2008–09 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2008-09 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Lost Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#14^[1]
AP	#6
2008-09 record	27-6 ( ACC)
Head coach	Joanne P. McCallie
Assistant coach	Al Brown
Assistant coach	Samantha Williams
Assistant coach	Shannon Perry
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

The 2008–09 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Blue Devils were coached by Joanne P. McCallie, (also known as Coach P) and the Blue Devils played their home games at Freedom Hall in Durham, North Carolina. The Blue Devils are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils reached the 25-win mark for the 11th straight season, collected their 12th straight 10-win ACC season. McCallie guided Duke to a 14-0 record at home in Cameron Indoor Stadium marking only the second time in school history the Blue Devils have gone undefeated at home. Duke was also a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in school history and the third time out of the last four years.

Regular season

Roster

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class
11	Chante Black	6-5	Center	Senior
21	Joy Cheek	6-1	Forward	Junior
13	Karima Christmas	5-11	Forward/Guard	Sophomore
30	Carmen Gay	6-2	Forward	Senior
1	Chelsea Hopkins	5-8	Guard	Freshman
31	Keturah Jackson	6-0	Forward/Guard	Junior
15	Bridgette Mitchell	6-0	Forward/Guard	Junior
24	Kathleen Scheer	6-2	Forward/Guard	Freshman
3	Shay Selby	5-9	Guard	Freshman
5	Jasmine Thomas	5-9	Guard	Sophomore
34	Krystal Thomas	6-4	Center	Sophomore
4	Abby Waner	5-10	Guard	Senior

^[2]

Schedule

Date	Location	Opponent	Blue Devils Points	Opp. Points	Record

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points

Postseason

NCAA Basketball Tournament

Berkeley Regional
- Duke 83, Austin Peay 42
- 2008-09 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team 63, Duke 49

^[3]

Awards and honors

Chante Black, ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Chante Black, John R. Wooden Award finalist
Chante Black, State Farm All-America team
Chante Black, USBWA All-America first team
Chante Black, third team Associated Press All-America,
Chante Black, All-ACC
Chante Black, All-ACC Defensive team
Chante Black, midseason candidate for the Naismith Award.
Carrem Gay, All-ACC Tournament first team
Abby Waner, 2009 Robin Roberts/WBCA Broadcasting Scholarship and was a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award in 2009.
Jasmine Thomas, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III
Jasmine Thomas, All-ACC Academic Team honors
Abby Waner, All-ACC Tournament first team selection

Team awards

Team awards were voted on by team members and staff

Chante Black, Best Rebounder
Chante Black, Player of the Year awards
Abby Waner, Assist Maker award
Abby Waner, Best Free Throw Shooter award
Carrem Gay, Meanest Mother on the Court Award (represents the Blue Devil that does the dirty work, including assists, steals and leads the team in floor burns).
Keturah Jackson, Best Defender award
Karima Christmas, Sixth Player of the Year
Karima Christmas, Most Improved ^[4]

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round	Pick	Player	WNBA Club
1	10	Chante Black	Connecticut Sun
2	21	Abby Waner	New York Liberty

^[5]

April 23: Carrem Gay has signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. Gay, who is from New York, N.Y., averaged 6.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the Blue Devils in 2008-09.^[6]