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Coach K ...
"I think we have the very, very best place to
play as far as atmosphere goes. Cameron is one of the best
venues in sport, not just in basketball but in the world...
It has a soul. It has a spirit. Most buildings don't have life to them. Cameron Indoor Stadium breathes life. Even empty, it feels like someone is playing and I never feel alone. That is its spirit.” |
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Grant Hill (two-time national champion and three-time All-American)...
"Cameron Indoor Stadium is a special place in sports and there's really nothing else out there quite like it. Anytime I'm inside Cameron, I've got memories. Cameron is like Yankee Stadium or the old Boston Garden." |
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Shane Battier (the winningest player in college basketball history)...
"The Crazies are great and they are one of the reasons I chose to come to Duke. I really appreciate what they do. Every time I dove for a loose ball or scrapped for an offensive board or took a charge, I got up to a standing ovation... It made me want to get up and do it again.” |
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Jay Bilas (ESPN Analyst, Lawyer and Former Duke Player and Assistant Coach)...
"I played there for four years, and was an assistant coach there for three, and there is no other place like it. Where else can world class athletes be intimidated by an unruly mob of MENSA members?... The best places in the country have real character, and Cameron has character. It is the only place I have been where the players routinely laugh at what the crowd is doing.” |
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J.J. Redick (Two-time National Player of the Year)...
"I like the classic look of it inside and outside. From the outside, you can't tell it's a gym. Then you go in and the seats are right on top of you. All these jerseys and banners are hanging in there. It's really old school. It's like a field of dreams. I come in at nights, maybe the night before a game, and just shoot by myself with the lights off. There's enough light to see, but there's something about the mystique of the arena. It's so calming. So serene.” |
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Jeff Mullins (Former Duke Player and Jersey Retiree)...
"Cameron Indoor Stadium is to college basketball what Augusta is to golf, what Yankee Stadium is to Major League Baseball, what Wimbledon is to tennis." |
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ESPN's Dick
Vitale...
"Cameron is the best place to play in the country...
The Cameron Crazies set the tone and are emulated throughout
America." |
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USA
Today...
"A Duke game in Cameron is the toughest road game in
America." |
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Clemson Head Coach Oliver Purnell...
“There's no better chance than going to Cameron Indoor Stadium, probably the most storied atmosphere in college basketball, against the best team in college basketball and perhaps the best coach in college basketball. We're playing the No. 1 team in the country...
There is no tougher venue to play in college basketball than this one." |
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College Baskeball TV Analyst Tim Brando...
“Cameron Indoor Stadium is the Taj Mahal of basketball." |
