2017–18 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team


The 2017–18 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Their head coach was Joanne P. McCallie in her 11th season at Duke. The Blue Devils played theirs home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament to NC State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Belmont and Georgia before losing to Connecticut in the Sweet Sixteen.

2017–18 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 20
Record24–9 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sam Miller
  • Rene Haynes
  • Hernando Planells
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons
2017–18 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Louisville *† 15 1   .938 36 3   .923
No. 5 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 35 3   .921
No. 11 Florida State 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 21 NC State 11 5   .688 26 9   .743
No. 20 Duke 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
Syracuse 10 6   .625 22 9   .710
Miami (FL) 10 6   .625 21 11   .656
Virginia 10 6   .625 19 14   .576
Virginia Tech 6 10   .375 23 14   .622
Georgia Tech 6 10   .375 20 14   .588
Wake Forest 5 11   .313 14 17   .452
North Carolina 4 12   .250 15 16   .484
Pittsburgh 2 14   .125 10 20   .333
Boston College 2 14   .125 7 23   .233
Clemson 1 15   .063 11 19   .367
2018 ACC tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of 31 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2017–18 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Haley Gorecki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So William Fremd Palatine, IL
G 4 Lexie Brown 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr North Gwinnett
Maryland
Suwanee, GA
F 5 Leaonna Odom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Chaminade Lompoc, CA
C 11 Sofia Roma 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Nazareth Regional
Wagner
Richmond Hill, NY
G/F 14 Faith Suggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Homewood Flossmoor Flossmoor, IL
G 15 Kyra Lambert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Samuel Clemens Cibolo, TX
C 21 Bego Faz Davalos 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Technologico De Monterrey San Luis Potosí, Mexico
G 23 Rebecca Greenwell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr The Colony The Colony, TX
F/C 25 Jade Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Owensboro Catholic Owensboro, KY
C 30 Emily Schubert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr Elizabethton Elizabethton, TN
G 32 Jayda Adams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Mater Dei Irvine, CA
F/C 35 Erin Mathias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Fox Chapel Area Pittsburgh, PA
F/C 44 Madison Treece 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Rock Bridge St. Peters, MO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 15, 2018

Rankings

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AP 12 11 16 14 14 14 14 14 17 16 15 18 19 19 17 20 18 20 20 N/A
Coaches 12 N/A 17 16 14 14 15 15 18 18 15 18 19 19 16 16 15 18 18 12
Legend
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(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2017*
6:00 pm
No. 12 Alaska Anchorage W 87–56 
 27  Brown   8  Odom   6  Greenwell  Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
Non-conference regular season
November 12, 2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 12 at Grand Canyon W 74–61  1–0
 19  Greenwell   9  Mathias   6  Brown  GCU Arena (1,683)
Phoenix, AZ
November 16, 2017*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 11 High Point W 77–50  2–0
 24  Brown   9  Odom   7  Boykin  Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,063)
Durham, NC
November 19, 2017*
1:00 pm
No. 11 at Villanova L 55–64  2–1
 16  Brown   12  Odom   2  tied  Jake Nevin Field House (1,421)
Villanova, PA
November 22, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 16 at Old Dominion W 84–51  3–1
 28  Brown   9  Greenwell   8  Brown  Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,960)
Norfolk, VA
November 25, 2017*
3:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 16 No. 18 Oregon State W 72–65  4–1
 19  Brown   9  Greenwell   5  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,408)
Durham, NC
November 26, 2017*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 16 Presbyterian W 79–45  5–1
 22  Greenwell   10  Odom   7  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,266)
Durham, NC
November 30, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 No. 8 Ohio State
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 69–60  6–1
 19  tied   13  Odom   4  tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,408)
Durham, NC
December 3, 2017*
12:00 pm, SECN
No. 14 at No. 5 South Carolina L 52–72  6–2
 16  Mathias   6  tied   4  tied  Colonial Life Arena (13,054)
Columbia, SC
December 10, 2017*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 Winthrop W 101–30  8–2
 30  Brown   7  tied   6  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,332)
Durham, NC
December 19, 2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 Maine W 69–39  9–2
 26  Brown   11  Odom   6  Odom  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,053)
Durham, NC
December 21, 2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 Wyoming W 63–40  10–2
 23  Brown   9  Gorecki   3  tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,156)
Durham, NC
December 29, 2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 Liberty W 65–51  11–2
 26  Brown   7  4 tied   4  Gorecki  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,531)
Durham, NC
ACC Regular Season
December 31, 2017
12:30 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 at Miami (FL) L 48–51  11–3
(0–1)
 16  Gorecki   7  tied   3  Gorecki  Watsco Center (878)
Coral Gables, FL
January 4, 2018
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 at No. 3 Louisville L 60–66  11–4
(0–2)
 25  Gorecki   9  Brown   6  Gorecki  KFC Yum! Center (8,101)
Louisville, KY
January 7, 2018
3:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 NC State W 69–56  12–4
(1–2)
 34  Brown   8  Brown   6  Gorecki  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,531)
Durham, NC
January 11, 2018
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 16 at Wake Forest W 80–67  13–4
(2–2)
 27  Brown   8  Greenwell   7  Gorecki  LJVM Coliseum (557)
Winston–Salem, NC
January 14, 2018
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 16 Virginia W 55–48  14–4
(3–2)
 14  Brown   9  Odom   4  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,856)
Durham, NC
January 18, 2018
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 15 at Virginia Tech W 86–75  15–4
(4–2)
 28  Gorecki   6  tied   5  Brown  Cassell Coliseum (2,365)
Blacksburg, VA
January 21, 2018
7:00 pm, RSN
No. 15 at North Carolina
Rivalry
L 86–92 OT 15–5
(4–3)
 29  Gorecki   10  Brown   6  tied  Carmichael Arena (4,634)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 25, 2018
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 18 Boston College W 75–50  16–5
(5–3)
 19  tied   8  Odom   4  Odom  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,405)
Durham, NC
January 28, 2018
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 18 at Pittsburgh W 58–46  17–5
(6–3)
 20  Brown   10  Mathias   4  tied  Petersen Events Center (2,430)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 1, 2018
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 19 Georgia Tech W 77–59  18–5
(7–3)
 24  Brown   8  tied   6  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,311)
Durham, NC
February 4, 2018
1:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 19 No. 5 Notre Dame L 54–72  18–6
(7–4)
 16  Brown   10  Greenwell   3  tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,724)
Durham, NC
February 7, 2018
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 19 Wake Forest W 59–51  19–6
(8–4)
 21  Brown   8  tied   4  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,243)
Durham, NC
February 11, 2018
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 19 at Clemson W 60–35  20–6
(9–4)
 17  Greenwell   11  Greenwell   9  Brown  Littlejohn Coliseum (829)
Clemson, SC
February 15, 2018
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 at Syracuse L 65–68  20–7
(9–5)
 20  Brown   9  Greenwell   5  Greenwell  Carrier Dome (2,666)
Syracuse, NY
February 19, 2018
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 20 No. 9 Florida State W 79–66  21–7
(10–5)
 30  Brown   12  Odom   5  Mathias  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,127)
Durham, NC
February 25, 2018
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 20 North Carolina
Rivalry
W 70–54  22–7
(11–5)
 31  Greenwell   13  Greenwell   11  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 2, 2018
11:00 am, ACCN Extra
(4) No. 18 vs. (5) No. 23 NC State
Quarterfinals
L 45–51  22–8
 16  Brown   9  Odom   3  Brown  Greensboro Coliseum (5,613)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17, 2018*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(5 A) No. 20 vs. (12 A) No. 23 Belmont
First Round
W 72–58  23–8
 25  Odom   8  Suggs   5  Brown  Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, GA
March 19, 2018*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
(5 A) No. 20 at (4 A) No. 18 Georgia
Second Round
W 66–40  24–8
 16  Odom   9  Greenwell   6  Brown  Stegeman Coliseum (2,908)
Athens, GA
March 24, 2018*
1:30 pm, ESPN
(5 A) No. 20 vs. (1 A) No. 1 Connecticut
Sweet Sixteen
L 59–72  24–9
 22  Odom   8  2 tied   4  2 tied  Times Union Center (10,658)
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Albany Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball Schedule". Duke Athletics.