Duke students squeezed at Cameron

DURHAM — Five days after Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski called out Blue Devil fans for not filling Cameron Indoor Stadium for an exhibition game, Krzyzewski sent another message to Duke students.

Two areas on the edges of the student section, equaling about 325 seats, were marked off for tonight's Duke-Presbyterian game and those seats were sold to the general public.The game did sell out.

When Duke beat Lenoir-Rhyne last Wednesday, there were many pockets of empty seats. Cameron officially holds 9,314 and the building was minus several hundred for the outing. It didn't please Krzyzewski, who has been talking up his team and wants people to see it.

Duke freshman David Rothschild attended the game with friends, all of whom were in Tent 1 in Krzyzewskiville while waiting for the game since 6 a.m.

Rothschild, wearing a blue wig, headband and blue facepaint, said he felt Duke students should get into games because "we're the heart and soul of all of college basketball."

Not enough students attended the Lenoir-Rhyne exhibition to fill their section along the sideline across from the bench area.

"It was one game and it was an exhibition game, not the regular season," Rothschild said. "For the season, we'll be here. Don't worry."

Normally, basketball exhbition games are included in the Duke basketball season-ticket package. This year, they were not. Duke attracted 31,964 bodies to the N.C. State-Duke football game at Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday. During the game, the school announced that those basketball tickets would be available for purchase.