The 2008–09 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented

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in the 2008–09

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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 Cameron Indoor Stadium in

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. The Blue Devils are a member of the

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. 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

Player stats

Postseason

NCAA basketball tournament

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

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

Team players drafted into the WNBA

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.

References

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