Cameron Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena located on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina . The 9,314-seat facility is the primary indoor athletic venue for the Duke Blue Devils and serves as the home court for Duke men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball. It opened in January 1940 and was known as Duke Indoor Stadium until 1972, when it was named for Eddie Cameron , who served at Duke as men's basketball coach from 1928 to 1942, as football coach from 1942 to 1945, and as athletic director from 1951 to 1972. The arena is located adjacent to its predecessor, Card Gymnasium , which opened in 1930.
22-573: The plans for the stadium were drawn up in 1935 by basketball coach Eddie Cameron . The stadium was designed by Julian Abele , who studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. The same architectural firm that built the Palestra was brought in to build the new stadium. The arena was dedicated on January 6, 1940, having cost $ 400,000. At the time, it was the largest gymnasium in the country south of
44-570: A 36–27 victory over Princeton University , on January 6, 1940. That arena would eventually come to bear his name. After Wade entered the military service in World War II , Cameron became the head football coach. In four years Cameron's teams won three conference championships, compiled a record of 25–11–1 and won the 1945 Sugar Bowl by beating Alabama , 29–26. Cameron became permanent Director of Physical Education and Athletics in 1946 when Wade returned and resumed coaching football. Cameron
66-812: A Duke victory over Villanova in the Preseason NIT that was Krzyzewski's 500th win as Duke head coach. Sports Illustrated ranked it fourth on its list of the top 20 sporting venues of the 20th century, and USA Today referred to it as "the toughest road game in the ACC." Additionally, the facility hosted the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament from 1947 to 1950 and the MEAC men's basketball tournament in 1972 and 1973. Records at Cameron Indoor Stadium All-Time: 946–171 (.847) Coach K : 572–76 (.883) Since 1997–98: 396–37 (.915) Duke
88-539: Is 284–30 (.904) at home since the 2004–05 season, second only to Allen Fieldhouse in winning percentage at home. On November 26, 2019, the Duke men's team non-conference home winning streak of 150 games ended with an overtime loss to Stephen F. Austin , 85–83. It had been at that point the longest active non-conference home winning streak in college basketball, with Duke's last non-conference home loss coming against St. John's almost 19 years earlier on February 26, 2000, when
110-482: Is sufficient standing room to ensure 10,000 could fit. For high-profile games, students are known to pack in as many as 1,600 into the student sections, designed for a maximum of 1,100. Prior to the 2002–2003 basketball season, air conditioning units were installed in Cameron for the first time as a response to health and odor concerns for players and fans alike. Prior to the 2008–09 season, a new video scoreboard replaced
132-728: The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) and play their home games in Kaplan Arena . Former Cornell Head Coach Brian Earl was hired as the 32nd coach in school history following the dismissal of Coach Dane Fischer . Tony Shaver served as the head coach from 2003–2019 and leads
154-606: The Palestra at the University of Pennsylvania . Originally called "Duke Indoor Stadium", it was renamed for Cameron on January 22, 1972; that day the Blue Devils beat archrival North Carolina 76–74. The first nationally televised game took place on January 28, 1979, against Marquette; the 69–64 Duke win was broadcast by NBC . Regionally televised games in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including from
176-474: The Southern Conference tournament finals even as a new team in the league. Cameron's teams had a 226–99 record (.695), 119–56 (.680) in conference play, during his 14 years as head coach, which included conference championships in 1938, 1941 and 1942. During his tenure, in 1940, Duke built the largest basketball arena south of the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Cameron coached the first game,
198-973: The University of Richmond , Virginia Commonwealth University , and George Mason University . However, of these teams, none are still members of the CAA. The Richmond Spiders , VCU Rams , and George Mason Patriots have all moved on to the Atlantic 10 Conference while the Old Dominion Monarchs left for Conference USA in 2013 and the James Madison Dukes left for the Sun Belt Conference in 2022. Some of these teams are maintained as part of William & Mary's out of conference schedule each year along with other Virginia schools like Virginia , Virginia Tech , Hampton , Radford , VMI , and Liberty . William & Mary joined
220-566: The (then) Duke Indoor Stadium, had begun in the late 1950s. The building originally included seating for 8,800, though standing room was sufficient to ensure that 9,500 could fit in on a particularly busy day. Then, as now, Duke students were allocated a large number of the seats, including those in the lower sections directly alongside the court. Renovations in 1987–1988 removed the standing room areas, added an electronic scoreboard and display over center court, wood paneling, brass railings and student seats, bringing capacity to 9,314, though now there
242-653: The CAA, its current conference, in 1982–83. The CAA's predecessor was the ECAC South , which existed between 1977–78 and 1984–85. The CAA recognizes the 1982–83 through 1984–85 seasons as part of its basketball history but not any earlier. The CAA was formally founded in 1982–83 as the ECAC South Basketball League. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985–86 when it added championships in other sports, and
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#1732791237804264-564: The Coastal Athletic Association in 2023 (although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports). William & Mary has retired six men's basketball jerseys in its program's history. Uniform numbers are not retired, only ceremonial jerseys. Banners depicting the all-time greats hang in the rafters of Kaplan Arena (the banner in white is for Lynn Norenberg , the only W&M women's basketball player to have
286-650: The NCAA men's basketball tournament at least once. The closest effort by the Tribe to reach the NCAA Tournament was a 75–74 loss in the 2014 CAA Tournament Final to Delaware . The Tribe also lost conference tournament championships in 1958, 1961, 1965, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, and 2015, now having gone 0–9 in NCAA Tournament berth-clinching games. William & Mary's traditional rivals have included in-state opponents Old Dominion University , James Madison University ,
308-780: The electronic board over center court. Before the 2009–10 season, additional changes were made, including installing LED ribbon boards to the front of the press table and painting the upper seats Duke blue. Cameron is one of two major arenas that use backboards suspended from the ceiling instead of anchored on the floor, the other being the CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado. The Faces performed at Cameron on September 17, 1973. The Grateful Dead played four shows here between 1973 and 1982 (December 8, 1973; September 23, 1976; April 12, 1978; April 2, 1982). The students and fans are known as " Cameron Crazies " for their support of
330-413: The head basketball coach at Washington and Lee University for one season in 1924–25 and at Duke University from 1928 to 1942, compiling a career college basketball record of 234–104. Cameron was also the head football coach at Duke University from 1942 to 1945, tallying a mark of 25–11–1, and the athletic director at the school from 1951 to 1972. Cameron was part of Duke athletics from 1926 to 1972,
352-416: The original and last winning streak. Duke lost to Illinois and St. John's during that span, as well as at the hands of Michigan 61–62 on December 8, 1996. Duke also lost to Michigan State and Illinois in 2021. Eddie Cameron Edmund McCullough Cameron (April 22, 1902 – November 25, 1988) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as
374-657: The school in all-time wins for a coach. The Tribe have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament three times. Their combined record is 0–3. The Tribe (an original Division I team since the NCAA division classification in 1948–49) are one of 35 Division I programs to have never appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament . Of all Division I schools today that were charter members of this new classification, only William & Mary, The Citadel , and Army have never reached
396-576: The second longest tenure in the school's history. Duke's home basketball arena was renamed as Cameron Indoor Stadium in his honor in 1972. Cameron attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana , before becoming a fullback at Washington and Lee University in Virginia . At Washington and Lee, he was captain of both the basketball and football teams, and tied for the national scoring title in football. When Washington and Lee coach Jimmy DeHart
418-560: The team and loud cheering that has been recorded as high as 121.3 dB , which is louder than a power saw at 3 feet or a jackhammer. For access to major games, including those against the University of North Carolina, students reside in tents for months in an area outside of Cameron known as " Krzyzewskiville ", named after head coach Mike Krzyzewski . The hardwood floor was dedicated and renamed Coach K Court in November 2000 following
440-483: The then #2 Blue Devils lost 83–82. The streak was the longest non-conference home win streak in Duke men's basketball history, breaking the previous record, which lasted 95 games, from February 2, 1983, to December 2, 1995, beginning with a 73–71 win over William & Mary and ending with a 65–75 loss to Illinois . Duke is now 274–7 in non-conference home games since 1983, starting with the win over William and Mary, having gone 32–3 in home non-conference games between
462-1423: Was a founder of the Atlantic Coast Conference , chaired the basketball committee of the Southern and ACC conferences for decades, was on the selection committee for the NFL Hall of Fame and was on the governing committee of the Olympics . Cameron died at the age 86 on November 25, 1988, at his home in Durham, North Carolina . National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion # denotes interim head coach # denotes interim head coach William %26 Mary Tribe men%27s basketball The William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represents
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#1732791237804484-425: Was hired by Duke, Cameron followed him to coach the freshman team. After Wallace Wade was lured away from University of Alabama by Duke, school administrators urged him to retain Cameron. Cameron eventually became the backfield coach, scout, and recruiter for Wade. In 1929, he got the additional responsibility of head basketball coach, a position he kept until 1949. Cameron's first two Duke basketball teams made
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