Patrick Stevens The Washington Times - January 23, 2009, 01:13PM

Sure, this seems a little crazy.

No more crazy than actually getting to work on an online-only story for tomorrow’s paper e-edition.

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Anyway, today’s research about Maryland vs. No. 2 got the wheels turning about its last victory over a team at every spot in the AP poll.

Tedious? Yes. Fun? Only if you like research.

Productive? Well, look below and judge for yourself. It is a Carolina-centric chart; Wake Forest pops up six times, with Duke (5) and North Carolina (4) also prominently featured.

Rank Opponent Date Score
1 at North Carolina
 1-19-08 82-80
2 at Duke
 1-26-05 75-66
3 at Duke
 2-9-00 98-87
4 vs. North Carolina
 3-7-86 85-75
5 vs. Michigan State
 11-27-08 80-62
6 Boston College
 12-11-05 73-71
7 Duke 2-12-05 99-92 (OT)
8 at Virginia
 1-31-02 91-87
9 North Carolina
 1-14-04 90-84
10 Wake Forest
 2-17-03 90-67
11 North Carolina
 2-7-80 70-69
12 vs. Xavier
 3-23-03 77-64
13 Florida State
 1-7-98 81-74
14 at Duke
 2-28-07 85-77
15 vs. Wake Forest
 3-12-04 87-86
16 Duke 2-11-07 72-60
17 vs. N.C. State
 3-13-04 85-82
18 vs. Georgia Tech
 3-11-88 84-67
19 vs. Wake Forest
 3-10-84 66-64
20 Wake Forest
 2-24-02 90-89
21 Georgia Tech
 1-30-05 79-71
22 vs. Wake Forest
 3-9-01 71-53
23 at Wake Forest
 2-17-01 73-58
24 vs. Temple
 2-28-98 83-66
25
 vs. Memphis
 11-26-04 84-61

—- Patrick Stevens