By: Jody McCreary
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The two universities in this Tobacco Road town don't seem to have much in common except for geography.
One is predominantly white, the other mostly black. One is elite and expensive, the other egalitarian and economical.
But both Duke and Division I newcomer North Carolina Central hope their first meeting in football this weekend will mark the next step toward bridging the gap that for years stretched well beyond the 5 miles that separate the campuses.
"I don't know about the past. I do know about the present," Duke coach David Cutcliffe said Tuesday. "I see a celebration going on at Central about who they are. There's a celebration going on at Duke about who we are. You put the two together. ... It's a celebration of two programs headed in the right direction."
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