Tradition traces the origins of the Krzyzewskiville phenomenon to a cold 1986 evening and a game of quarters. Kimberly Reed, a student in the Mirecourt selective living group on campus, rallied a group of sixteen tipsy students to pitch a tent in order to be first in line for the impending clash between Duke and UNC. While Reed and her cohorts were not the first to camp out before a game, they were most certainly first in line for that famous 1986 game - the catalyst that began the first Krzyzewskiville.

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