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NCAA Tournament First Round
Hampton (20-11) at #6/6 Duke (26-5)
Saturday, March 20 at 2:30 PM (ESPN2)
Durham, N.C. • Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Media Information
Tip-off: 2:30 PM
TV: ESPN2 - (Beth Mowins-PXP, Stephanie Ready-Color)
Radio: Duke ISP Network - 620 The Buzz with Steve Barnes (PBP), Morgan Patrick (Color);
Online Radio: www.GoDuke.com
Twitter: DukeWBBSID & CoachPDuke
Facebook: Official Duke Women's Basketball Group
Rankings: Duke (No. 6 - AP, No. 6 - ESPN/USA Today)
Series: Duke leads 3-0
Head Coaches: Duke: Joanne P. McCallie (395-169, 18th Season);
Hampton: David Six (20-11, 1st Season)
NCAA Tournament First & Second
Round Schedule - Durham, N.C.
Friday, March 19
11:00 AM - Facility Doors Open to Public
12:00-1:00 PM - LSU Practice
1:05-2:05 PM - Hartford Practice
2:10-3:10 PM - Duke Practice
3:15-4:15 PM - Hampton Practice
Saturday, March 20
12:06 PM - LSU vs. Hartford
2:30 PM - Duke vs. Hampton
Monday, March 22
7:00 PM - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
Duke Seeded No. 2 in the Memphis Region; Will Host Hampton on Saturday...
The sixth-ranked Duke women's basketball team (27-5, 12-2 ACC) was seeded No. 2 in the Memphis Region and will host the 2010 NCAA Tournament first and second rounds at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 20 and 22, 2010, while welcoming Hampton (20-11), LSU (20-9) and Hartford (27-4).
Second-seeded Duke will host 15th-seeded Hampton on Saturday, March 20 at 2:30 p.m., and seventh-seeded LSU will face 10th-seeded Hartford at 12:00 p.m. Both contests will be aired live on ESPN2 with Beth Mowins (PXP) and Stephanie Ready (Color) calling the action.
Fans can also hear the Blue Devils on the Duke ISP Radio Network on WDNC AM 620 with Steve Barnes (PXP) and Morgan Patrick (Color) on the air. The radio is also available online at www.GoDuke.com.
Duke is currently ranked No. 6 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Division I Coaches Poll. LSU is listed No. 21 in the Associated Press poll.
Noting Duke...
Junior Jasmine Thomas has started 56 straight games ... Duke is 19-0 this season when holding opponents to 60 or under points ... the Blue Devils have posted a 23-0 record this year when shooting above 40.0 percent from the field and are 0-5 when under that mark ... during the first 11 games of 2009, Duke only took five charges, but over the last 21 contests the players have taken 24 (Shay Selby - 8, Karima Christmas - 6, Allison Vernerey - 5) ... Selby leads Duke's team with 10 charges taken ... Duke is the only team in the ACC to have beaten a ranked non-conference opponent this season (No. 3 OSU and No. 25 JMU) ... the Blue Devils hold a 1076-562 points in the paint advantage on the year ... Duke has been listed in the top 25 of the AP poll for 205 straight weeks, which is the longest current streak in the ACC and third nationally.
A Look At Hampton...
Hampton (20-11) won its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship - an automatic NCAA bid - since 2004, when the Lady Pirates defeated South Carolina State, 57-46, in Winston-Salem, N.C., on March 13. On the season, Hampton has been led by Quanneisha Perry (13.0 points, 9.3 rebounds), Jericka Jenkins (9.8 points, 65 treys), Bernadette Fortune (9.7 points, 2.3 rebounds) and Whitney Hill (8.1 points). Head Coach David Six has led Hampton to six straight wins and the Lady Pirates are winners of 14 out of their last 15 contests.
The Series With Hampton...
Duke and Hampton have met a total of three times in the series history with the Blue Devils notching a 3-0 record. The Blue Devils and Lady Pirates faced each other in back-to-back seasons during the 2002-03 and 2003-04 campaigns with Duke winning 71-34 and 70-59. The other meeting came in 1998 in Cameron Indoor Stadium with Duke taking down Hampton, 83-47.
Blue Devil Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie has never faced Hampton as a head coach.
Duke Versus Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference...
Duke owns an all-time record of 10-2 against teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference -- Florida A&M (1-0), Hampton (3-0), Howard (2-0), Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-2), Morgan State (1-0), Norfolk State (1-0) and N.C. State (1-0).
Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes...
- Duke has won 12 straight NCAA Tournament games played in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have won those contests by an average of 24.7 points.
- The Blue Devils own a 3-0 all-time record against teams seeded No. 15.
- Duke has never lost an NCAA Tournament first round contest, while totaling a 16-0 all-time record. In those contests, the Blue Devils have won by an average margin of 29.3 points.
- Two of the top scoring defenses in the nation will hit the court on Saturday as Hampton ranks 13th with a 54.2 ledger, while Duke is 17th with a 55.1 mark. The Lady Pirates have not allowed more than 48 points the last six games.
- On the year, Duke has notched 14 wins in Cameron Indoor Stadium. If the Blue Devils win its first and second round games, Duke will match its school record of 16 home victories in a single season. The only time the Blue Devils have collected 16 wins at home was in 1999-2000 (16-2).
- Jasmine Thomas is moving up the Duke single-season record charts. She has now hit 59 three-pointers, which ranks tied for seventh. She also ranks in the top 10 or is approaching in three-point field goals attempted, points, field goals attempted, assists and steals.
- Duke has registered 10 or more steals in seven consecutive games and a total of 23 times in 2009-10. Over the last seven contests, Duke has averaged 13.6 steals a game. The Blue Devils rank second nationally with a 13.4 steals per game average.
- The Blue Devils have accumulated 428 steals in 32 games so far on the year and need only 34 more to match the Duke single-season record of 462 in 2002-03.
- Over the last six games, Duke has hit only 59.3 percent of its free throws. In the previous 26 contests, the Blue Devils had hit 68.2 percent.
- Over the last eight games, Karima Christmas has averaged 14.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.3 assists. She has notched double-digit scoring in seven out of the last eight contests. Christmas had a career-high 25 points and a career-high four three-pointers made against Maryland on Feb. 21. Christmas had hit only two treys the last 12 games prior to the Terrapin contest.
- After not scoring more than 10 points over the previous 11 games, senior Joy Cheek has notched double-digit scoring in each of the last six contests. During the last six games, Cheek has averaged 12.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals.
- Junior Krystal Thomas continues to be a force in the second half for the Blue Devils as she has scored 45 of her 47 points after halftime during the last eight games.
- With her six assists at UNC on Feb. 28, Jasmine Thomas became the 10th player in Duke history to notch over 1,000 points and 300 assists. She currently owns 1,088 points and 314 assists in three years.
- With Duke's victory on March 5, the Blue Devils have now registered 25 or more wins 12 straight years.
- Junior Jasmine Thomas has moved into ninth place on Duke's all-time steals list with 191 for her career, while Keturah Jackson is tied for 10th place.
- Over her first three years at Duke, senior Bridgette Mitchell registered eight double-figure scoring games, while this year the 6'0 wing has collected 10 games with double-digit scoring.
- In her three years at Duke, junior Jasmine Thomas has increased her field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, free throw percentage and scoring each year.
- Senior Keturah Jackson has a career high with 10 three-pointers made in a single season. Over her four years, she has hit 14 treys and had drained only five her first three years.
- In three years at Duke, Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie has notched four victories against top-five ranked teams -- #3/3 Ohio State in 2009-10, #3/4 Stanford in 2008-09, while knocking off #4/3 Rutgers and #5/4 Maryland in 2007-08.
- In the latest NCAA RPI, Duke is fifth behind Connecticut, Stanford, Tennessee and Nebraska. FSU is 14th, which is the next ACC squad.
- Duke is seventh in the latest RPI by Jeff Sagarin -- Connecticut (109.47), Stanford (102.35), Tennessee (98.63), Nebraska (100.19), Texas A&M (95.71), Notre Dame (95.39) and Duke (94.23). The next closest ACC school is Florida State at No. 13 (89.97).
- Junior Krystal Thomas has moved into a tie for seventh place on Duke's all-time blocked shots list with 130. She is one blocked shot shy of sixth place all-time on the Blue Devil charts.
- To show how tough Duke's schedule has been this year, the Blue Devils went up against eight undefeated teams this season -- Connecticut (17-0), Ohio State (8-0), James Madison (7-0), Stanford (7-0), Western Kentucky (3-0), Georgia Southern (1-0), Houston Baptist (0-0) and Texas A&M (0-0).
Coach P Nets Another First...
Blue Devil Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie captured her sixth conference championship over her 18-year career as a head coach when Duke won the ACC Championship on March 7. She won the North Atlantic Championship in 1995 and 1996, won the America East Championship in 1997 and 1998, the Big Ten Championship in 2005 and the ACC Championship in 2010.
She become the first Division I coach to notch conference championships in four different conferences. Coach P also became the first Division I coach to be named a conference coach of the year in four different conferences in 2010.
Duke Players In The NCAA Tournament...
Senior Joy Cheek has appeared in a team-high eight NCAA Tournament contests over her career. She is coming off averaging 10.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals last year in two games. She had eight points and 10 rebounds in a loss to Michigan State.
In five career games, Jasmine Thomas has averaged 9.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists, while hitting 35.7 percent of her three-point field goals. She has totaled double-digit scoring in three of the five contests with a career-best coming last year against Michigan State with 14 points.
Karima Christmas is coming off notching 13 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, two steals and one blocked shot at Michigan State last year.
Senior Keturah Jackson has one double-figure scoring game in the NCAA Tournament over her career as she notched 10 points against Texas A&M as a sophomore.
Coming Off an ACC Championship; What Happened Next?..
Duke has won six ACC Championships over its history -- 2000-04 and in 2010. Duke went on to advance to the NCAA Final Four in 2002 and 2003, while falling in the Sweet 16 in 2000 and 2001 and the Elite Eight in 2004.
McCallie In Tournament Play...
In her 18 years as a head coach, Joanne P. McCallie has taken 14 teams to the NCAA Tournament and produced a 13-13 record. While at Maine, she totaled a 1-6 record that included an upset victory over seventh-seeded Stanford (60-58) in 1999. Her Maine squad was seeded 10th and then fell to Old Dominion on its home court, 72-62, in the second round.
During her time at Michigan State, McCallie guided the Spartans to a 9-5 mark. She led MSU to five straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and won at least one game four consecutive years.
In 2005, McCallie's squad had an incredible run through the tournament knocking off Alcorn State, USC, 18th-ranked Vanderbilt, top-ranked Stanford and third-ranked Tennessee before falling to fifth-ranked Baylor in the national championship game. McCallie was awarded National Coach of the Year for her efforts.
As a player, McCallie led Northwestern to the 1987 NCAA Tournament her senior year. The Wildcats traveled to Louisiana Tech and lost, 82-60, in the first round.
In two years at Duke so far, Coach P has led Duke to a 3-2 record in two NCAA appearances.
McCallie has won at least one game in the NCAA Tournament in six consecutive years.
Wins In The NCAA Tournament...
Duke has posted the third-best win total in the last 12 years of the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils own 36 victories and rank only behind Connecticut (51) and Tennessee (49). LSU (29) and Purdue (27) are the next closest teams.
Overall, Duke's 40 wins in the NCAA Tournament ranks seventh all-time -- Tennessee (104), Connecticut (71), Louisiana Tech (65), Stanford (56), Georgia (48), Purdue (42), Duke (40), North Carolina (39).
Consecutive Appearances...
The Blue Devils are one of only five teams competing in their 16th straight NCAA Tournament-- Tennessee (29), Stanford (23), UConn (22), Duke (16) and Georgia (16).
Coach P in Elite Company...
Blue Devil Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie is one of only 16 current head coaches in NCAA Division I who have both played and coached in the NCAA Tournament. Only McCallie, Baylor's Kim Mulkey, Kellie Harper, MaChelle Joseph and Jennifer Rizzotti led their team to the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
Coach P led Northwestern to the tournament in 1987 and also coached 14 different teams as a head coach.
Duke Versus The Field...
Duke has notched an 10-4 record against teams in 2009-10 who received invitations to the NCAA Tournament -- Connecticut (0-1), Temple (1-0), James Madison (1-0), Virginia (1-0), Florida State (1-0), Ohio State (1-0), Stanford (0-1), North Carolina (1-1), Texas A&M (0-1), N.C. State (2-0) and Georgia Tech (2-0).
The Blue Devils played two No. 1 seeds (UConn, Stanford), two No. 2 seeds (Ohio State and Texas A&M) and one No. 3 seed (Florida State) in the field.
In comparing the top eight seeds of the 2010 tournament, Duke played four of those, which ranks tied for second in the field. Oklahoma played five, while Rutgers and Texas also faced four of the top eight seeds.
Duke As a No. 2 Seed...
The Blue Devils are a No. 2 seed for the fourth time in school history. Duke owns an all-time record of 8-3 when seeded No. 2. The Blue Devils previously earned No. 2 seeds in the 1998, 2000 and 2005 tournaments.
Joanne P. McCallie has led a team to a No. 2 seed for the first time in her coaching career.
Road to San Antonio...
The last time the NCAA Final Four was held in San Antonio, Texas, Duke advanced to its second final four in school history in 2002. The Blue Devils downed Norfolk State, TCU, Texas and South Carolina before falling to Oklahoma, 86-71, in the NCAA Final Four.
Duke was a No. 1 seed in 2002 and also hosted the first and second rounds.
Reaching the 20-Point Mark...
Six different Blue Devils have registered 20+ points in a game this season, which leads the ACC. Allison Vernerey, Jasmine Thomas, Krystal Thomas, Bridgette Mitchell, Joy Cheek and Bridgette Mitchell have all scored 20 or more points this year in a game. Both Georgia Tech and Maryland are second with five different players.
In the NCAA Tournament field of 64 teams, Duke and Gonzaga feature the most 20+ point scorers of the teams with six each.
A Look Back at the ACC Tournament...
Duke claimed its sixth overall ACC Championship -- 2000-04 and 2010 -- and first under Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie.
Over the three games, Jasmine Thomas averaged 16.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.7 steals, while hitting 61.5 percent of her three-point field goals. She hit 8-of-13 treys on the weekend. Thomas joined the ranks of Monique Currie, Georgia Schweitzer and Iciss Tillis (two times) as the only Duke players to be named ACC Tournament MVP. She scored 21, 10 and 18 points in the three games to lead Duke.
Karima Christmas notched averages of 13.0 points. 3.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals, while hitting 50.0 percent of her field goals and 57.1 percent from downtown. Joy Cheek averaged 11.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals.
As a squad, Duke led all teams with a 47.4 three-point field goal percentage as the Blue Devils hit 18-of-38 from downtown.
Record In March...
Duke owns a 71-24 record in March since 1992-93. The Blue Devils are 61-15 the last 12 years. Overall in the 34 years of women's basketball, the Blue Devils are 77-40.
Duke Hosting NCAA Action...
Duke is one of 16 host sites for the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds in Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 20 and 22. The Blue Devils will host games on Saturday, March 20 at 12:00 and 2:30 p.m., followed by a single game on March 22 at 7:00 p.m. Get your tickets now if you haven't done so and experience March Madness in Durham.
Duke has won 12 straight games in Cameron Indoor Stadium in NCAA Tournament action.
At Home for the Blue Devils...
So far in 2009-10, Duke has registered a 14-1 overall record in games played in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have notched a 133-10 record at Cameron the last 10 years.
In three years at Duke, Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie has notched a 37-4 record in Cameron. In Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke has won 30 out of the last 31 contests, 52 out of the last 56 and 133 out of the last 143 games since 2000-01. Over the last two years, Duke has notched a 28-1 record in Cameron.
Duke has averaged 75.3 points and hit 44.0 percent of its field goals in the 15 home games this season. The opponents have averaged only 53.9 points, while hitting 34.6 percent of their field goals and 33.8 percent from downtown.
Of the 15 games, only Connecticut (81) and Southern California (72) scored over 70 points. Eight opponents were held to 51 points or under.
Joy Cheek has hit 11-of-19 three-point field goals (57.9 percent), while Duke has notched an 11.7 rebounding advantage and forced 23.5 turnovers.
