Team Starts New Tradition with Tent One Pitched in K-Ville for Players
PHOTOS: Tent One
This year’s occupants of Tent One didn’t spend a single night in K-Ville and have never worn a blue wig in Cameron during a game. But, like the Crazies residing in all the other tents, they did invest significantly in the team and played a major role in the 82-50 win over UNC. In the start of a new tradition, Tent One was reserved this year for the Blue Devil players.
The tent, pictured below and called the “Board Room”, was located near the Krzyzewskiville sign in K-Ville. With an 82-inch ceiling and 96 square feet of floor area, the tent could fit eight people comfortably (and every player except Zoubs, the Plumlees and Ryan could stand upright without touching his head on the roof).
The tent featured several amenities so the players could have some fun in K-Ville with their teammates and the Crazies, including a card table and several decks of cards, eight Nerf guns, lawn bowling, a Nerf basketball hoop, a Duke blue carpet and Blue Devil welcome mat, poker chips and a pop-a-shot (setup just outside the tent). By the time gameday vs. UNC arrived, the floor was littered with foam bullets, suggesting the Nerf guns were the biggest hit.
Our players stopped by the tent fairly often since the tent was set up several weeks ago, often swinging by after practice or on their way to the gym. Said Nolan after the UNC game, “The players’ tent was tremendous. I am not sure if we took it down yet but I wanted to stay in there tonight. The tent was a great idea and I enjoyed my time playing cards, shooting the Nerf darts and shooting hoops right beside it… We just want to give back to our fans, our Sixth Man. They were tremendous tonight, this is what they slept out for. They were fired up. To show them we appreciate and love them is what we want to do.”
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