The AP preseason rankings are out, but Duke is not in. (No shock there.)
ACC teams are
#9 Louisville
#12 FSU
#14 NCSU
#16 ND
#18 Miami (tie)
#21 Syracuse
Once again, the conference is well represented.
We do have 4 votes.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/rankings
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Another snapshot
https://goduke.com/news/2019/10/27/w...px?path=wbball
Duke is playing Alaska Anchorage in an exhibition and leads after one quarter 23-13. Na Odom hits her first career three pointer at the buzzer.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
51-33 at the half. This team is showing some firepower.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
73 - 47 after three. Duke is shooting 53% from the field.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
91 - 59 Final. Regular season begins Tuesday. Neither Boykin or Lambert played. Two freshmen scored in double digits, Baines and Claude.
Last edited by chrishoke; 11-03-2019 at 03:59 PM.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Pleasant surprise.
Kyra Lambert will play tonight in Duke's season opener against High Point.
Outstanding news! Can't wait to see her back in action. Very happy for Kyra!
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
FWIW, Creme’s pre-season bracketology has Duke as an eight seed. Which feels about right. Expectation management will be a key to enjoying this season rather than moping through it or worse.
This is who we are. If you can’t deal ...
Kyra made her first bucket in over two years... on a 75 foot heave to end the 1st quarter. Gotta believe it will end up on ESPN's top 10 plays of the day...or whatever they call it.
48-29 at the half. HPU with a lot of three attempts, not much else.
The play reflects this is the first game of the year.
83-52 final. Kyra played, hit a three and scored 5.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Good first game. An over-matched and shorter HPU team made 9 threes, but shot 34 of them for 26%. good defensive effort there.
I liked the mobile offense, a lot of cuts to the basket. Looks like we’ll play nine, with Leaonna, Haley, Onome, Miata and Jade starting. Kyra will play limited minutes at the beginning, and three frosh, Jada, Jaida and Azana will play a lot. Good movement from them, a lot of slashing. 50% from three, including Leaonna’s first two career threes, and 22-25 from the line (88%).
Big step up in opponents on Sunday against #6 Texas A&M.
Um, the final was 93-57.