Amid sparks and smoke, Cameron Crazies swarmed the Main West Quadrangle last night after the men’s basketball team defeated the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For the second consecutive year, students burned benches in the traditional bonfire celebration. Here’s what they had to say—besides “Go to hell Carolina, go to hell!” of course.
—compiled by The Chronicle’s Nicole Kyle, Julian Spector, Sanette Tanaka and Tong Xiang
“I will marry Nolan and Ryan Kelly.”
—Jaimie Woo, sophomore
“It’s somewhere in between commandeering an enemy vessel and finding buried treasure.”
—Tanner Schmidt, a junior who was dressed as a pirate, commenting on how he felt about the win. He was adamant that he be referred to as Captain Hookshot.
“I left at halftime because I thought we were going to lose. I guess that was the good luck charm we needed. This was more exciting than doing my laundry.”
—Taylor Steindel, junior
“It was a hard fought battle.”
—Cary Politzer, sophomore
“Harrison Barnes is kicking himself—again.”
—Kelsey Woodford, sophomore
“The feeling on campus is electric right now.”
—Bonnie Fishel, sophomore
“Oh Jesus. Oh Jesus. Go to hell, Carolina!”
—Kyle Ord, sophomore
“It just feels so good to be a Blue Devil right now.”
—Krystina Quow, sophomore
“It was incredibly loud in there. It made my ears burst.”
—Stephan Lambert, sophomore
“Well I’m pretty excited. It’s pure raw excitement, and that’s all you need.”
—Maddy Haller, sophomore
“I feel ecstatic right now. At halftime all of Duke was silent, but we came back in a big way. It’s the best feeling ever.”
—Tyler Bray, sophomore
“We have a lot of UNC friends, and at half time we started to see all their Facebook statuses. But we were thinking, ‘Just you wait.’”
—Meghan Dwyer, junior
“As a senior, it was the best basketball game at Duke ever. I’ve never heard Cameron so loud. It was incredible.”
—Max Kligerman, senior.
“This is the most excited I’ve felt since the National Championship. I’m so happy. [In Cameron], we felt almost the exact same way as we did then.”
—David Levine, senior
“Coming up from behind makes it seem so much more legit.”
—Claire Lockerby, junior
“The person behind me had a lightsaber and was using the force, so that probably helped.”
—Kellynoel Waldorf, freshman
“That was the most insane game I’ve ever been to. The amount of stress probably made everyone want to vomit, but we showed we are fighters and can come back when we need to.”
—Michael Habashi, sophomore
“It doesn’t get any better than that…. To say it was loud in there would be the understatement of the year.”
—Chris Brown, sophomore and vice president for athletics and campus services
“I’m a good luck charm.”
—Tim Hsu, junior
“It was so exciting. I didn’t think we’d win, but we did. And I love Seth Curry. I thought he was a scrub, but he’s an anti-scrub.”
—Mike Chuang, junior
