All of the above is very encouraging and exciting to hear. Thanks again, Mr. Sumner.Some notes from women's hoops media day.
4438 season tickets sold; slightly more than all of last year.
Duke has a closed scrimmage this weekend against South Carolina. No fans, no media, score not kept; stats not kept.
The team is working on quickening the tempo. Duke wants to run more.
More players playing different positions. Duke will have some Chante Black-Krystal Thomas twin towers lineups. Black has been working on her perimeter game and made 7-7 on 3s in a recent practice.
We will also see some Black-Gay-Cheek frontlines, with Cheek playing the 3 on offense and Gay playing the 3 on defense.
Keturah Jackson (1,2,3), Shay Selby (1,2,3), and Kathleen Scheer (2,3,4) are working at 3 positions. KJ has worked hard on improving her ball skills.
Abby is an exception. McCallie wants to keep her at the 2. Had high praise for Waner, saying she is better in every way than last season.
Krystal Thomas is about 70 percent after knee surgery and heading in the right direction.
McCallie thinks depth is a strength. Lots of options.
Says she and her team are much more familiar with each other and practices have been much smoother and much more efficient than last season.
Defense is behind offense at this point. Communication needs to improve.
Karima Christmas is the strongest player on the team and may be the most improved. Look for her to split time at the 3 and the 4.
McCallie hopes to use man-to-man 90% -95 of the time, with matchup zones when advantageous.
Everybody seemed happy and eager for the season to begin.