Duke Basketball

Here is my photos from a Blue Devils game. Apparently getting tickets for a 'Dook' (as the local say it, and the occasional ahem slip from me) basketball game is like finding rocking horse shit. How I found myself at the first game of the season I am still not entirely sure. I am guessing it was because the opponent was NCCU and are considered not as good as Dook even though they are also located in Dirty D. I was looking forward to it none the less. Andy was 'super pumped' all day and even skipped work to join the grad line. Here is where it all goes off, the Cameron indoor stadium. It's a pretty small stadium, clocking in at less than 10,000, but it's got a pretty good atmosphere.

I found a colonial to sit next too. Who of course was eating a BBQ sandwich (which was actually quite good). Ryan went to UNC Chapel Hill for undergrad, who are dook's main rivals. It's kinda like a Wednesday fan being at BDTBL. He looks happy though, bless 'em the locals do try.

Here is some particularly good photography of the start of the game.

A better action shot. Notice the guy on the floor.

Here are the Cameron Crazies in action. This is a free-throw. The crowd all hold their arms till the ball goes in. Unless the other team are taking it then it's all fair game. The best thing they did was all crouch down on the floor except for a semi-naked guy in lederhosen who proceeded to dance around making noise, I nearly wet myself.

A view of Cameron during the game. All the flags at the top are something that Dook basketball has won. They ain't bad these so called Blue Devils.

Here is a picture of the team during a time-out. The guy in the middle is Michael Krzyzewski (pronounced shuh-shef-skee) or coach K. I think he looks like Dr. Evil. He is pretty much a legend on campus, has been offered loads to coach in the NBA and swears like a trooper. He's that good they even named the floor after him.

Here is another pic of the crazies. The guys in the chefs hats are known as the shuhshefskee chefs. You can even pick Andy out in this photo. He is the one seen shaking a whisk at the opposition. It did indeed show them.

Crazy stuff happens during a time-out. Although disappointingly no time-out chicken is given out. Here is the Duke Blue Devil surfing on the band.

And of course American sports would not be complete without cheerleaders. They did look lovely.