The Cameron Crazies are the student supporters of Duke University's basketball teams, named for Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium. Many Crazies paint their faces or bodies white and blue (Duke's colors), jump up and down the entire time the opposing team has possession of the ball, and yell innovative cheers in unison. The number of fans painting themselves varies with the importance of the game, with games against UNC generating the most enthusiasm. Many of these fans begin tenting for key games several months in advance in a makeshift campground called Krzyzewskiville, named for Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. Some other colleges and universities have used the Crazies as a model for their own cheering sections at basketball games, such as Harvard University which recently printed a run of Crimson Crazies t-shirts.

[edit] External links

• ESPN Page2 on the Cameron Crazies
• Sports Illustrated's Take on Kville
• Duke University's Archives articles and photo of first Kville

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