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.
After Duke lost to N.C. State in the ACC Tournament semifinals Saturday, head coach Gail Goestenkors wrote two phrases on the team's whiteboard.
Game Analysis: Duke did not lose Saturday because it failed to execute down the stretch, or because it was complacent on offense. Sometimes, it is not about swishing shots and playing...
After finishing the regular season undefeated and earning the top seed and a first-round bye in the ACC Tournament, No. 1 Duke (29-0) will begin its postseason today when it takes on Virginia at 3...
Women's ACC Tourney Preview: The ESPN crew has taken Cameron hostage to shoot promotional film for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The following is a behind-the-scenes look at how the Blue...
The best player in the nation deserves to be named the National Player of the Year. The logic speaks for itself, and a precedent has been set. The last two years, LSU's Seimone Augustus won the...
The women's basketball team played a perfect season, becoming the first team in Duke's history to end undefeated. The women look to the postseason to score the long-sought national title.
When Abby Waner shadowed Denver Nuggets color commentator Scott Hastings for a high school project, the guard got her first taste of professional broadcasting.
The 6-foot-2 forward is not the flashiest player on the court and does not fill stat sheets with mind-blowing numbers. Nevertheless, Gay's presence is felt all over the floor.
With her team trailing by two points and less than 10 seconds showing on the clock in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Abby Waner took an inbounds pass under the basket, dribbled to mid-court and heaved a...
Entering the 2006 NCAA Tournament with a 26-3 record and the leadership of three experienced seniors-including National Player of the Year candidate Monique Currie-Duke was burdened with the...
In women's basketball this year, there is no need to even have a conversation over the sport's most prestigious honor. Put simply, the National Player of the Year award should be given to the best...
When Goestenkorsopolis rose out of the muddy remains of Krzyzewskiville and the Cameron Crazies created a bonfire for a Duke women's victory over North Carolina, it was hard not to notice the...
Duke has been smooth all year, defeating its opponents by an average of over 26 points per game on their way to the team's first undefeated regular season.
In 1996, would-be junior Shaeeta Williams (who was then known as Shaeeta Brown) had exploratory surgery on a left knee that had been troubling her since her freshman year. When doctors found a...
It's hard to criticize a team with a perfect record. It's even harder when that team's greatest weakness might actually be its greatest strength.
As the clock wound down Feb. 25 against North Carolina, Chante Black watched from the bench as her team completed its first-ever perfect regular season.
Game Analysis: After Lindsey Harding thanked family, friends and fans during the post-game senior day ceremony, the Cameron Crazies chanted, "M-V-P, M-V-P!" Although Harding put up her...
Gail Goestenkors has coached in enough big games inside Cameron Indoor Stadium to know what the atmosphere for a home game against North Carolina feels like. But with Duke's first undefeated...
The rigors of an NCAA basketball schedule on a student-athlete are certainly astounding. For No. 1 Duke, this season has meant road trips to arenas as far away as Ann Arbor, Mich., Piscataway,...
