Rip 'em tear 'em up give 'em hell DUKE!

I had the priviledge of attending last night's Duke basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. We played NC State, an in town rival, for the early lead in the ACC. It was truly and amazing experience. Being at a Duke home basketball game is one of the most unique and special sporting experiences that anyone can ever experinece.
The building is small, 10,000 people pile in, shoulder to shoulder, and it is two hours of cheering, screaming, joy, and pain. I have been to the olympics (saw Michael Johnson set the World Record in the 200), the Stanley Cup finals, and many other football and baksetball games, and this does not really compare. Certainly seeing world records set and Gold medals won was an amazing expereince, but seeing Duke Beat carolina or trounce State like thy did last night is at least a tie for first in my book.
The dunk you are looking at happend right in front of me, I was third row behind the basket where Duke shot in the second half. I had a great view and like ben's audio adrenaline concert, It is something i will never forget. Everytime I am at a game I feel blessed and wish that all of the people I know and love and even people I dont love could expereince it. Thank you DUKE for great tickets, a great game, and some of the best sporting expereinces of my life.

Finally, if you have read this far, I thought I would let you in on a few of the cheers from last night. You see, the cheering of the fans is amazing and really gets in the head of the other team. Here is a sample of last night's cheers:
1. "If you can't Go to college, Go to state" (this is the staple Duke v State cheer)
2. section 1: "BIG"
Section 2: "HIGH"
section 3: "SCHOOL"
all in unison quickly " BIG HIGH SCHOOL!" this cheer repeats over and over
3. After Marchs Melvin fumbles the ball and turns it over: "YOU cant Dribble" clap clap clapclapclap
4. Various taunts of Julius Hodge, state's best player
5. "OUR HOUSE"
6. "We Want Wake, We Want Wake!"
7. and since no group of Cameron Crazies gets together without sending the Tarheels to "hell", the state cheer evolves into this:
"If you cant go to college go to state,
if you cant go to state go to jail,
if you cant go to jail, go to hell,
go to hell carolina go to hell!!!"

Cameron Crazies, a wild and profane bunch of students. Wish you were there.

pictures from last night