The 1994-95 season was a completely different era for men’s basketball in more ways than one.

All of the Wolfpack’s home games were in Reynolds Coliseum and most State fans had no idea who Herb Sendek was, since Les Robinson was still at the helm of the Pack’s basketball program.

And while Robinson’s eighth place finish in the ACC and 12-15 overall record during that season led to his ousting a year later, he was also the last coach of State’s men’s basketball program to walk out of Cameron Indoor Stadium a winner.

A 77-60 win against the Blue Devils Jan. 18 14 years ago was the last time the Pack managed a victory in what’s often billed as the most hostile venue for visiting teams in the nation.

But in this year’s contest, State’s biggest problem may not be the Cameron Crazies.

“Turnovers [have] been our achilles heel,” coach Sidney Lowe said in a press conference Monday, alluding to his team’s 22 turnovers in Saturday’s win over Georgia Tech. “You can’t turn it over against any team.”

If this season’s stats are any sign, though, State will turn the ball over tonight–and often.  The Pack has coughed up an average of 19 turnovers a game this year while Duke has forced 17 turnovers per game on average, though Lowe insisted the team just needed to play its game.

“We have to come out and establish ourselves,” Lowe said. “It’s going to be an active game, a physical game.”

But as far as his ever-changing lineup was concerned, Lowe said he wasn’t sure who would make up his starting five in Cameron, especially concerning his former position running the point.

“You never know what the game will dictate,” Lowe said of how many players will see time in tonight’s game, though he said the team’s backcourt situation was finally shaping up. “[Farnold Degand is] still not 100 percent yet. Julius [Mays] is going to continue to get better, and [Javier Gonzales] is getting healthy, so from that position I think we almost have three healthy point guards, and that’s what we need.”

But despite the team’s health, the game could get out of hand if the Devils find ways to cause turnovers and create transition baskets – cuing the already raucous Crazies to erupt into the camera-shaking nightmare that so many teams have fallen victim to.

And as if history wasn’t already calling for a Devils win, State is 16-56 all-time against Duke when the team from Durham is ranked in the top-10.

Still, the players are looking forward to going full-tilt with one of the nation’s best in the nation’s toughest venue. For the seniors, like Ben McCauley, it will be their last chance to quiet the Crazies.

“I think guys are excited about it,” McCauley said. “It’s a crazy atmosphere but you have to love it.”