For any die-hard Duke University men’s basketball fan or even the neutral fan admiring the greatness that usually is Duke basketball, you think of people like Mike Krzyzewski. You think of recent stars like J.J. Redick, Greg Paulus and Kyle Singler. You also think of the Cameron Crazies.

However, if you’re a Duke hater, people like Krzyzewski, Redick, Paulus, Singler and the Cameron Crazies also, unfortunately, come to mind.

Duke is like the New York Yankees of college basketball. You either love them or you hate them, and there is no in between.

As much as it pains me to say it, Duke is really good this year (what else is new, really?). And as much as I hate that fact, it’s the truth. When Wake Forest had the Blue Devils on the ropes in Lawrence Joel Coliseum Jan. 30, you best believe I was pulling so hard for a team that I absolutely hated just eight days before when they would beat the North Carolina State Wolfpack in that same building.

Duke has that effect on me. There’s something about Coach K I really don’t like. There’s something about every single one of the players he brings in I just don’t like. Maybe it has to do with the fact that they’re good and the fact that they usually beat my team. Or maybe it’s the fact that they have a fan base that never knows when to shut up.

In Duke’s Feb. 7 game against N.C. State, the Wolfpack was missing its starting point guard, junior Lorenzo Brown. The guard was out with an ankle injury, forcing head coach Mark Gottfried to turn to freshman point guard Tyler Lewis. Though it was the second game Brown missed with the injury, it was Lewis’ first start of his young career. The Crazies let him have it, especially when he stepped to the foul line with 13:47 left in the game. The question is, did they go too far?

Video of the freshman’s trip to the free throw line went viral Thursday. The background sound of the Crazies chant is what has come into question.

Lewis, who, according to Alex Kennedy of HOOPSWORLD, which is a property of USA Today Sports, was very close with his grandmother who passed away last Friday. While Lewis took his foul shots, the Crazies chanted what sounds to be, “How’s your grandma?” Some say the chant was “Past your bedtime,” but you decide for yourself.

"Tyler Lewis Chanted at by Cameron Crazies"

I certainly have my opinion. It sounds like the prior to me, which is a problem.

While I don’t like Duke and most anything involved with them, I appreciate what the Cameron Crazies do for the game of college basketball. They provide a unique experience for fans that could very well be on multiple people’s bucket list. But I have two functioning ears. I’m guessing John Swofford, the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, has two functioning ears and I’m willing to bet the National Collegiate Athletic Association has many more than two ears listening in on this one.

That can’t happen. It crosses too many lines. A chant of “Past your bedtime” is fine. It’s the fun in the game. But something about a player’s deceased family member – no way. It has no place anywhere, and Duke needs to pay for that.

So is this a big misunderstanding? Or did one of college basketball’s icons go too far? For their sake, I certainly hope not. But the proof is in the video.