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Every postseason, a few key players step up and carry a successful team on their shoulders. For the women's basketball team this year, those players have been Monique Currie, Krista Gingrich and Alana Beard.
During Friday's press conference, Notre Dame coach Mike Brey vowed to shut down Duke's stars and make Dahntay Jones, Chris Duhon or Daniel Ewing hit the big shots to beat his team.
Selection Sunday can be as chancy as the lottery.
Two hours north of Durham on I-85, a Blue Devil found a home Tuesday.
Greensboro -- Two different halves, two different heroes.
GREENSBORO -- The making of one of the Cameron Crazies' favorite gestures--the Frankenstein-like gesture denoting sloppy play--by an official brought smiles of relief to the Blue Devils' faces.
"This is Alana Beard, perhaps the best player in women's basketball. She plays with unparalleled heart, hustle, determination and focus. She's also one of the most gifted athletes and perhaps the most humble person you'll ever meet. And if you have a chance, you need to get to know her and you most definitely need to watch her play, because she's something special."
That is the number of points that separated the No. 4 Blue Devils (22-3, 16-0 in the ACC) and Florida State (13-4, 4-12) in their two regular-season games. But that number could just as easily have been 70.
For the first time in ACC play this season, having only eight players on its roster hurt the No. 5 women's basketball team during its 90-75 at No. 20 North Carolina. The problem, for the Blue Devils, was that coach Gail Goestenkors did not have enough substitutes to remove all of her players who deserved praise from the Duke fans.
Despite leading by as much as 11 early in the game, Duke found itself tied at 30 with N.C. State with less than three minutes left in the first half. The Blue Devils had to be concerned that the pesky Wolfpack would hang around all game for the chance to upset the Blue Devils.
With three home games remaining in the season--games that include traditional basketball powers St. John's and North Carolina--N.C. State figures to provide the greatest challenge to No. 1 Duke (22-1, 11-1 in the ACC) when it comes to Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight at 7 p.m.
At the end of the first half, the Blue Devils had to be worrying that in a few hours coach, Mike Krzyzewski would be in their apartments ripping posters off the walls and flinging chairs out windows.
If the Duke women's basketball team wins tomorrow night at Wake Forest--which is likely, considering the Blue Devils abused the Demon Deacons by 45 points earlier in the year in Cameron--the Blue Devils will clinch the ACC regular-season title.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- On the road against an ACC team that had been ranked in the preseason top 25, the Duke women's basketball team did nearly everything possible to lose.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Pundits across the country hyped the flyweight double-card on ESPN.
The Chronicle's Tyler Rosen sat down with women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors to discuss this year's team, recruiting and attendance at women's basketball games.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- People watching Duke dismantle Louisiana Tech to the tune of 76-64--either in the Milk House in Disney's Wide World of Sports or on ESPN2--were reminded of a few things to be avoided when playing the Blue Devils.
Voiceover: Duke women's basketball team, you scored a big home win to open the season against Texas Tech, but have since been upset by two lesser-ranked teams. What are you going to do now?
After beating Texas Tech in its season opener, the No. 5 Duke women's basketball team (1-0) will play two more familiar non-conference opponents this weekend.
