Duke women’s basketball

Shake up in women’s basketball power rankings

February 1, 2024 Shawn Krest

Five weeks ago, when we released our first set of North Carolina women’s basketball power rankings, NC State was coming off a pair of surprising losses but still managed to hold onto the top spot […]

Wolfpack’s recent road losses tighten power rankings

January 24, 2024 Shawn Krest

The NC State women’s basketball team suffered a jarring loss last week in Miami. The Wolfpack fell behind early and was never able to rally against the unranked Hurricanes, losing by 14 points. “You’re going […]

Women’s teams have short March after being shut out of Sweet 16

March 22, 2023 Shawn Krest

North Carolina’s stay in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was a short one. The state sent five teams to March Madness, tying the most ever from North Carolina. However, for the first time since the […]

Duke women fall to Colorado in OT thriller

March 21, 2023 The Associated Press

DURHAM — Colorado made enough big plays to survive. It was a pretty sweet moment for Quay Miller and the Buffaloes. Miller had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Aaronette Vonleh converted two overtime baskets […]

Duke women’s scoring woes subside in blowout win over Iona

March 19, 2023 The Associated Press

DURHAM — Celeste Taylor and Elizabeth Balogun each scored 13 points and Duke marked its return to NCAA Tournament action with an 89-49 romp past Iona on Saturday night. It was the first NCAA Tournament […]

5 NC teams to compete in women’s NCAA Tournament

March 15, 2023 Jesse Deal

North Carolina will be well-represented in the NCAA women’s tournament field of 64 with five schools — Duke, UNC, NC State, ECU and Gardner-Webb — all having a shot to continue their postseasons in the […]

ACC Women’s Tournament: What did we learn?

March 8, 2023 Shawn Krest

Virginia Tech stormed through the ACC Women’s Tournament with a dominant performance, stirring up a hornet’s nest of questions in the process. The third-seeded Hokies blew out Miami by 26 before holding No. 2 seed […]

Duke sets ACC Tourney record for scoring futility in loss to Hokies

March 4, 2023 Shawn Krest

GREENSBORO — Virginia Tech earned its first trip to the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game with a 58-37 blowout win over Duke on Saturday afternoon. The Hokies will face Louisville on Sunday afternoon. The […]

Duke tops UNC in third round of women’s basketball rivalry

March 3, 2023 Shawn Krest

GREENSBORO — Duke and Carolina wrote another chapter in the story that never gets old as the rivals met in the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinals. The 7th-seeded Tar Heels had swept the regular season […]

Wide-open ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament comes to Greensboro

March 1, 2023 Shawn Krest

The ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament tips off in Greensboro on Wednesday as a top-heavy league looks to make one last statement before NCAA bids and seedings are handed out. If the end of the regular […]