Eddie Cameron is one of the most famous non-famous people in college-basketball history.
Anyone even remotely conversant with college basketball has heard of Cameron Indoor Stadium.
But the man for whom it was named? Did he play at Duke? Coach at Duke? Who was he?
Unlike Adolph Rupp, Phog Allen, or Dean Smith, Cameron didn’t have any post-season successes.
He didn’t have any post-season failures, either. In fact, he didn’t have any post-season at all, not post-Southern Conference Tournament.
Part of that is timing. Cameron took over at Duke for the 1928-’29 season. The NIT didn’t begin until the 1938, the NCAA Tournament the following season.