Birds were flying all around the ACC last week.

Not the kind of birds that inadvertently find their way into the arena through an open door and build nests in the rafters. Rather, the kind signified by a familiar 1-finger salute.

The 1st sighting came on Tuesday courtesy of NC State’s DJ Horne, who became an internet meme when television cameras caught him flashing 1 on each hand at an official during the Wolfpack’s win against Wake Forest.

Then Saturday night, a whole flock of them descended upon Cameron Indoor Stadium at the end of Duke’s upset loss to Pittsburgh.

The gestures were aimed at the Panthers’ Blake Hinson, who celebrated his clutch 24-point, 7-rebound performance and his team’s victory by jumping atop of the press table and taunting the Cameron Crazies.

Blue Devils star Kyle Filipowski was among those who took exception with Hinson’s actions saying it was “really disrespectful.” But it made for great theater. And it’s hardly the 1st time a visiting player has punctuated a winning performance at the expense of opposing fans.

Especially at Cameron.

Hinson’s bird-watching antics rank right up there with some of the ACC’s most infamous postgame cellys. Here’s a look back at some of the most memorable ones from the past:

Greivis Vasquez: ‘That’s my house’

Maryland at Duke. Feb. 28, 2007

Hinson isn’t the 1st visiting player to give the Cameron Crazies a little taste of their own medicine after a standout performance that helped beat the Blue Devils. In his 1st trip to Cameron as a freshman, Vasquez nearly recorded a triple-double, missing out by a single rebound to go along with 13 points and 11 assists.

In the 1st half, the Terrapins sharpshooter twice stared down the Duke student section after making 3-pointers. He saved his best for last, following a late layup that sealed an 85-77 win.

“Greivis makes one of his crazy drives with about 40 seconds left,” his coach Gary Williams recalled in a 2015 interview with the Toronto Star. “So he makes it, goes out of bounds and makes sure he turns wide so he runs by those students that sit there for Duke. Whatever he said to them, it couldn’t have been real nice, because they were ready to come over the top of the railing after him. And he was laughing, smiling, having a good time.”

Vasquez punctuated his performance and the celebration that followed by proclaiming that Cameron was “my house” – a comment that would be repeated often over the next 3 years.

Zabian Dowell: ‘Too classy to be carrying on like that’

Virginia Tech at Duke. January 6, 2007

Emotions were running even higher than usual for the Hokies when they visited Cameron 2 months before Vasquez’s proclaimed ownership of the place. The previous year, they appeared to have Duke beat but had their hearts ripped out when Sean Dockery made a halfcourt buzzer-beater to steal the victory away.

So when Tech returned in 1998 with virtually the same lineup and held on to beat the Blue Devils in overtime, there was plenty of pent-up steam to let off. And Zabian Dowdell did just that. After bumping chests with teammates, the Hokies guard – who scored a team-high 20 points – began taunting the Cameron Crazies by popping his jersey in front of their student section.

After the game, Dowdell said that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski scolded him for taking his celebration too far. “He just told me I’m too classy of a guy to be carrying on like that,” Dowdell was quoted as saying. Asked about it later, Krzyzewski denied the admonition, suggesting instead that he simply congratulated the Tech star for his performance.

Makhtar N’Diaye’s championship ‘choke’

Duke vs UNC in Greensboro. March 9, 1998

Okay, so this one didn’t take place at Cameron. But it did involve Duke.

N’Diaye is best remembered for his spitting incident involving Utah’s Britton Johnson at the 1998 Final Four. But a few weeks earlier, the volatile UNC forward was involved in another highly-publicized incident that took place during the celebration of the Tar Heels’ win against Duke in the ACC Tournament championship game.

While teammates Vince Carter and Shammond Williams were happily leading the UNC band in a rendition of their school’s fight song, N’Diaye was busy celebrating in his own way in front of the Blue Devils’ bench.

According to Krzyzewski, who publicly called N’Diaye out for “poor sportsmanship,” the Tar Heel forward made a “choking gesture” toward Duke’s bench. He then jumped onto the scorer’s table and began pounding his chest in front of the coach’s wife and daughters.

Roy Williams: ‘You’re on your own, guys’

UNC at Florida State. January 14, 2012.

As the Seminoles were putting the finishing touches on a 90-57 throttling of Williams’ Tar Heels, their fans – primed by the lopsided score and the presence of ESPN’s College GameDay – began gathering around the court waiting to storm it at the sound of the final buzzer.

Seeing this and knowing what was coming, the UNC coach decided it was time to head for higher ground. With 14.2 seconds remaining, Williams shook hands with FSU coach Leonard Hamilton and took the majority of his team to the safety of the locker room. In the process, he left scholarship guard Stilman White and 4 walk-ons behind to finish the game and brave the mass of humanity that followed.

Williams only made things worse the following Monday when on the ACC’s coaches conference call he said he didn’t realize the 5 players were left on the court until he watched the game video later on.

Mike Krzyzewski: Not-so-special-K

Duke at Virginia. Feb. 28, 2013

The Blue Devils don’t lose often. But when they do in their opponent’s home arena, court storms usually follow. So Krzyzewski shouldn’t have been surprised when Virginia’s fans came down out of the stands to celebrate their team’s 73-68 victory at John Paul Jones Arena.

That, however, didn’t help the situation once he and his players began fighting their way through the crowd.

The journey was so rough – or Coach K’s mood was so bad – that he wasn’t satisfied simply by making it to the safety of the tunnel leading to his team’s locker room. He stopped and fired off an obscenity toward a fan before being restrained by a security guard. Assistant coach Jeff Capel and several players also got into the act before they were all ushered away from further trouble.

Krzyzewski would go on to criticize UVa’s security procedures and called for better safety measures for players during court-storming situations. But it was the Hall of Fame coach who ended up getting the most criticism for his behavior.