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Coming off a season in which her team reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament despite a roster of only eight players, Gail Goestenkors could have taken it easy this off-season.
Just weeks after Oregon State lured LaVonda Wagner away from the Blue Devil coaching staff, Duke turned around and mined a different PAC-10 school to find her replacement.
It’s the same story for the women’s basketball team—another season full of lofty expectations, another trip back to Durham empty handed.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Duke must keep Louisiana State from running, or it may get run straight out of the gym.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — It was 40 minutes that came down to less than 40 seconds.
Having a seven-player squad was never the plan.
CHAPEL HILL — Alison Bales put together the best half a Duke women’s basketball player has enjoyed all season Thursday night.
CHAPEL HILL — The Blue Devils were hoping that their “eight is enough” rally cry from 2002 would ring true again this year.
CHAPEL HILL — For the Canisius Golden Griffins, simply playing in the NCAA Tournament was a fitting conclusion to a successful season.
Duke wasn't rewarded with a No.
GREENSBORO — Duke finally got a taste of its own medicine Monday night.
GREENSBORO — The smirk on Ivory Latta’s face from the opening tip said it all.
GREENSBORO — With two dominant, record-setting ACC-Tournament victories over Wake Forest and Maryland, Duke’s women’s basketball team served notice to the entire nation this...
GREENSBORO — Duke will get its chance to avenge two regular-season losses to top-seeded North Carolina when they meet in the finals of the ACC Tournament Monday night at 7:30 p.m.
GREENSBORO — Smarting from a regular season-ending loss to North Carolina, the Blue Devils entered the ACC Tournament in an unfamiliar position.
All the hard work, all the tough wins, all the emotions of the last four months will boil down to a seed next Sunday when the NCAA Tournament field is announced.
Eight was enough.
When the whistle blows for a timeout during a Duke women’s basketball game, there is an unmistakable routine.
You won’t see Chante Black sporting a hot-pink or zebra-print smile anytime soon.