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Mike Potter ·
14 Mar 2010, 11:01 PM ·
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ACC champion Duke (27-5) is going to be one of the 64 teams on the board when the NCAA Women’s Tournament field is announced tonight at 7 on ESPN.
N.C. State (20-13) and UNC (19-11) think they’re in, but won’t be sure until they see their names on the board tonight.
The Wolfpack and Tar Heels are two of about eight ACC teams who will be waiting with baited breath, first to make sure they’re in the field and then to see where they’re headed.
Duke and Florida State (26-5) are both hosting first- and second-round games, so it’s a certainty the Seminoles are also going to get an invitation. It would also shock the women’s basketball world if Georgia Tech (23-9) or Virginia (21-9) doesn’t get the thumbs-up.
The Wolfpack, under their first-year coach Kellie Harper, and the Tar Heels, under veteran Sylvia Hatchell, likely sealed their invitations with recent wins.
State had to avenge a regular-season loss by beating Clemson in the first round of the ACC Tournament, and the Wolfpack got that done and added two more wins to boot.
The Tar Heels’ signature victory was over Duke at Carmichael Auditorium on Senior Day - UNC’s final game before the ACC Tournament - but they had to beat N.C. Central on Sunday to avoid seeing the bid slip through their fingers, and they got that done. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
5 Mar 2010, 3:53 PM ·
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Duke junior guard Jasmine Thomas has received the annual Kay Yow Award as the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Thomas is currently averaging 15.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.8 steals. She was earlier named a third-team Academic All-American by ESPN The Magazine.
Thomas is one of four Blue Devils on the squad, which includes grad student Keturah Jackson, senior Bridgette Mitchell and freshman Allison Vernerey.
N.C. State placed two players in senior Brittany Strachan and freshman Marissa Kastanek.
Others named are Boston College senior Ayla Brown and grad student Brittanny Johnson; Maryland freshmen Tianna Hawkins and Diandra Tchatchouang; Virginia Tech senior Lindsay Biggs and freshman Alyssa Fenyn; Florida State junior Christian Hunnicutt; Georgia Tech junior Deja Foster; and Miami freshman Morgan Stroman.
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Mike Potter ·
4 Mar 2010, 3:26 PM ·
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GREENSBORO COLISEUM It’s the opening session of the 33rd ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, and already the balance in the conference is obvious.
Miami (17-12) is the No. 12 seed in the 12-team event as it takes the floor against No. 5 seed Wake Forest (17-12), and the Hurricanes under Duke alumna Katie Meier may well be the best No. 12 seed team in the history of women’s conference basketball tournaments.
As always, the 11 a.m. games are games marketed heavily to area school children, and the arena is going to be full of elementary school kids. Conventional wisdom would have that giving the Deacons a home-court advantage of sorts; back in the day the Wake men’s team once played an entire home schedule in this building.
Mike Petersen’s Deacons, who may yet earn an NCAA bid without having to cut the nets on Sunday, won the only regular-season meeting 67-64 on Jan. 17 at Joel Coliseum.
This one goes right to the buzzer and beyond, with the Deacons surviving 66-65 in overtime.
Wake’s freshman center and South Florida native Sandra Garcia (pictured) scores the first six points of the game before the Hurricanes clamp down defensively, and Miami leads 30-25 at the break.
The Hurricanes score the first six points of the second half, taking the largest lead of the game at 36-25 with 17:33 left in regulation.
But the Deacons come back with a run, scoring 11 straight in one stretch to lead 40-38 on a Courteney Morris 3-pointer with 12:34 to go.
Wake appears to take control for a while, leading 52-46 on a Garcia layup with 4:41 to go. But the Hurricanes keep plugging, and finally tie the score on a Shenise Johnson layup with 17 seconds left. Secily Ray misses for Wake in the closing seconds and we’ll play five more minutes. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
4 Mar 2010, 12:01 AM ·
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM If you look at the ACC women’s basketball season as a whole, it’s hard not to say Duke is a solid favorite to win the conference tournament that starts this morning at Greensboro Coliseum.
The No. 1 seed Blue Devils are ranked No. 6 nationally and finished three games ahead of anybody except Florida State, a team they destroyed 73-43 during the regular season.
But the problem for the Blue Devils is their bracket.
Joanne P. McCallie’s club has a bye today, then will play on Friday at 3 against the winner of today’s 3 p.m. first-round game between UNC and Maryland, the two teams that probably love to beat Duke the most and the two that have combined to win the last five tournaments in Greensboro.
In fact, whichever team that comes out of that group and into the semifinals will be the only team that has ever won the event during its 10-year run in the Gate City.
“That’s OK,” McCallie (pictured) said during a semi-regular press luncheon on Wednesday in the press room at Cameron. “It’s a little bit strange to see both Maryland and North Carolina in an 8-9 game. If you look at the numbers it’s weird. Why are they in an 8-9 game? Obviously they’re very good teams. But from our standpoint it’s anybody, anyplace, anywhere. So we just get ready to go, kind of thing. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
3 Mar 2010, 2:21 PM ·
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Duke senior guard Keturah Jackson has been named to the five-player All-ACC defensive team in women’s basketball.
Virginia senior Monica Wright was named defensive player of the year on the team, selected by the league’s 12 coaches.
Other members of the team are Clemson’s Lele Hardy, Miami’s Shenise Johnson and Florida State’s Jacinta Monroe.
Jackson, a fifth-year senior and graduate student at Fuqua School of Business, has 70 steals in 29 games and is averaging 5.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists.
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Mike Potter ·
1 Mar 2010, 5:08 PM ·
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Duke junior guard Jasmine Thomas is the only Triangle player named to the first unit of the All-ACC women’s basketball team announced by commissioner John Swofford.
UNC’s Italee Lucas was named to the second team and teammate Cetera DeGraffenreid the third, while the Blue Devils’ Joy Cheek was also selected to the third team.
N.C. State sophomore Bonae Holston received honorable mention as did Virginia Tech’s Utahya Drye, who played her high school ball at Northern Durham.
Joining Thomas (pictured) on the first team are Virginia senior Monica Wright - who has received a post-season honor from the conference all four seasons - along with Boston College’s Carolyn Swords, Florida State’s Jacinta Monroe and Miami’s Shenise Johnson.
The ACC also announced its sixth player of the year named by the coaches. It is Georgia Tech’s Alex Montgomery, who was also third-team all-conference.
The conference also announced its weekly honorees, with Florida State’s Courtney Ward - who was second-team all-conference - player of the week and Maryland’s Diandra Tchatchouang rookie of the week. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
28 Feb 2010, 11:00 PM ·
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Seedings and pairings are out for the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament and one thing is for sure.
There will be three teams in the semifinals that have never won the tournament during its 10-year run in Greensboro.
Maryland is the defending champion, UNC won four in a row before that and Duke five in a row before that.
And they’re all in the same group of three, only one of which can advance to Saturday’s semifinals this time.
The top-seeded Blue Devils (24-5), who have lost in the finals each of the last two seasons, will play in the quarterfinals on Friday at 3 p.m. The opponent will be the winner of Thursday’s 3 p.m. contest between No. 8 seed UNC (18-10) and No. 9 seed Maryland (18-11).
The matchup between the Tar Heels and Terps will be the second of four games on Thursday.
The tournament tips off at 11 a.m., with No. 5 seed Wake Forest (17-12) taking on No. 12 seed Miami (17-12), with that winner advancing to Friday’s 11 a.m. quarterfinal against No. 4 seed Georgia Tech (22-8).
Thursday’s 6 p.m. contest will have No. 7 seed Boston College (15-14) taking on No. 10 seed Virginia Tech (15-14), with that winner taking on No. 2 seed Florida State (26-4) in the same time slot on Friday.
The nightcappers on Thursday at 8 are No. 6 seed N.C. State (17-12) and No. 11 seed Clemson (13-17), with the winner advancing to Friday’s 8 p.m. nightcap against No. 3 seed Virginia (21-8).
The semifinals are at 1 and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, with the title game on Sunday at 1.
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Mike Potter ·
14 Feb 2010, 9:17 PM ·
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REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State needs some victories to keep alive a shot at a winning season in women’s basketball.
Today, the Wolfpack will have plenty of support in that quest.
The ESPN2 contest against Miami is NCSU’s annual “Hoops 4 Hope” game, with the Wolfpack and most of the fans in the house wearing pink in support of breast cancer awareness and research and of course in memory of the late coach Kay Yow.
It’s a battle for position in the ACC, as State (13-11, 3-6 ACC) and Miami (16-8, 3-6) are tied for ninth place.
State is pretty much dressed in pink from head to toe. Miami, wearing its normal home whites for the road game, is wearing pink shoes and socks with plenty of pink headbands. And 6,452 look on as the Wolfpack gets an emotional 66-64 victory.
Miami leads 35-29 at halftime despite 10 points from Amber White. The Hurricanes shoot 43.8 percent in the first half to State’s 31.0. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
14 Feb 2010, 12:01 AM ·
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With the ACC regular-season race starting to wind down, two of the Triangle’s three conference teams will be in action today.
Duke can take another step toward the conference’s regular-season crown on the road today if the No. 8 Blue Devils can complete a season sweep of Virginia Tech. Northern Durham alumna Utahya Drye leads the Hokies in scoring and rebounding.
Meanwhile, N.C. State needs to win two more games to assure itself a .500 season, and gets a tough challenge at home today from Miami in its annual “Hoops 4 Hope” contest to be shown on ESPN.
It will be the only regular-season meeting of the season with the Hurricanes for State, which is led in both scoring and rebounding by Bonae Holston (pictured).
Miami is coached by Duke alumna Katie Meier.
Duke won the first meeting with the Hokies this season, 69-38 on Jan. 21 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
11 Feb 2010, 10:26 PM ·
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM It’s another of those big Triangle rivalry games in women’s basketball, and unfortunately the only time Duke and N.C. State will play during the regular season.
It’s the first time first-year Wolfpack coach Kellie Harper has faced Duke, the team to which she lost in her final game as a player at Tennessee. That game denied her stated goal of winning four straight NCAA titles.
No. 8 Duke is holding its annual PinkZone game, wearing pink-trimmed uniforms and encouraging fans to wear as much pink as possible in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer and research to combat the disease.
The Blue Devils will be heavy favorites and probably the toughest opponents the Wolfpack will play during the regular season. With 6-3 Tia Bell among three post players hurt, State has nobody who can come close to looking Duke’s 6-5 freshman Allison Vernerey (pictured) or 6-4 Krystal Thomas in the eye. And the inside mismatches are a big factor as the Blue Devils cruise 70-39. Continue reading »
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