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From the moment an ardent Duke fan hugged me after Friday night's game until athletic director Tom Butters opened the first bottle of champagne at the Attleboro Holiday Inn on Sunday, Blue Devilirium slowly crept up on us until we found ourselves totally infected...
Bobby Murrah, the official Blue Devil who sports all the accoutrements of an underworld basketball fanatic including Blue Horns and a Blue Trident, was the only person on the basketball court available for an interview after Duke demolished Villanova yesterday...
...special group of well-heeled alumni and fans comprised the "Iron Dukes." These stalwart Blue Devil supporters probably suffer the most from "tournament fever." Many Iron Dukes arrived in Providence on Thursday and decided to wait until Monday before returning to Durham, N.C. (The home of Duke) in order to enjoy an extra night of partying. Although this four-game weekend severely tested the imbibing endurance of fans, next weekend's trip to St. Louis could prove even more strenuous...
...carload was thoroughly infected by tournament fever. Laura and Shrinivas Rajagopalan are both offspring of Duke professors and Doug Richards lives in Kentucky, which won the Mid-East regionals. Richards actually wore a Wildcats' shirt and hat into the Holiday Inn where all the Duke fans were celebrating. Doug was ribbed by numerous Duke fans, but at least the North Carolina residents were not averse to drinking Kentucky whiskey as they toasted the Blue Devil stars...
When the stars of the show, the Duke basketball team arrived at the hotel the crowd jammed into the lobby and chanted "We Got the Fever, We're Hot We Can't Be Stopped," as the individual players filtered through the doors Soon the song changed to "We Don't Give a Damn About Digger, Digger Digger Phelps (three times), We're from D-U-K-E, Duke." As expected, Notre Dame will be Duke's first-round opponent next weekend in St. Louis...