Duke Women’s Basketball News

This is nice to see: former Blue Devil Joy Cheek has been hired at Ohio State where she'll be the recruiting coordinator for the women's team.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- New Ohio State women's basketball head coach Kevin McGuff has announced the hiring of Patrick Klein and Joy Cheek as assistant coaches.

Duke Signee Nets Award…

This is pretty cool: Blue Devils Tricia Liston and Alexis Jones have been named to the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s U19 team.

July 8-15 in Kazan, Russia…

Jones Will Travel to Lithuania July 18-28…

May 16-19 Trials in Colorado…

Duke to Host Purdue on Dec. 5…

Looks like Coach P will be sticking around for a while: Duke offered her an extension through 2019. She's been pretty good so far; it'll be interesting to see where she goes from here.

Azura Stevens is a relative rarity, a really good local player who opts to play her college ball at Duke. It’s no surprise to see Duke get a recruit from California or even France, but Cary is a bit of a change. She sounds like a great addition.

The women's season ended Wednesday at the hands of Notre Dame, with the future ACC rival winning 87-76, denying Duke a trip to the Final Four. The good news is that the starting five returns along with the injured Chelsea Gray. As a matter of fact the entire team returns except for senior Allison Ve…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Skylar Diggins and Notre Dame are headed back to the Final Four for another rematch with Connecticut.

Duke 76, Notre Dame 87 (Final) The Fighting Irish toned down their offensive aggressiveness and chewed up time with the shot clock. Duke, however much it attacked on offense, could not overcome the 16-point deficit the Fighting Irish set. Peters did all she could to bring the Blue Devils back, scori…

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Geno Auriemma and his Connecticut Huskies are headed back to a familiar place - the Final Four.

The Blue Devils are not going down to Georgia. The second-seeded Blue Devils fell 85-63 to top-seeded Louisville in the Elite Eight. This week’s Sportswrap, The Chronicle’s weekly sports supplement, shows the Cardinals celebrating and holding the jersey of Kevin Ware, who left the game i…

It wasn't easy, but Duke outlasted Nebraska 53-45 to advance in the women's NCAA tournament. On Tuesday night they'll play Notre Dame for a spot in the Final Four.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie is growing weary of people expecting the Blue Devils to roll over teams in the NCAA tournament.

Duke 53 , Nebraska 45 (Final) With the clock winding down under 2 minutes, Duke put the ball in the hands of the most dynamic, and youngest, player on the floor, letting Jones dribble through and around Cornhuskers. Following a pair of made Liston free throws, Jones went one-and-one on a pair of her…

The Blue Devils have lost three straight regional finals and are determined to not make it four in a row.

Cameron Indoor Stadium has seen some spectacular comebacks in its 73 years. Add another one to the list. The Duke women kept alive their season Tuesday night, overcoming a 15-point second-half deficit to defeat Oklahoma State 68-59 and advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Duke is usually the one running teams out of Cameron Indoor Stadium. So when the Blue Devils found themselves on the receiving end of a beatdown, they figured they had simply set themselves up for quite a comeback.

Duke 68, Oklahoma State 59 (FINAL): Haley Peters sinks a three for the Blue Devils with just two minutes remaining in the game. She then goes down to pick up a defensive rebound for the squad. The Blue Devils have taken the game away from the Cowgirls in the last few minutes of regulation. Duke [...

Duke basketball advanced to the Sweet 16 last night with a 66-50 win against seventh-seeded Creighton. In a game with 46 fouls, Rasheed Sulaimon led the Blue Devils with 21 points. Make sure to read that story and these others in this week’s “THAT ‘SHEED CREIGH, AIN’T IT JAYS…

Duke women started the NCAA drive with success, beating Hampton in Cameron, 67-51. Tricia Liston led the way with 20, Elizabeth Williams had 18 and Alexis Jones chipped in a near triple double with 11 points, 10 assists and eight boards. Here's more from GoDuke.com.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie didn't want her Blue Devils expecting an easy afternoon against a 15th-seeded team.

Duke 67, Hampton 51 (final): Duke maintained its near twenty-point advantage to close the game as the toll of a physical game and a small lineup showed on Hampton’s players.  Duke’s depth and strength ultimately prevailed as the Blue Devils survive the first round of NCAA Tournament pla…

The 2013 NCAA women’s basketball tournament kicked off Monday night with the seeding selection show, and Duke women’s basketball received a No. 2 seed in the Norfolk region. The Blue Devils will begin playing at Cameron Indoor Stadium and should they advance, they’ll play in Norfol…

Coach P. and team heard the women's brackets as they were announced Monday night; Duke opens as the #2 seed in the Norfolk bracket with Hampton at home. Assuming they win that one, they'll play the winner of Oklahoma State/DePaul. Here's the full field.

Duke basketball went one-and-done in the ACC Tournament and received a No. 2 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament, playing in the Midwest region alongside overall No. 1 seed Louisville. After a busy week during Duke’s spring break, here are all the major stories to get caught up on: The B…

Minutes after losing to Duke in ACC Tournament title game, North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell told the media that she thought Duke was better with Alexis Jones at point guard than they were with Chelsea Gray at point guard.

Check out photos from the Duke women’s basketball team’s ACC title-winning victory over UNC. 2013/03/10 WBB ACC Finals vs. UNC – Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle…

Duke 92, North Carolina 73 (final): Elizabeth Williams finished out the game strong, adding an easy hoop, a few free throws, and her second block of the game. Sierra Moore and walk-on Jenna Frush made their first appearances of the game with the lead comfortably in hand. Despite the large deficit, t…

DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke Blue Devils defeated the Maryland Terrapins 80-72 and in the process remain atop the ACC with a 7-0 record while pushing their season record to 16-2.  This was quite simply a very competitive and well played game where neither team missed a free throw and there were by…

This season’s Duke Women’s Basketball team will be one of the least experienced groups Coach McCallie has had at Duke.  Despite that youth, the Sporting News have the Blue Devils ranked sixth nationally, and all other preview publications have Duke firmly in the nation’s top ten.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Both Duke women’s basketball signees — Elizabeth Williams and Amber Henson — each scored double-figure points in the WBCA All-America game over the weekend in Indianapolis, Ind., at the NCAA Final Four. Williams was named MVP of the Red Team, which fell, 83-73, t…

Photos by Rick Crank for BDN. Click on the first thumbnail to see a slide show with larger images.

Duke rolled past Tennessee-Martin by a score of 90-45 in their NCAA Tournament opener. Photos by Rick Crank for BDN.  We have managed to be in two places at once today.  Click on the first thumbnail to see a slide show with larger images. Box Score…