{"id":588474,"date":"2026-02-07T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/588474\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:58:13","slug":"seth-trimble-leaning-on-experience-to-lead-tar-heels-into-his-final-home-game-against-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/588474\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Trimble Leaning On Experience to Lead Tar Heels Into His Final Home Game Against Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2014 Seth Trimble<\/a> is amongst the last of a dying breed in college basketball.\u00a0Saturday night will be the Tar Heel senior captain\u2019s fourth and final meeting with Duke in the Smith Center, and his eighth overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really just cherishing this, this matchup, this opportunity, and, you know, a blessing like this,\u201d Trimble said Thursday. \u201cA lot of people in this world would die to be in my position.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an era where money and material benefits often outweigh tradition and history in a player\u2019s college decision, Trible has remained in Chapel Hill throughout his career.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake, the owner of Franklin Street\u2019s Ben & Jerry\u2019s has capitalized on the opportunities afforded by the NIL era, but he has stayed loyal to UNC \u2014 a commitment that has made him a fan favorite over four years in Carolina blue.<\/p>\n

On a North Carolina team that features 11 new faces, Trimble is the only player in the Tar Heels\u2019 nine-man rotation that has ever participated in the UNC-Duke rivalry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t really understand the stakes of it and what this really means, until you\u2019re out on that court,\u201d Trimble said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the Tar Heels\u2019 senior captain \u2014 and the only Carolina player with true experience in college basketball\u2019s most historic rivalry \u2014 it falls on Trimble to ensure this year\u2019s new-look Tar Heels understand what\u2019s at stake Saturday, and just how intense the rivalry truly is.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe says it\u2019s the biggest game in your life,\u201d Caleb Wilson said of the wisdom Trimble has imparted on the team this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing everything that goes into this matchup, and then knowing the jersey that they\u2019re representing now, that same jersey lost three times last year,\u201d Trimble said. \u201cThey\u2019re just going to be super excited, just to put themselves into the history books in the best way possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the offseason, during recruiting dinners with then-visitors such as Henri Veesaar and Jonathan Powell, Trimble shared that the Carolina-Duke rivalry is frequently discussed \u2014 and even part of the pitch to commit to being part of one of the greatest rivalries in sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you talk about North Carolina, you think about the history,\u201d Trimble said. \u201cAnd when you think about the history of North Carolina, you think about this matchup, it\u2019s just what comes with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his seven prior matchups with Duke, Trimble has amassed a 2-5 record, speaking to North Carolina\u2019s recent struggles with their biggest foe, and the sheer importance to get a win in Saturday\u2019s top-15 matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trimble combined for five scoreless minutes in his two games against Duke as a freshman, but in his last five contests against the Blue Devils, Trimble is averaging 9.4 points to go along with 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Trimble\u2019s ties to the UNC\u2013Duke rivalry extend well beyond his own time in Carolina blue. His brother, J.P. Tokoto faced the Blue Devils six times during his three-year career in Chapel Hill from 2012 to 2015, giving Trimble his first taste of the hatred-filled rivalry at\u00a0eight years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my last home game with the Duke-UNC matchup, so I\u2019m going to make it the best that I can,\u201d Trimble said. \u201cBut I\u2019m doing a pretty good job of letting the guys know how much tension there is during this matchup.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the stakes are, the history, how they beat us three times last year. How much it means to this university, to the former players and just everybody that represents North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2014 Seth Trimble is amongst the last of a dying breed in college basketball.\u00a0Saturday night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,5420],"class_list":{"0":"post-588474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-seth-trimble-22-menomonee-falls"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116029941751981820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}