina achieved - the conference championships, Final Four trips and national titles - has been connected in a back-and-forth game of one-upmanship.

These days the Tar Heels have the upper hand.

Since shortly after Roy Williams returned to his alma mater, the Tar Heels have outperformed Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils in the long-running race between college basketball's fiercest rivals. North Carolina has two NCAA championships in the five seasons since Duke last reached the Final Four. The Tar Heels have also dominated the recent series, including four straight wins at the Blue Devils' Cameron Indoor Stadium.

FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference Television Network will televise 16 men’s and women’s basketball games during the 2009-10 season, the league office announced Thursday.

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FRISCO, Texas – Stephen F. Austin senior guard Whitney Cormier leads a talented class of returning players into the 2009-10 season as the Southland Conference women’s basketball preseason teams were announced today by the league office. Six schools are represented on the two preseason teams with three selections from Lamar and two from UT Arlington and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

FRISCO, Texas – Six players who earned All-Southland Conference honors last season, including Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Kevin Palmer, return for the 2009-10 campaign and each has automatically qualified for the preseason all-conference teams, the league office announced Wednesday.

FRISCO, Texas – Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin and Nicholls have been selected as the preseason favorites to win the Southland Conference men’s basketball regular-season championship by a vote of the league’s coaches and sports information directors, the conference office announced Wednesday.