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37-446: (Redirected from K-ville ) K-Ville may refer to: Krzyzewskiville , a line of students wishing to gain access to basketball games at Duke University K-Ville (TV series) , a 2007 television series on Fox Kville Hundred , Bohuslän, Sweden Kernersville, North Carolina Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

74-832: A 2015/2016 video series published by the University called "K-Ville Kribs.". The oldest tent in K-ville, nicknamed "Das Boot", has been one of the most prominent tents in Krzyzewskiville since 2013. Over the past few years, current players on the Duke Men's Basketball team have begun to show a greater involvement with and appreciation of the tenters in K-Ville. For the 2013-14 season, Jabari Parker made homemade dessert bars, dubbed "Jabari Bars," and passed them out to tenters, and Andre Dawkins gave out fruit snacks to tenters on

111-817: 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

148-405: A different occasion. During the 2014-15 season, Marshall Plumlee gave tours of the most notable tents in K-Ville and interviewed tents' members in a mini video series called "K-Ville Kribs." In his last year on the Duke Men's Basketball team (2016–17) Amile Jefferson (now an assistant coach with the team) oversaw a half-court tournament played by current tenters, where the winning tent group got to be

185-560: A senior and former resident of the Mirecourt selective living group, took the practice one step further and decided with a group of her Mirecourt friends to line up even earlier for the UNC game and sleep in tents. Showing up on Thursday for the Sunday tip-off, the fifteen or so friends set up four or five tents and prepared to sleep outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium. They were quickly noticed by

222-479: A separate weekend-long campout each September followed by a lottery for a small number of graduate and professional student season tickets. While lining up hours before games (the annual game vs. the University of North Carolina in particular) had always been a regular practice, every now and then a group of students would be ambitious enough to get their sleeping bags out and sleep in line the night before in order to ensure their front row seats. In 1986 Kimberly Reed,

259-430: A specific tent group. As regulated by Duke Student Government, there must be a certain number of students in the tent at regular, periodic checks. The tenting season is divided into three sections. From the beginning of tenting in early January for the first third of the season, tents of 12 must have 2 people in the tent during the day and 10 people each night. For the next third of the season, tents must have 1 person in

296-422: A tent check twice, it gets moved to the end of the line (assuming availability). If K-ville is at full capacity (100 tents) and a waitlist exists at the time of the second miss, the tent gets removed completely. "Grace" is given (i.e., tenters can leave K'ville) in the event of severe weather, if temperatures reach below 32 degrees, more than 2 inches snow falls, or if winds reach 35 mph. Tents must register with

333-422: A tent group did not make the top 70 they would be placed on a wait list in the order of their scores. If a tent among the first 70 dropped or got bumped, the next group on the waitlist would move up and become a blue tent. For the 2021-22 season, the tenting period was shortened due to COVID-19; nonetheless, almost one-third of Duke's undergraduate student body attended and competed in a trivia test at Cameron about

370-539: 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

407-462: Is a phenomenon that occurs before major men's basketball games at Duke University . In simplest terms, it is the line for undergraduate students wishing to gain access to the designated tenting games. It is often mistakenly referred to as a ticket line. However, there are no student tickets; students are admitted from the line an hour and a half before each game. Krzyzewskiville is named for former head coach Mike Krzyzewski , often called "Coach K",

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444-483: 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

481-593: The 2018 UNC game. Flex tenting began in 2019. K-ville is also a social function at Duke, as many students participate at least once. Duke has installed Wi-Fi service and Ethernet ports in the lightposts so that students can participate in tenting without falling behind in their schoolwork, although the internet is known to be very unreliable. Students also complain that the cold weather also prevents them from getting any real work done. Heaters are not permitted in K-ville; students must keep warm by simply using sleeping bags and dressing appropriately. In December 2006,

518-747: The Duke Student Government banned Robertson Scholars from UNC (who attend Duke for one semester) from participating in tenting for the game versus UNC, although they can still get in via the walk-up line. Some feel this is a violation of the Robertson Scholars Program, which states that "they have full student privileges at both Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. This includes access to courses; faculty and research opportunities; and arts, cultural, and sporting events." That tenting season, some Robertsons tented with some full-time Duke students, using their Duke ID cards to get into

555-604: The Line Monitor Committee of the Duke Student Government. Tents are sometimes allowed for big games like the ACC-Big 10 challenge, but the rules for UNC game tenting only apply to that game. Three to eight weeks before the actual game (depending on whether the UNC game at Duke is in February or March), students begin to put up and live in tents outside Cameron Indoor Stadium . As many as twelve people can occupy

592-554: The current Duke team (including players' statistics, pets' names, and details from their social media accounts). The top 70 scoring groups (each having 12 tenters) were awarded with spots in K'ville starting on January 23. These seventy tents were required to have six occupants all night and two during the day until Feb. 13, when another 30 tents entered K-ville, after the "race to the secret spot" scavenger hunt. On February 25, "P-checks" (personal checks) were held, requiring all tenters to be present in K-Ville for three tent checks throughout

629-782: 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

666-629: The first group for the final game of the season (Duke vs. Florida State University). Cameron Indoor Stadium 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

703-407: The first time in the history of K-ville that the 70 tent cap reserved for black and blue tenters was exceeded. The line monitors created a preliminary trivia test based on the current men's basketball season as a way to select the lucky 70 tents that would be allowed to tent. The tenting starting date was pushed back from Wednesday, January 11 to Thursday January 12 to accommodate the testing period. If

740-456: The game. However, once inside the student section the Robertson attendees removed Duke attire worn into the game to reveal UNC paraphernalia. To prevent this situation from happening again, Robertson Scholars visiting from UNC were banned from tenting in K-ville, starting in 2006. In January 2017, over 150 tent groups registered for black and blue tenting, exceeding the 70 tent cap. This was

777-533: The game; after this, white registration goes into effect, which is significantly more complicated. A tent that does not start on the first day of blue tenting is typically referred to as a "dirty blue tent." For blue registration, a tent group need only give their names to the line monitors and start tenting. However, for white registration, students must participate in the Race to the Secret Spots, where they meet

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814-440: The line monitors (students in charge of overseeing and enforcing K-ville rules and regulations) prior to setting up. There are three types: Black registration, which is the longest and most intense option in which the use of actual tents was forbidden in the past. All 12 tenters used to sleep in K-ville during black tenting. Today, however, pre-fabricated tents are required throughout the tenting season and only 10 people must sleep in

851-402: The line monitors at locations on campus that are disclosed on a website and social media at a specified time; this results in a hectic dash to the locations once they are made public. The locations are given in riddle form, making it more difficult to identify the spot, even once the clues are made public. Most tenting groups station members around campus, and identify which members are closest to

888-610: The much loved coach who coached Duke from 1980 to 2022, and helped make Duke's basketball program one of the best in the nation. He was known to buy pizza for the K-ville residents from time to time and held open-forum "team meetings" with the Cameron Crazies before games against their arch-rival, the North Carolina Tar Heels . Graduate and professional students do not participate in Krzyzewskiville, as Duke's Graduate and Professional Student Council operates

925-558: The night. P-checks are a big social event, with live music, food trucks, games, and partying. In 2024, one tent even hosted a Mariachi band. The tenters who passed P-Checks will be granted access to the March 5 game against UNC. Tenting has become such an integral part of the undergraduate experience at Duke that many of the most notable tents in K-ville are passed down within student groups from year to year. Many of tents are named and elaborately decorated, and some of which were documented in

962-409: The rest of the student body, and by game time there were 70-75 tents in line to see Duke battle their long-standing rival UNC. The NBC news crew put them on the evening news, and they made the front page of USA Today. Their dedication was rewarded with an 85-72 Duke victory, and tenting in K-ville quickly became a Duke University tradition. The number of tenting games in a single season is determined by

999-496: The spots once they are disclosed online. Hundreds of tent representatives usually appear at the White registration locations for the 30 remaining spots not taken by Black and Blue tenters, with the spots filling up in a matter of minutes. The 31st to 60th groups to complete the Race to the Secret Spots will receive flex tenting spots, where they are required to follow the rules of white tenting but are not guaranteed tickets. Flex tenting

1036-502: 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

1073-400: The tent during the day and 6 people each night. For the final third, before the game, tents still must have 1 person during the day but only 2 people each night. The two weekend nights prior to the game, or the weekend before the game, are personal check nights, during which each of the twelve tent members must be at the tent for 3 of 5 personal checks spread over the two nights. If a tent misses

1110-404: The tent. Black tenting groups participate in attendance events and trivia that determine their order in line. A tent that starts after the beginning of black tenting but during the period when 10 members are required to be in the tent at night is referred to as a "dirty black tent." Blue registration is the next period, in which a tent can register at any time before approximately two weeks prior to

1147-399: 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

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1184-490: The title K-Ville . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K-Ville&oldid=879394992 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Krzyzewskiville Krzyzewskiville , or K-ville for short,

1221-630: 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 the Palestra at the University of Pennsylvania . Originally called "Duke Indoor Stadium", it

1258-421: 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. The plans for the stadium were drawn up in 1935 by basketball coach Eddie Cameron . The stadium

1295-400: Was preceded by the walk-up line, which formed 48 hours before tipoff. It consisted of couples, and one member of each couple was required to be in line at all times. People in the walk-up line were not guaranteed to get into the game; people who had waited more than 24 hours sometimes did not get in. The rigor and uncertainty of the walk-up line agitated students, which caused a near-riot before

1332-591: 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 the (then) Duke Indoor Stadium, had begun in the late 1950s. The building originally included seating for 8,800, though standing room

1369-431: 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

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