2024-25 DWBB Season

brevity said:
Duke WBB plays at UNC on Thursday 1/9 at 7pm ET on ACCN (streaming link, listen, live stats)
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Duke links: preview, PDF game notes
UNC links: preview, PDF game notes

If you're attending the game in Carmichael Arena, UNC's team website has a Gameday Guide.

If you're watching on TV or streaming on the ESPN platform, Pam Ward (Maryland grad; bio), Stephanie White (Purdue basketball; article) will call the game for the ACC Network.

As I've mentioned before, Stephanie White is the new head coach of the Indiana Fever, and I still like the fact that she gets to scout the Blue Devils in her downtime. This is her third assignment to a Duke game this season; she previously called the Belmont and South Florida games. I don't know if this gives Reigan Richardson a leg up in the 2025 WNBA Draft -- the third round seems wide open -- but it can't hurt to have a war room insider who's well-versed in ACC basketball.

Pam Ward recently spoke to Mike Lindsley of the ML Sports Platter podcast about the state of women's college basketball.


"ESPN would always do market surveys, and we would skew towards older men, who actually watched women's basketball a lot, and that was not necessarily the majority, but the plurality of our audience. But what we have seen in the last couple years, and it's dictated by what you see in the stands... now when you look at the audiences, and the research that we're doing, it's pretty much going all the way across the demographic board, which is really cool. I do softball [games] in the spring... the ACC tournament was at Duke, and every day I would see different men with Caitlin Clark shirts on, and it just warmed my heart."
 
dudog84 said:
Same tomorrow night with #6 LSU (also only 1 ranked opponent, at home) visiting #16 Tennessee. Their only real challenge has been Kim Mulkey's wardrobe. Of course the big game of the night is in Chapel Hill.
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Good night for WCBB, thought I should mention there are 2 more top-25 matchups tonight. #18 Alabama @ #5 Texas & #21 NCState @ #24 Cal.

Though there is a little football game between Penn State & ND that will be taking some eyeballs.

Plus, if you have an hour here is Kara's radio show from Tuesday. I haven't watched it all yet, can't tell you if there are any tidbits.

 
In a game I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, Vegas gives Duke a 1.5pt edge, and ESPN's predictor says the Blue Devils have a 60.9% chance of victory.
 
DoubleBlue said:
You may have read that wrong. ESPN currently shows it UNC -1.5. Although the predictor is 60.9% for Duke. Strange.
Torvik has it UNC -3.6 and WarrenNolan UNC -2.
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No, it def shows Duke -1.5. Maybe that's where it started. Regardless, if I were a better, as I said, I wouldn't touch it.
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Duke vs. North Carolina (Jan 9, 2025) Live Score - ESPN

Live coverage of the Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina Tar Heels NCAAW game on ESPN, including live score, highlights and updated stats.
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I fully expect the game to go to three OTs, and end in a tie after both teams have fully fouled out. ;)
 
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Can't watch live but couldn't help glancing at the score... 4-4???? 2 and change left in the 1st? What is happening??!!
 
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