WATCH: Duke’s Cameron Crazies make return in style
Duke Blue Devil fans, also known as the Cameron Crazies, are back like they never left. In this video, we get to enjoy them as they are in rare form tonight as the Blue Devils take on Army.
Currently, the Duke Blue Devils are up on the Army Black Knights by 20, 73-53. They are being paced by junior Wendell Moore Jr. Moore has a triple-double in the game with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Not to be outdone fellow forward Paolo Banchero, who has a double-double with 18 points and a game leading 13 rebounds. And four of Duke’s five starters are currently in double-digit scoring as well. These performances have led the common crazies to be … well crazies.
A Legends farewell
This upcoming season for the Blue Devils will be known as the swan song for their legendary head coach Mike Krzyzewski, and rightfully so. Krzyzewski has led Duke to 12 Final Four appearances and five national titles in his 40 years running the team. He also has a career record of 1097 wins and 302 losses with the Blue Devils. And this year he has a chance to make it over 1100 wins with Duke.
Duke looking to bounce back
Duke is looking to turn things around from arguably the worst season since 1995 a year ago. Last season, the Blue Devils went 13-11 and 9-9 in ACC play. It was the first time since that disastrous aforementioned mentioned ’95 season in which a Krzyzewski lead team failed to make the NCAA Tournament.
Duke has started off the season 1- 0 with a win over fellow blue blood Kentucky. The Blue Devils edged out the Wildcats 79-71 thanks in part to their defense. They were able the hold Kentucky to 37.7% from the floor shooting and caused 13 turnovers, nine of which were off steals. Duke was outrebounded 44-35 and 19-8 on the offensive glass, which led to 17 more shot attempts for Kentucky. But the Wildcats could do very little against the Blue Devils suffocating defense.