College basketball writer ranks Duke’s Cameron Crazies as the nation’s best student section

College basketball reporter Andy Katz ranked the 10 best student sections on Tuesday, and it shouldn’t shock anyone who came in first.

College basketball fans won’t need to deal with the Cameron Crazies for another two months, but according to college basketball reporter Andy Katz, that might still be too soon.

Katz released his rankings of the 10 best student sections in the sport on Tuesday, and the Duke Blue Devils sat right at the top of the list.

Cameron Indoor Stadium might not match the capacity of some other names on the list. Purdue and Kansas sat second and third on Katz’s list, and both of those stadiums can seat more than 14,000 fans. Cameron Indoor can’t quite reach 10,000, but the building’s narrow design means Duke’s students sit nearly within arm’s reach of opposing players. Every Blue Devils fan has seen iconic photos of a North Carolina star inbounding a basketball with the Cameron Crazies stretching their arms out behind him, an intimacy that gives Duke an assured advantage.

Through two years of the [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] era, the Blue Devils are 31-3 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.