2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
| 2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball | |
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ACC Regular season champions ACC tournament champions | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| Record | 31–4 (16–0 ACC) |
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| Home arena | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
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| No. 3 Duke † | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | – | 4 | .886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 North Carolina | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2002 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Gail Goestenkors in her 10th season at the school, and played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 31–4, 16–0 in ACC play to win the regular season conference title by five games. They followed that success by winning the ACC tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 1 seed in the East region, the Blue Devils defeated Norfolk State, TCU, Texas, and South Carolina to reach the Final Four. In the National semifinal round, the Blue Devils were defeated by the No. 1 seed from the West region, Oklahoma, 86–71.
Season summary
[edit]Regular season
[edit]The Blue Devils started the season with 10 players and a very young team with only one senior, two juniors, five sophomores and two freshmen. Duke opened with a bang, knocking off seventh ranked Texas Tech in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic, but then went through some growing pains. On the road for the first time, the No. 5 Blue Devils were stunned by unranked MAC opponent Toledo, 67–71. The ladies returned home for the annual Duke Women's Basketball Classic, where they opened with a blowout victory over Davidson, but then stumbled against another unranked opponent in South Carolina, falling in overtime in the title game, 81–87. The loss broke the Blue Devils 9-year title streak in the Duke Women's Basketball Classic, and also wound up being the only loss at home all season. To make matters worse, on November 28th, 9th-year assistant coach Joanne Boyle was stricken with an arteriovenous malformation, an affliction that kept her in the hospital for 2 weeks.[1][2]
Following a victory over No. 6 Louisiana Tech, the Blue Devils were dealt another setback when sophomores Rometra Craig and Crystal White decided to transfer right before the team left for its first ACC contest of the year at Virginia.[3] Down two players and an assistant coach, the Blue Devils faced an uphill battle with only eight players. The Blue Devils responded by defeating Virginia in a 34-point drubbing, 107–73, then proceeded to make light work of Georgetown, UNC Greensboro, and Liberty, winning every game by 30-plus points. Coach Goestenkors became the all time winningest coach in school history following the win over UNC Greensboro, her 214th victory as the head women's basketball coach for Duke.[4] Heading into Christmas break, the ladies carried a six-game winning streak. Following Christmas break, Duke's streak came to a screeching halt, as No. 2 Tennessee hobbled the Blue Devils in the ACC/SEC Shootout, 68–89.[5] With the defeat, Duke entered conference play proper with a 9–3 (1–0, ACC) record.
Duke dominated ACC play, winning its first four ACC contests by an average margin of 25.0 points. A standout performance occurred when Alana Beard posted a then-career high against Maryland on January 2, scoring 35-points. The sophomore shot 15 of 22 from the field, grabbed 11 rebounds, and was 2 assists away from a triple-double.[6] As a result, Beard was named ACC Player of the Week for the week of January 7th, an honor she would go on to receive a record-tying 5-times throughout the season.[7] Additionally, Coach Boyle made her return back to the bench on January 6th during the game against Wake Forest.[8] The Blue Devils dominated in her return with a 45–point win, 91–46. The ladies continued their dominant play into February as the Blue Devils finished undefeated in conference play, just the fifth time in ACC history a team had finished undefeated in conference play.
ACC tournament
[edit]The Blue Devils then headed to Greensboro, North Carolina for the ACC Tournament in their home away from home— the Greensboro Coliseum. Duke had recorded an 8–0 record in previous games played there and went on to improve the unbelievable mark to 11–0 after downing Florida State, Virginia and North Carolina to win the ACC Tournament title. In the championship game against Carolina, freshman sensation Monique Currie registered career highs in points (30), rebounds (12), en route to an 87–80 championship victory. With the win, Duke completed a season sweep over their in-state rivals, and secured their 3rd consecutive ACC tournament title. Currie was named tournament MVP.[9]
NCAA tournament
[edit]As conference tournament champions, Duke received an auto bid to the NCAA tournament, where the Blue Devils were selected as a No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year. The Blue Devils were placed in the East Region and made quick work of Norfolk State and TCU before traveling 25 miles down the road to the Entertainment & Sports Arena. Duke may have found a second home away from home as the Blue Devils knocked off No. 14 Texas in the Sweet Sixteen, then avenged their only home loss of the season against No. 13 South Carolina in the Elite Eight to advance to the second Final Four in school history, a near Herculean feat considering the complete lack of depth, with the squad only rotating 8 players the majority of the season. The Blue Devils headed to the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas for a date with the No. 1 seed out of the West region, and nationally ranked No. 2 Oklahoma in the national semifinal. The game didn’t go the way Duke wanted, as the Blue Devils fell to the Sooners 71–86, but it was still a season to remember. The 2001–02 squad accomplished many things no other team had done before in school history: went a perfect 19–0 in ACC contests, embarked on a school record 22-game winning streak, won a third consecutive ACC Tournament title, and broke 24 school records including the (then) mark for wins with 31— and all of this accomplished with only just eight players.[10]
Roster
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*Both Rometra Craig and Crystal White appeared in the first 7 games of the season before deciding to transfer. Both players made their final game appearances for Duke against Louisiana Tech on December 2, 2001.
Schedule and results
[edit]| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
| November 11, 2001* 12:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 5 | No. 7 Texas Tech State Farm Tip-Off Classic |
W 85–69 | 1–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,204) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| November 16, 2001* |
No. 5 | Elon | W 102–52 | 2–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,940) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| November 18, 2001* |
No. 5 | at Toledo | L 67–71 | 2–1 |
Savage Hall (5,002) Toledo, Ohio | ||||||
| November 24, 2001* |
No. 9 | Davidson Duke Women's Basketball Classic – Semifinals |
W 107–58 | 3–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,571) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| November 25, 2001* |
No. 9 | South Carolina Duke Women's Basketball Classic – Championship Game |
L 81–87 OT | 3–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,620) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| November 29, 2001* |
No. 14 | at UNC Charlotte | W 64–39 | 4–2 |
Halton Arena (1,514) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 02, 2001* 3:30 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech Honda Elite 4 Holiday Classic |
W 76–64 | 5–2 |
The Milk House (3,829) Bay Lake, Florida | ||||||
| December 06, 2001* |
No. 11 | at Virginia | W 107–73 | 6–2 (1–0) |
University Hall (2,968) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
| December 08, 2001* |
No. 11 | at Georgetown | W 89–54 | 7–2 |
McDonough Gymnasium (1,936) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
| December 16, 2001* |
No. 8 | UNC Greensboro | W 90–58 | 8–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,212) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 20, 2001* |
No. 8 | Liberty | W 95–53 | 9–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,107) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 27, 2001* 12:30 pm, FSN South |
No. 9 | vs. No. 2 Tennessee ACC-SEC Shootout |
L 68–89 | 9–3 |
Phillips Arena (7,811) Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
| ACC Regular Season | |||||||||||
| December 30, 2001 |
No. 9 | at Georgia Tech | W 76–60 | 10–3 (2–0) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum (1,854) Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
| January 02, 2002 |
No. 11 | Maryland | W 90–74 | 11–3 (3–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (804) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 06, 2002 |
No. 11 | Wake Forest | W 91–46 | 12–3 (4–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,012) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 10, 2002 |
No. 7 | at Clemson | W 81–58 | 13–3 (5–0) |
Littlejohn Coliseum (3,380) Clemson, South Carolina | ||||||
| January 13, 2002 |
No. 7 | at NC State | W 73–68 | 14–3 (6–0) |
Reynolds Coliseum (5,431) Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 20, 2002 |
No. 6 | Virginia | W 86–69 | 15–3 (7–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,023) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 24, 2002 |
No. 5 | No. 21 North Carolina Rivalry Game |
W 102–82 | 16–3 (8–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,904) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 27, 2002 |
No. 5 | at Florida State | W 102–80 | 17–3 (9–0) |
Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center (1,235) Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||
| January 31, 2002 |
No. 5 | Georgia Tech | W 86–50 | 18–3 (10–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,454) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 02, 2002 |
No. 5 | at Maryland | W 66–55 | 19–3 (11–0) |
Cole Field House (2,746) College Park, Maryland | ||||||
| February 07, 2002 |
No. 5 | at Wake Forest | W 83–60 | 20–3 (12–0) |
LJVM Coliseum (907) Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 10, 2002 |
No. 5 | Clemson | W 77–69 | 21–3 (13–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,473) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 18, 2002 |
No. 5 | NC State | W 81–54 | 22–3 (14–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,672) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 21, 2002 |
No. 5 | Florida State | W 88–55 | 23–3 (15–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,904) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 24, 2002 |
No. 5 | at No. 19 North Carolina Rivalry Game |
W 90–75 | 24–3 (16–0) |
Carmichael Auditorium (7,842) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 01, 2002* |
(1) No. 4 | vs. (9) Florida State Quarterfinals |
W 82–66 | 25–3 |
Greensboro Coliseum (4,956) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 03, 2002* 1:00 pm, FSN |
(1) No. 4 | vs. (4) Virginia Semifinals |
W 71–67 | 26–3 |
Greensboro Coliseum (5,960) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 04, 2002* 7:30 pm, FSN |
(1) No. 3 | vs. (2) No. 16 North Carolina Rivalry Game/Championship Game |
W 87–80 | 27–3 |
Greensboro Coliseum (9,204) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 15, 2002* 8:30 pm, ESPN |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (16 E) Norfolk State First Round |
W 95–48 | 28–3 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,004) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 17, 2002* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (8 E) TCU Second Round |
W 76–66 | 29–3 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,794) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 23, 2002* 2:00 pm, ESPN |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (4 E) No. 14 Texas Sweet Sixteen |
W 62–46 | 30–3 |
Entertainment & Sports Arena (4,613) Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 25, 2002* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (3 E) No. 13 South Carolina Elite Eight |
W 77–68 | 31–3 |
Entertainment & Sports Arena (8,107) Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 29, 2002* 7:00 pm, ESPN |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (1 W) No. 2 Oklahoma Final Four |
L 71–86 | 31–4 |
Alamodome (29,619) San Antonio, Texas | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. E = East, W = West. | |||||||||||
Player statistics
[edit]| Minutes | Scoring | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | Stl | Blk | TO |
| Beard, Alana | 35 | 35 | 1164 | 33.3 | 694 | 19.8 | 275 | 481 | .572 | 25 | 66 | .379 | 119 | 158 | .753 | 69 | 144 | 213 | 6.1 | 154 | 114 | 25 | 93 |
| Currie, Monique | 35 | 22 | 971 | 27.7 | 502 | 14.3 | 178 | 360 | .494 | 8 | 34 | .235 | 138 | 179 | .771 | 84 | 125 | 209 | 6.0 | 90 | 50 | 24 | 90 |
| Gingrich, Krista | 34 | 3 | 589 | 17.3 | 198 | 5.8 | 61 | 147 | .415 | 53 | 114 | .456 | 23 | 26 | .885 | 3 | 55 | 58 | 1.7 | 88 | 14 | 3 | 55 |
| Krapohl, Vicki | 29 | 35 | 676 | 19.3 | 147 | 4.2 | 49 | 104 | .471 | 46 | 97 | .474 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 10 | 64 | 74 | 2.1 | 94 | 40 | 1 | 44 |
| Matyasovsky, Michele | 35 | 17 | 751 | 21.5 | 224 | 6.4 | 90 | 174 | .517 | 14 | 39 | .359 | 30 | 33 | .909 | 54 | 76 | 130 | 3.7 | 34 | 25 | 16 | 47 |
| Mosch, Sheana | 35 | 15 | 868 | 24.8 | 320 | 9.1 | 109 | 243 | .449 | 12 | 39 | .308 | 90 | 108 | .833 | 38 | 85 | 123 | 3.5 | 86 | 33 | 5 | 57 |
| Tillis, Iciss | 34 | 33 | 1032 | 30.4 | 486 | 14.3 | 197 | 436 | .452 | 30 | 89 | .337 | 62 | 91 | .681 | 68 | 205 | 271 | 8.0 | 94 | 79 | 30 | 99 |
| Whitley, Wynter | 35 | 20 | 772 | 22.1 | 272 | 7.8 | 89 | 185 | .481 | 10 | 32 | .313 | 84 | 118 | .712 | 47 | 124 | 171 | 4.9 | 26 | 37 | 16 | 67 |
| TEAM | 59 | 80 | 139 | 4.0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 35 | 7026 | 2922 | 83.5 | 1080 | 2203 | .490 | 199 | 520 | .383 | 563 | 741 | .760 | 444 | 981 | 1425 | 40.7 | 678 | 404 | 129 | 581 | ||
| Opponents | 35 | 7026 | 2249 | 64.3 | 835 | 2194 | .381 | 164 | 533 | .308 | 415 | 596 | .696 | 460 | 778 | 1238 | 35.4 | 433 | 273 | 72 | 688 | ||
* Rometra Craig and Crystal White season totals absent from statistic table.
| Legend | |||||
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | Avg | Average per game |
| FG | Field-goals made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | Off | Offensive rebounds |
| Def | Defensive rebounds | A | Assists | TO | Turnovers |
| Blk | Blocks | Stl | Steals | ||
Source:[15]
Rankings
[edit]| Week | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | Not released | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Not released |
| Coaches | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Coach Boyle Improving". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. December 10, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ Jennifer Starks (November 6, 2007). "Chance to go home not enough for Boyle". eastbaytimes.com. East Bay Times. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Two Blue Devils To Transfer From Women's Basketball Program". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. December 6, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Blue Devils Host Liberty Thursday". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. December 19, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Blue Devils Unable To Slow Steaking Vols". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. December 27, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Beard Scores 35 to Lead Duke Over Maryland, 90-74". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. January 2, 2002. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "2001-02 Honors (Alana Beard)". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Coach Boyle Update, January 9". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Currie, Beard Carry Blue Devils Past Tar Heels, 87-80". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. March 4, 2002. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Duke Women's Basketball Season Review". goduke.com. Duke Athletics. April 8, 2002. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "2007-08 Duke Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Sidearm Sports. p. 164. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
- ^ "2001-02 Women's Basketball Schedule". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
- ^ "Three Nationally Televised Games Highlight the 2001-02 Women's Basketball Non-conference Schedule". goduke.com. Duke Sports Information. July 11, 2001. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
- ^ "Combined Stats" (PDF). Sidearm Sports. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
- ^ "Combined Stats" (PDF). Sidearm Sports. Retrieved May 11, 2025.