Originally Posted by
Slant
When I went to Duke in the mid-70s, there was no such thing as camping outside for a game. We squatted the bleachers inside Cameron for an upcoming game. We'd sit in Cameron, studying, taking shifts saving seats on the bleachers.
Of course, that was when the Cameron Crazies were really born!! There was no buffer row where the press now sits. That was all students! Can you imagine what that was like!! Unbelievable! I would camp out on the bleachers to get a seat on the front row at half court. The players would run down the court right in front of you, would inbound the ball right next to you. They created the buffer row which now houses the press because of the antics of us Crazies during the 70s.
Those were the days - Willie Hodge, Tate Armstrong, the Crow-man, Spanarkel, Denard, Bender, and the G-man and Gene Banks!!!
Could never duplicate the atmosphere of Cameron in the 70s - it was just special!!! And crazy!!!