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While we’ve been busy compiling our own All-Decade teams, the Duke Athletics department has unveiled its own set of All-Decade teams, starting with women’s basketball.
The Duke Women’s Basketball program had a decade to remember in the 2000s, winning five consecutive ACC championships from 2000-2004 and six ACC regular season titles, and advancing to three Final [...]
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Photo Courtesy of the WNBA
It was a disappointing finish to the season for Duke, as the Blue Devils were upset in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, prematurely ending the careers of Chante Black, Abby Waner and Carrem Gay.
But Black took the next step in her basketball career as she was selected 10th overall [...]
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You were a No. 1 seed forced to play a No. 9 seed on their home court. Do you think that the NCAA Tournament is flawed in how its treat its Tournament locations?
Well, to me, if you could have put us as a No. 2 seed in Chattanooga, that’s where we should have gone. [...]
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For more of Margie Truwit’s photos from Duke’s 63-49 loss to Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament, check out a photo slideshow by following this link.
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POSTGAME: Suzy Merchant on her team’s home-court advantage: “I certainly think it made a huge difference for us.”
Michigan State 63, Duke 49, FINAL: The last shot of Chante Black’s illustrious career at Duke was a 3 that didn’t hit the rim. What a sad way to go out. Michigan State fans are storming the court [...]
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Duke 83, Austin Peay 42, FINAL: And that’s the ballgame. Black led all scorers (as I predicted) with 14 points. In fact, 11 players scored for Duke, and all had at least 12 minutes of playing time.
The Blue Devils shot 49.2 percent from the floor, compared to Austin Peay’s 24.1 percent. They had 39 rebounds [...]
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Sunday’s ACC Tournament final at 1 p.m. in Greensboro is between two teams that know each other very well—and don’t particularly like each other.
It’s Duke-Maryland, and it may be a better rivalry game now, in terms of recent history, than the one between Duke and that team wearing a lighter blue eight miles away.
Three years [...]
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Abby Waner scored 16 points to help third-seeded Duke beat No. 6 Virginia 76-53 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament Friday night.
Joy Cheek added 10 of her 12 points after halftime for the Blue Devils (25-4), who won their tournament opener for the 15th straight year. Duke has reached at [...]
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Duke vs. UNC 3/1/09 Women’s Basketball Senior Game from Chase Olivieri on Vimeo.
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Before the season, Chante Black was named one of five 1st Team All-ACC players.
Twenty-eight games later, the ACC rewarded the senior with the same honor.
Black was named to the All-ACC first team Monday in a vote by the ACC’s Blue Ribbon panel. Senior Abby Waner was one of five players to earn an honorable mention [...]
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