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NC A&T finally give fans something to cheer about

By Kyle Whelliston
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

NC A&T riding fan supportAP Photo/Karl DeBlakerJason Wills is one of the keys in NC A&T's title drive. Once upon a time, basketball games in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference were so overwhelmingly popular that they were moved from campus gyms to city arenas, as tens of thousands of fans clamored for a peek at players with nicknames like "The Pencil" and "The Human Eraser" and to root on teams like UMES' "Black Beatles." Three decades have passed since the conference's Division II days of ...

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