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Duke Basketball: Cameron Crazies Position 'A Little Weird' to UNC Star
Duke basketball had no answer to UNC's Harrison Ingram in Chapel Hill. No, in the season's first meeting between archrivals on Feb. 3, the first-year Tar Heel forward, a transfer following two years at Stanford, recorded 21 points, 13 rebounds, and four steals to power the Tar Heels to a 93-84 win over the Blue Devils.
Perhaps Duke's famed Cameron Crazies can help slow Ingram down at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN) as the No. 9 Blue Devils (24-6, 15-4 ACC) look to tie the season series and share the conference's regular-season crown with the No. 7 Tar Heels (25-5, 16-3).
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It'll mark the first time that the 21-year-old Ingram has been in Cameron Indoor Stadium for a Duke basketball game. However, he's been there before to support his sister, Blue Devil volleyball freshman Lauren Ingram.
And it sounds like he's done his homework on what to expect from the too-close-for-comfort Crazies.
"I heard there's like people camping out for tents like months before, which is ridiculous to me," Ingram told the media on Thursday. "But I'll be excited to go in there and get a dub."
Ingram then noted his observations from his attendance at a volleyball match and the pictures he's seen online of the Crazies nearly touching Tar Heels in the past when the players take the ball out of bounds along the sideline.
"It was definitely smaller than I thought it was," he said. "Coming to UNC, I would think Duke is the same size...And then how close the stands are...I feel like the fans could almost be able to touch us, which is a little weird to me...
"I saw a picture of Luke Maye on Instagram. It was almost like the fans are all touching [him]. I thought that was kind of cool...It's a place I feel like you really can't replicate until you play there."
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At the end of his chat with the media, Harrison Ingram confirmed the Tar Heels "definitely do not want to the share [the ACC regular-season title] with Duke" and added that he's eager to interact with Crazies:
"A hundred percent. I'm all about that. I can't wait. I cannot wait."
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