Womenâs A.C.C. Tournament: Emotional N.C. State Surprises No. 1 Duke
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The fourth-seeded Wolfpack pulled off what no other team could manage this season, handing the Blue Devils their first defeat on Saturday after a 30-0 start.
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Meet the team a combination of coaches, media, and others thought was good enough to be 11th out of a dozen women's basketball teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Unbeaten Duke showed the Miami Hurricanes that the Atlantic Coast Conference is not so easy after all. Junior Shelden Williams scored a career-high 30 points and the No. 4 Blue Devils shot 61 percent to win 92-83 Wednesday night, ending a surprising run by ACC newcomer Miami.
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Camille Little scored 16 points and No. 2 North Carolina got all the scoring it needed in the first half Thursday night in a 103-48 rout of UNC Greensboro. LaToya Pringle added 15 points, and Jessica Breland had 12 for North Carolina (7-0) as it tuned up for a Sunday showdown with Tennessee. North Carolina led 57-15 at the break.
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Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and 17 rebounds before suffering an ugly injury in the closing seconds of No. 8 North Carolina's 86-72 victory over 14th-ranked Duke on Sunday, clinching the top seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
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North Carolina celebrated two of its national championship teams on Saturday. Then the current Tar Heels showed they might be capable of winning a title of their own.
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Alison Bales had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke pulled away late to beat No. 4 North Carolina 67-62 and finish the first unbeaten regular season in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
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Shrugging off eight years of frustration in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, North Carolina beat Tobacco Road rivals North Carolina State 89-80 Sunday for the Tar Heels' first league title since 1998.
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Abby Waner scored 6 of her 16 points during a key second-half spurt, and No. 1 Duke held off No. 2 North Carolina, 64-53, last night in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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The players at Duke often show their commitment to defense by slapping the floor, a largely symbolic gesture made during the transition from offense to defense. On Wednesday, against No. 2 North Carolina, they probably won't have time.
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Monique Currie rattled in the go-ahead jumper with 41.2 seconds left to help top-ranked Duke rebound from a loss to North Carolina with a 60-57 victory over No. 20 Maryland last night in Durham, N.C.
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North Carolina is young, deep, talented &#151; and hardly without flaws. But by winning their first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title since 1998 with an 89-80 victory Sunday over North Carolina State, the eighth-ranked Tar Heels clearly re-established themselves as a force in the NCAA tournament.
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When it comes time to pick a champion in an N.C.A.A. bracket, people tend to cluster around a few of the favorites. But the tournament itself is usually not as kind to favorites as the fans are.
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Mistie Williams and Monique Currie each scored 20 points and Wanisha Smith added 14, leading No. 6 Duke past pesky Davidson 89-69 on Friday night in the first round of the Preseason WNIT.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- After her first day of classes this week at the University of North Carolina's campus here, Aleyna Castillo crossed a field, passing joggers and cyclists and students sprawled on the grass, reading in the sunshine. She didn't linger at her brick dormitory. The Loudoun County...
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Abby Waner scores 16 points, six of them during a key second-half spurt, and No. 1 Duke tops No. 2 North Carolina, 64-53, on Thursday.
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Duke, Tennessee, Connecticut and North Carolina were selected Monday as the No. 1 seeds for the women's NCAA tournament.