Buckeyes lose but learn plenty about themselves
Mechelle Voepel...challenge between the conferences; the Big Ten won four. While the Duke victory was an upset in the ACC's favor, Blue Devils coach Joanne P. McCallie's former team -- Michigan State -- won an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009
January has been the postseason's top rookie
Mechelle Voepel...sent SMS to Spokane, where it faced top-seeded Duke in the Sweet 16. Stiles scored 41 points in an upset of the Blue Devils. Then SMS beat Washington in the Elite Eight, advancing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009
All four No. 1 seeds win big Sunday
Mechelle Voepel...Tennessee. Duke easily ensured the Spartans fans will have the chance Tuesday to cheer against Joanne P. McCallie if they so choose. The former Michigan State coach, who took over the Blue Devils last...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 22, 2009
Women's NCAA tournament blog
Mechelle Voepel...the first round of the NCAA tournament. At Duke, she didn't make the NCAA field in her first two seasons, 1993 and '94. The Blue Devils then lost in the second round the next...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2009
Duke-Maryland makes for can't-miss ACC final
Mechelle Voepel...Overtime was the Terps' time again. Duke seniors Chante Black, Carrem Gay and Abby Waner might be wondering what voodoo curse condemned them to be on two Blue Devils teams that have lost titles to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2009
Scouting the SEC, ACC and Big Ten tourneys
Mechelle Voepel...nine losses, only two came at home, and both were to nonconference foes -- Virginia in November and Duke in February. Maybe if Summitt coaches another few thousand games at Tennessee, she'll lose at home...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2009
Maryland falls while Duke fights off Cowgirls
Mechelle Voepel...November, you've just got to love that," Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said of the high-octane matchup with the Cowgirls, who, like the Blue Devils, advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 last year...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2008
Will the final No. 1 stand up?
Mechelle Voepel...won its third matchup against Duke, Tennessee got revenge against LSU...of the tournament against the Blue Devils, scoring 17 points. Really, she...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2008
UNC runs the table in ACC
Mechelle Voepel...Larkins and LaToya Pringle just a little, the Blue Devils would come in especially fired up, and the game would resemble the best kind of Duke-Carolina contests we've seen over the years...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2008
Millions that just don't add up
Mechelle VoepelA friend sent a text message last night as I was watching Kansas play Marquette. It said, "Fresno State coach gets 19 …" I thought, "Gets 19 w...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2007
TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "duke blue devils" make the list?