Joanne P. McCallie’s floor generals have gone on to succeed en masse after Duke, including this summer's WNBA All-Stars Jasmine Thomas and Chelsea Gray.
The Blue Devils upset the Gamecocks at home last season and will face off against them for the fourth straight season.
Make it two Duke teams that will be traveling abroad this August in advance of their 2017-18 seasons.
Headlining head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s haul are forward Jade Williams, ESPN’s No. 14 recruit in this year’s class, and Mikayla Boykin, No. 21 overall and the seventh-best guard in the nation.
After losing both of its starting frontcourt players to graduation, the Blue Devils took an important step toward filling their void in the post with more experience Monday morning.
One of Duke's reserve wings will transfer this offseason, and the Blue Devils will now also have to replace one of their backup post players.
After playing in every game and averaging 18.8 minutes per contest in her first year, Primm’s playing time dropped significantly as a sophomore with no starts and just 11.0 minutes per game.
Chidom averaged more than eight points per game in each of her last three years at Duke, with a career high of 9.6 points per contest as a junior in 2015-16.
Alabama beat the Blue Devils 121-120 in the Round of 32 despite Duke point guard Kira Orr's 30 points.
The key tweak that kicked off Duke’s comeback season was when the team went to a matchup zone defense against South Carolina and pulled out a program defining win.
Lambert's absence seemed to hang over the second-seeded Blue Devils from the opening tip, leading to a second Round of 32 upset at home in four years.
Although only a day has passed, the second-seeded Blue Devils will have to clear their mind and put Lambert's absence behind them when they take on No. 10 seed Oregon Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
In their first NCAA tournament game since 2015, the Blue Devils shredded an overmatched opponent missing four starters as expected. But a second-quarter injury scare will likely still have Duke holding its breath before Monday's Round of 32 contest.
If the Blue Devils prevail, they will take on either seventh-seeded Temple or No. 10 seed Oregon Monday. After a strong ACC tournament that saw Duke add two more top-25 wins to bring its season total to eight, the Blue Devils are hoping to make a leap this postseason.
After missing the NCAA tournament last season for the first time in 22 years, the Duke Women’s basketball team has regained its status as a top program in the nation thanks to improvement from last years’ sophomore class and leadership by Rebecca Greenwell and the catalytic Lexie Brown.
Lexie Brown scored 58 points in the ACC tournament, but went quiet in the second half of the championship game.
After a Fighting Irish timeout just 2:44 into the second half, the league’s dominant force for the last three seasons showed exactly why they would earn a conference tournament title yet again.
after pushing the Fighting Irish to the brink in the regular season, third-seeded Duke will have the chance to finally get over the hump and dethrone No. 1 seed Notre Dame in the ACC tournament title game Sunday at 1 p.m. at the HTC Center.
Although the Hurricane defense hounded the second-seeded Blue Devils into 17 turnovers and took a late 52-51 lead with 1:54 remaining, Miami went scoreless the rest of the way.
With a second victory against No. 6 seed Syracuse, Duke will now have a chance to take down seventh-seeded Miami for the second time in less than two weeks when the teams meet at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the HTC Center.
