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Our advice to the Crazies: Ignore the media, ignore other fans (they are all just pretenders wanting to tear us down), and just have fun at the games. We aren't the Crazies for national attention or to be worshipped by other fans. We are the Crazies to carry our team when they need it most. The Crazies do that better than any fans in the country; we believe the cheer sheets help
--Steve Rawson, Duke Head Line Monitor, The Chronicle
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Truthaboutduke.com --> Photo Gallery
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Matt Christensen -
The Stormin Mormon!
Yet another goofy big white guy at Duke. Best known for a a few things:
After his freshman year, took off three seasons for a Mormon Mission - so it seemed like he was at Duke for a long time.
The wild grimaces on his face while benchwarming. Often looked like he was in the middle of taking a dump.
Yelling at and blocking the way of the official following Duke's lost to Indiana in the Sweet 16.
He had to write an article of apology for his lack of conduct after the Indiana game.
Dan Wetzel of CBS Sportsline said the following after the game:
It gets emotional, but the Duke reserve had to be physically restrained from hitting referee Bruce Benedict following the Hoosiers-Blue Devils game. Although we aren't sure Christensen was actually going to punch Benedict, he did sort of throw his fist in rage. Not good. Making it even worse is we are not sure what he was mad about. There was no significant foul on Boozer's shot. If a foul had been whistled on that one the Duke referee conspiracy theory would have to be believed.
From the NCAA's site:
The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee has issued a public reprimand to Duke University student-athlete Matt Christensen for verbally assaulting and making physical contact with a member of the officiating crew after Duke's regional semifinal loss to Indiana University, Bloomington, in the 2002 championship. The committee also directed Christensen to write a letter of apology to the official, which he has done. In addition, the committee will withhold from Duke the per diem for Christensen's participation in the regional semifinal. Lee Fowler, committee chair and director of athletics at North Carolina State University, said that had Christensen not exhausted his intercollegiate athletics eligibility at the end of the 2002 season, the committee would have suspended him from at least the next NCAA tournament game in which Duke participated
Matt went on to win the Coach's Award (Player Exemplifying the Commitment and Values of Duke Basketball)
Here's a weird webpage about the Stormin' Mormon
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