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#176
#176
TennNC said:
Oh snap!

What does Bobby Hurley have to do with the chest stomp? And btw, Wade Houston was the coach during the chest stomp.

Laettner

If you want to know anymore about this program you're defending so vehemently, let dickens or me know. We'll gladly provide you the answers.
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i've already answered that i know about the incident. Amazing that it's being used as an excuse. For the record, I became a Duke fan in 1990. Two years before the '92 game. Duke was also accused of chest stomping at some point in the mid nineties.

As for Laettner, it was just a part of the game. To me, it was minor. It happens several times a year. Was Laettner right for doing it? No. Was it a very very physical game? Yes. it's called emotion, something I find very important.

i also dare you to question my duke knowledge.
 
#177
#177
yeah, i've been to a duke game at cameron indoor. granted it was against st. john's and it was right after classes had let out, but the place was still rockin. i can only imagine how much louder it gets with everyone there and with it being a much better team. my grandmother, who goes to every home game, has told me her experiences from being in there. so yeah, i know what it's like.


and what volfanbill is probably trying to say (might be wrong here) is that he liked how coach k ran duke. (and if you try to argue that coach k isn't one OF the greatest coaches of all time then you are a bloomin idiot). and you can coach a kid all you want, but in the heat of a game, emotion takes over and any coaching goes out the window. i have seen my best friend lose it on the football field. this kid is nice to everyone and i have never seen him raise his voice. that also carries onto the football field where he is as nice as possible. in all of the games i've seen him play, he lost his cool ONCE. **** happens even if it's wrong. if it happens several more times by the same person, then it's a problem.
 
#178
#178
usat&f said:
yeah, i've been to a duke game at cameron indoor. granted it was against st. john's and it was right after classes had let out, but the place was still rockin. i can only imagine how much louder it gets with everyone there and with it being a much better team. my grandmother, who goes to every home game, has told me her experiences from being in there. so yeah, i know what it's like.


and what volfanbill is probably trying to say (might be wrong here) is that he liked how coach k ran duke. (and if you try to argue that coach k isn't one OF the greatest coaches of all time then you are a bloomin idiot). and you can coach a kid all you want, but in the heat of a game, emotion takes over and any coaching goes out the window. i have seen my best friend lose it on the football field. this kid is nice to everyone and i have never seen him raise his voice. that also carries onto the football field where he is as nice as possible. in all of the games i've seen him play, he lost his cool ONCE. **** happens even if it's wrong. if it happens several more times by the same person, then it's a problem.
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I bet if Bobby Knight had coached Christian Laettner, there would have been no chest stomp.
 
#179
#179
oh, there would've been a chest stomp. either laettner doing it, and then losing his life. or bob knight chest stomping the player.
 
#180
#180
StunnA N' Orange said:
Allen Fieldhouse makes Cameron Indoor sound like a retirement community.
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Your nuts, I have been to Cameron several times and when UNC, MD for example come to town no place is louder than Cameron....One problem with Cameron is this though, its very small and hot, another is; if its not UNC, MD or NC State there are always alot of empty seats....

To answer the original question (I think).....The crazies do help Duke win ball games because they are so close to floor, and they get inside the other teams head....

On a side note....If someone would have told me that TBA would become a premier place to view a MENS basketball game 5 years ago I would had laughed in their face....When they built that arena I thought it reminded me of a airplane hanger....TBA is nice and intimidating but, is along way off from having the student homecourt advantage like the Dukes, KU's and UNC's of the world....If TBA would extend the student section throughout the entire bowl then it would def get loud in there....
 
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#182
VolfanMike said:
Your nuts, I have been to Cameron several times and when UNC, MD for example come to town no place is louder than Cameron....One problem with Cameron is this though, its very small and hot, another is; if its not UNC, MD or NC State there are always alot of empty seats....

To answer the original question (I think).....The crazies do help Duke win ball games because they are so close to floor, and they get inside the other teams head....
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Mike, have you been to a game at Allen Fieldhouse? I haven't but would love to. I've also heard Oklahoma State's gym is a very tough place to play.

I also agree 100% with you that unless it's one of the premier ACC games, there are many, many empty seats in that 9,000-seat arena at Cameron. But the cameras won't ever show it. They'll focus on the 3,000 or so Crazies. And I'd do the same thing if I were ESPN.

usat&f made a comment earlier: "ask any unc player if they would truely be afraid to play at duke (even if unc was #1 and duke wasn't even top 25), and i'd be willing to bet they would all say yes. everyone dreads going into duke, because of the fans."

Well, he's not a UNC player, but Ben McCauley at least isn't admitting that he's dreading the Crazies:

newsobserver.com | McCauley recalls the Crazies

"It's fun," he said. "That's the kind of atmosphere you want to play in."

Listen, if we just put our Duke biases (on both sides) aside for a minute, I think we'd agree that the Crazies, love 'em or hate 'em, are a fixture in college basketball today. They have influenced other student sections more than any other school. They come up with a lot of chants, some of them clever, some not. They make noise the entire game and dress crazy and hop up and down and make the place loud. Very loud.

But long, long before the Crazies were ever an itch in Duke's pants, Cameron Indoor was still a very tough place to play, for no matter who fills the arena, if you make noise, it's amplified big-time in there, and it's really hot, and it's really compact, and that makes for an uncomfortable game.

Bottom line: Cameron Indoor Stadium and the Duke team and the Duke coach do get into the opponents' heads. Any rattling the Crazies do pales in comparison.

And if you ever have the chance to see a game there, by all means, do. It's a great experience.
 
#183
#183
VolfanMike said:
Your nuts, I have been to Cameron several times and when UNC, MD for example come to town no place is louder than Cameron....One problem with Cameron is this though, its very small and hot, another is; if its not UNC, MD or NC State there are always alot of empty seats....

To answer the original question (I think).....The crazies do help Duke win ball games because they are so close to floor, and they get inside the other teams head....
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You've obviously never been to Lawrence, Kansas.
 
#185
#185
I can't believe a Duke/Maryland thread from Sunday is still being posted on 4 days later. May as well just join in the Duke-NCST thread into this.
 
#187
#187
TennNC said:
Mike, have you been to a game at Allen Fieldhouse?
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After reading his response, I don't know how he figures Cameron Indoor to be a louder venue when he has never stepped foot into Allen Fieldhouse. By the way, Gallagher-Iba Arena is another must-see experience.
 
#189
#189
the sooner we realize i'm right, the better.

complete joke.

Duke's loaded with talent.
I wouldn't wanna play at cameron whether they were loaded or not.
No, i haven't been to a game there. My friend went to the clemson game a few weeks ago (clemson fan) and said it was UNREAL. I'm not a big duke fan, but i would love to go to cameron to see a game.
 
#190
#190
Never been to the Fieldhouse but would love to go one day. Even though I have never been there I would still go out on a limb and say a UNC/Duke game at Cameron would be louder. Bias opinion though.
 
#198
#198
dickens821 said:
What, exactly, am I supposed to be jealous of?

Losing by 9 to NC St?
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I forgot.....You reminded me one time that the game of basketball was never played until Bruce arrived in Knoxville. You have nothing to be jealous of because your basketvols are of superiority in the cbb. Bruce should be president and we are all just his meager servants.


Give me a break..
 
#199
#199
VolfanMike said:
I forgot.....You reminded me one time that the game of basketball was never played until Bruce arrived in Knoxville. You have nothing to be jealous of because your basketvols are of superiority in the cbb. Bruce should be president and we are all just his meager servants.


Give me a break..
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I've been a college basketball fan since the day I was born. Just because I'm not jealous of your overrated Dukies doesn't mean I think Bruce created the game.

Now UCLA, that is a team I am jealous of.
 
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