Duke basketball: Wise Cameron Crazies suddenly in short supply

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A feeble student section wouldn’t be ideal for the Duke basketball program.

Remember, throughout the 2019-20 Duke basketball campaign, the famed Cameron Crazies often struggled to fill their free seats in the Cameron Indoor Stadium bleachers. Then last season, the only Craziness in town was the hard-on-the-eyes panorama-style Crazie pics encompassing the sidelines.

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Granted, the pandemic — not at all the student population itself — was to blame for their 2020-21 absence. Nevertheless, the lack of an energized home crowd surely played a part in the Blue Devils finishing 8-5 in Durham…