SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Harding taken 1st in draft
By Archith Ramkumar | April 5, 2007The suspense did not last long for the two Blue Devils at the WNBA Draft Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland.
The suspense did not last long for the two Blue Devils at the WNBA Draft Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland.
With Gail Goestenkors out as Duke's head coach, the obvious question is: Who's next?
The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Monday that Lindsey Harding was named the 2007 Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year.
After meeting Friday morning with Director of Athletics Joe Alleva, Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors flew to Cleveland without deciding where she will coach next season.
Duke has granted Texas officials permission to speak with women's basketball head coach Gail Goestenkors, an athletics department spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
Sophomores Greg Paulus and Martynas Pocius each underwent successful surgeries over the past week.
After missing the two biggest free throws of her career, Lindsey Harding collapsed to the floor.
Analysis: All year long Lindsey Harding stood for Duke basketball. And as Harding stepped to the line for her team with virtually no time left in the Sweet 16 matchup against Rutgers, she...
The showdown between Duke and the Scarlet Knights will be a rematch of the Blue Devils' 85-45 blowout Dec. 4. Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said her young players felt the pressure of playing in...
It was the same situation in which Duke had found itself on the first Thursday in February at Virginia. Just like in the Blue Devils' season-ending loss to VCU, Paulus' last-second three fell...
On the opening tip Tuesday night at the RBC Center, players from both squads fell to the floor grabbing for the loose ball until a second jump ball had to be called.
The sign read, "Temple Hoo?"-a play on words with Temple's nickname, but also a reference to the fact that Temple did not receive much recognition during the season.
The RBC Center, the site of the No. 1 Blue Devils' first two games in the NCAA Tournament, is just about 20 miles from Duke's campus. Appropriately, the Blue Devils feel that a game at the Raleigh...
Any pre-game anxiety Abby Waner may have had going into Sunday night's matchup certainly didn't show on the court.
Coming off its first loss of the season to N.C. State March 3 in the semi-finals of the ACC Tournament, the Blue Devils (31-1) showed no ill effects, defeating the Crusaders 81-44 in the RBC Center.
Maynor's final shot capped a wild back-and-forth finish to the game. With the game tied at 72, two floaters from Maynor sandwiched a Paulus layup to give VCU a 76-74 lead. After Josh McRoberts and...
Analysis: For the first time all season, Duke had two players score at least 20 points in a game. Although Josh McRoberts and Greg Paulus turned in their best outings of the season-and...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Greg Paulus and Eric Maynor had been battling each other all game-each No. 3 leading his team in scoring. But in the final moments Thursday night, Maynor looked more like No. 23,...
TAMPA, Fla. - With about 10 minutes to go during pre-game warmups, N.C. State point guard Engin Atsur calmly stroked three-pointer after three-pointer on the basket in front of the Blue Devils bench.
Coming in off two straight losses to end the regular season, the seventh-seeded Blue Devils (22-10) bowed out of the ACC Tournament before the finals for the first time in nine years, losing an...