SCar vs Duke

[Buzzyboy]

That is a massive change from 2003 until 2007, the height of the Cameron Crazies at women's games. For the big games (UConn, Tennessee, Maryland, UNC), it was the students out in full force. The 2003 game against UConn was as loud as the best men's games. The 2006 game against Tennessee was raucous. The 2007 game against Maryland (when MD was #1) was ridiculously loud, especially for an early Saturday game (tipoff was noon or 1:00 pm).

Only 6000 fans showed up yesterday, and estimates put that figure at 40-45 percent SC fans. There is no longer a student presence at Duke WBB games. There are no "Cameron Crazies" for women's games.

I agree. It's truly sad because there was a time that the women Dukies really had a following. To hear the cheers from S.C. fans at that game was totally crazy. And embarrassing. In the past, that would never have happened.

 

[Buzzyboy]

Again, different teams, different matchups. And Notre Dame wasn't at full strength.

I agree that matchups can often change the whole complexion of things but it's hard to believe a team that plays so disjointed and out of control and seems to be so totally undisciplined can keep up with the Huskies, even if they have an advantage on the interior. They are supposed to be a seasoned team and the only player that showed me any maturity at all was A'ja Wilson. UConn, in my estimation had their "bad" game and it stunned them and I'm inclined to think there isn't another stinker in their season.

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

Let me add one more point to my previous posts regarding greater fan energy. The big-time games used to bring out lots of actual Duke students. And they didn't just drift in. They were organized and prepared. The bleachers opposite the benches were a true Cameron Crazy scene for those games, with creative chants and props.

Remember "We're not blind, you're not blond" for Brenda Frese? The waving Wal-Mart bags and "roll-back prices" chants for Alexis Hornbuckle to remind her of a shoplifting incident in her past? And Pat Summitt so irate about it that she threatened to end the series? The "Mario and Luigi" costumes for Geno Auriemma, plus various cheers based on the "waiter" comments?

For these games, the students would symbolically "tent" for tickets, as they do for all men's games. The student section was full of students, with signs, painted faces, team-specific and player-specific cheers, and deafening energy that you do not see at any other women's basketball game, even for teams that sell out their games (students were comprising over half the attendance at these big Duke women's games and took up the entire first level).

There has not been a game like that in years. I stand by what I said earlier - this version of the Cameron Crazy that was prevalent in 2003-2007 is nowhere to be found at women's games under Coach P.