2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

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2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
Duke Athletics logo.svg
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
2016–17 record28–6 (13–3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Al Brown
  • Rene Haynes
  • Hernando Planells
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 33 4   .892
No. 9 Duke 13 3   .813 28 6   .824
No. 10 Florida State 13 3   .813 28 7   .800
No. 13 Louisville 12 4   .750 29 8   .784
No. 17 NC State 12 4   .750 23 9   .719
No. 21 Syracuse 11 5   .688 22 11   .667
No. 16 Miami (FL) 10 6   .625 24 9   .727
Virginia 7 9   .438 20 13   .606
Wake Forest 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Georgia Tech 5 11   .313 22 14   .611
Virginia Tech 4 12   .250 20 14   .588
Pittsburgh 4 12   .250 13 17   .433
Clemson 3 13   .188 15 16   .484
North Carolina 3 13   .188 15 16   .484
Boston College 2 14   .125 9 21   .300
2017 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie entering her 10th season. The team plays its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 13–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Hampton in the first round before getting upset by Oregon in the second round.

2016–17 media[]

All Blue Devils games will air on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network. WDNC will once again act as the main station for the Blue Devils IMG Sports Network games with Steve Barnes providing the play-by-play and Morgan Patrick acting as analyst.

Roster[]

2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Haley Gorecki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So William Fremd Palatine, IL
G 4 Lexie Brown 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr North Gwinnett
Maryland
Suwanee, GA
F 5 Leaonna Odom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Chaminade Lompoc, CA
C 11 Sofia Roma (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Nazareth Regional
Wagner
Richmond Hill, NY
G 13 Crystal Primm 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Oxbridge Academy West Palm Beach, FL
G/F 14 Faith Suggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Homewood Flossmoor Flossmoor, IL
G 15 Kyra Lambert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Samuel Clemens Cibolo, TX
F 22 Oderah Chidom 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA
G 23 Rebecca Greenwell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Owensboro Catholic Owensboro, KY
C 30 Emily Schubert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Elizabethton Elizabethton, TN
F/C 34 Lyneé Belton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So The Bullis School Clinton, MD
F/C 35 Erin Mathias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Fox Chapel Area Pittsburgh, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Rankings[]

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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AP RV RV RV RV 21 18 17 15 13 12 15 14 15 14 13 13 13 9 9 N/A
Coaches RV RV RV RV 21 20 18 17 15 15 16т 15 15 15 14 13 11 9 9
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Schedule[]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016*
6:00 pm
Charleston (WV) W 129–46 
 27  Greenwell   8  Tied   7  Greenwell  Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at  W 98–38  1–0
 28  Greenwell   10  Mathias   5  Tied  Vines Center (3,741)
Lynchburg, VA
11/13/2016*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Penn W 68–55  2–0
 20  Brown   14  Chidom   4  Chidom  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,263)
Durham, NC
11/15/2016*
7:00 pm
W 105–48  3–0
 30  Greenwell   8  Cooper   7  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,007)
Durham, NC
11/17/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Grand Canyon W 90–47  4–0
 18  Chidom   10  Greenwell   4  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,040)
Durham, NC
11/20/2016*
2:00 pm
at Vanderbilt L 73–77  4–1
 21  Brown   8  Chidom   7  Lambert  Memorial Gymnasium (2,841)
Nashville, TN
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Old Dominion W 92–64  5–1
 32  Brown   6  Tied   8  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,136)
Durham, NC
11/25/2016*
10:00 pm
at  W 83–46  6–1
 17  Brown   12  Chidom   5  Lambert  Walter Pyramid (1,057)
Long Beach, CA
11/27/2016*
4:00 pm
at Pepperdine W 99–65  7–1
 31  Greenwell   10  Odom   12  Brown  Firestone Fieldhouse (303)
Malibu, CA
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm
at Rutgers
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 68–32  8–1
 11  Greenwell   7  Tied   5  Greenwell  Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,704)
Piscataway, NJ
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 3 South Carolina W 74–63  9–1
 29  Greenwell   8  Chidom   2  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,036)
Durham, NC
12/08/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 21 Elon W 68–61  10–1
 25  Brown   8  Cooper   2  4 tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,121)
Durham, NC
12/21/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 Villanova W 68–50  11–1
 18  Tied   9  Greenwell   3  3 tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,377)
Durham, NC
12/29/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 15 No. 17 Kentucky W 69–54  12–1
 24  Brown   10  Greenwell   5  Greenwell  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,121)
Durham, NC
ACC Regular Season
01/02/2017
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 13 No. 8 Louisville W 58–55  13–1 (1–0)
 17  Brown   6  Tied   4  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,309)
Durham, NC
01/05/2017
7:00 pm
No. 13 at Georgia Tech W 75–68  14–1 (2–0)
 25  Brown   7  Cooper   4  Tied  Hank McCamish Pavilion (743)
Atlanta, GA
01/08/2017
3:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 13 at No. 6 Florida State L 45–69  14–2 (2–1)
 12  Lambert   6  3 tied   2  Lambert  Donald L. Tucker Center (6,687)
Tallahassee, FL
01/12/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 12 North Carolina W 70–58  15–2 (3–1)
 15  Odom   8  Cooper   3  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,718)
Durham, NC
01/15/2017
3:00 pm, RSN
No. 12 at No. 23 NC State L 52–55  15–3 (3–2)
 11  Greenwell   7  Greenwell   5  Greenwell  Reynolds Coliseum (4,657)
Raleigh, NC
01/19/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 15 No. 17 Virginia Tech W 84–59  16–3 (4–2)
 29  Brown   6  Tied   4  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,755)
Durham, NC
01/22/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 15 at Boston College W 67–44  17–3 (5–2)
 22  Brown   7  Chidom   6  Mathias  Conte Forum (1,374)
Chestnut Hill, MA
01/26/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 at No. 8 Notre Dame L 58–62  17–4 (5–3)
 22  Brown   7  Tied   4  Tied  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,309)
South Bend, IN
01/29/2017
1:00 pm, RSN
No. 14 Wake Forest W 71–43  18–4 (6–3)
 28  Brown   11  Odom   5  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,008)
Durham, NC
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 15 Clemson W 65–37  19–4 (7–3)
 21  Greenwell   5  Tied   7  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,564)
Durham, NC
02/05/2017
1:00 pm, RSN
No. 15 at Virginia W 70–51  20–4 (8–3)
 21  Greenwell   6  Greenwell   5  Lambert  John Paul Jones Arena (4,361)
Charlottesville, VA
02/10/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 No. 20 Syracuse W 72–55  21–4 (9–3)
 18  Greenwell   10  Greenwell   8  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,809)
Durham, NC
02/12/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 Pittsburgh W 62–48  22–4 (10–3)
 18  Brown   9  Odom   4  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,013)
Durham, NC
02/16/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 13 at Wake Forest W 79–53  23–4 (11–3)
 24  Brown   8  Chidom   7  Brown  LJVM Coliseum (1,118)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/19/2017
1:00 pm, RSN
No. 13 No. 16 Miami (FL) W 83–70  24–4 (12–3)
 28  Brown   13  Greenwell   4  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,153)
Durham, NC
02/26/2017
3:00 pm, RSN
No. 13 at North Carolina W 95–71  25–4 (13–3)
 30  Greenwell   7  Tied   13  Lambert  Carmichael Auditorium (4,221)
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
8:00 pm, RSN
(3) No. 13 vs. (6) No. 21 Syracuse
Quarterfinals
W 68–46  26–4
 22  Brown   9  Lambert   4  Brown  HTC Center (3,600)
Conway, SC
03/03/2017
2:30 pm, ESPNU
(3) No. 13 vs. (7) No. 16 Miami (FL)
Semifinals
W 57–52  27–4
 20  Brown   8  Brown   4  Brown  HTC Center (3,600)
Conway, SC
03/03/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN2
(3) No. 13 vs. (1) No. 3 Notre Dame
Championship Game
L 61–84  27–5
 16  Brown   5  Tied   3  Tied  HTC Center (3,600)
Conway, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 B) No. 9 (15 B) 
First Round
W 94–31  28–5
 26  Greenwell   10  Greenwell   9  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,328)
Durham, NC
03/20/2017*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
(2 B) No. 9 (10 B) Oregon
Second Round
L 65–70  28–6
 25  Brown   9  Tied   6  Brown  Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,620)
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016-17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball Schedule". Duke Athletics.
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