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Students sit in a circle next to tents outside Cameron Indoor Stadium

On This Day: March 1, 1986

The Beginning of Krzyzewskiville

Rather than wait in line for hours before the Duke-UNC basketball game for tickets, several students from Mirecourt (a selective living group on campus) pitched tents outside the stadium. By game time, there were 75 tents set up outside.