2009–10 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team will represent Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Blue Devils will be coached by Joanne P. McCallie

Joanne P. McCallie

Joanne P. McCallie is the head coach of the Duke University women's basketball team. McCallie is known as "Coach P" because of her maiden name, Palombo.-Coaching career:...

, (also known as Coach P) and the Blue Devils play their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...

. The Blue Devils are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.

Offseason

April 23, 2009: Duke University senior Carrem Gay has signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

of the WNBA. Gay along with Kristi Cirone of Illinois State and Ashley Hayes of Murray State will get a chance to compete for a place on the club’s roster.
May 5, 2009:

The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference announced the pairings for the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge for women’s basketball, which is in its third year of a four-year agreement. The 2009 Challenge will involve Ohio State playing Duke on December 3.

Preseason

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Record
Nov. 5	Durham, NC	Wingate	99-31	1-0
Nov. 8	Durham, NC	Alaska Anchorage	100-32	2-0

Regular season

The Blue Devils were victorious in the Caribbean Challenge. The Challenge was held in Cancun and was held from November 26–27.

Roster

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class

Schedule

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Leading scorer	Record
Nov. 13	Houston, TX	Houston Baptist	104-35		1-0
Nov. 15	College Station, TX	Texas A&M	77-95		1-1
Nov. 19	Durham, NC	Georgia Southern	69-42		2-1
Nov. 23	Durham, NC	UNC Charlotte	57-44		3-1
Nov. 26	Cancun, Mexico	Western Kentucky	70-47		4-1
Nov. 27	Cancun, Mexico	Marquette	74-43		5-1
Dec. 3	Durham, NC	Ohio State
Dec. 6	Durham, NC	Southern California
Dec. 15	Palo Alto, CA	Stanford
Dec. 18	Durham, NC	James Madison

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club

External links

Official Site

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