Duke Blue Devils: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights - Yardbarker It can be as simple as once we get through the holiday season to January, stuff's going to settle. Consistency is where we need to improve: be more consistent defensively, be more consistent offensively, be more consistent on the glass, said Lawson at ACC Tipoff Oct. 11. Despite her desire for an appeal, Lawson acknowledged and respected the outcome of the game as played. She didn't coach in The Bubble, as she had already left for Duke, but her footprint was clearly on that squad. Latson owns an ACC-leading 18 20-point games as well as seven 30-point games this year. After taking the reins of the Vanderbilt women's basketball program earlier this month, head coach Shea Ralph has announced her inaugural coaching staff with the additions of Tom Garrick, Ashley Earley and Kevin DeMille. Since Lawson and her team started posting the videos of her team talks, the response has been positiveand huge. Women's Champ Week predictions: Which teams will win the auto bids in all 32 conferences? The conference continues to prioritize and support our nearly 10,000 student-athletes in a world-class manner and conduct its 27 sponsored sports with the utmost integrity. Share and discuss First half of Duke women's basketball's loss to Florida State played with a men's ball, head coach Kara Lawson says on social media. Duke's staff looks a lot different than it did just a month ago, when the Blue Devils bowed out of the Final Four and Hall of Fame head coach Mike Krzyzewski's career came to an end. In the first season, 1974-75, the team played locally, finishing second in the state with a 6-7 record. Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson said the teams played with a men's basketball for the first half of a loss to Florida State on Sunday. Assistant Coach. I think the challenge is our kids understanding what their coverages are in their particular areas and then being able to move on the fly should someone throw something random at us, Jackson explained. "I think the world of Kara, Stevens said. One of the things going back to last year we assessed over the summer as a staff was how poor defensively we were, Lawson said. Down three with 15 seconds left, Fighting Irish junior guard Olivia Miles broke the Blue Devil press and drove down the court. facebook Duke won its last two games by double digits, cruising to a 79-62 . And even though Lawson left the team after the 2020 season, the two still keep in touch. NCAA basketball coaches salaries: Some of lowest paid making impact NC State lost 77-62. Notre Dame women's basketball's Niele Ivey named ACC coach of the year Head Coach. Brown, in her first season at Duke after transferring from Oregon State, is a major disruptor around the basket standing at 6-foot-6. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster - James Madison University Athletics After a season in the WNBA, she entered coaching. Exclusive access to LIVE, virtual interviews with Maria and friendsevery month! Offensively, the numbers are similar from a year ago, and there is a legitimate argument to be made that Duke had a more potent offensive team last year. You could always kind of see that when she was playing and you could hear it when she was calling games, but to get a chance to live it every day, shes as good as there is. "The lack of accountability is striking. "Let me be clear: Florida State beat us. "You have to feed them," Gamecocks coach and former Virginia Final Four guard Dawn Staley said earlier this season about the . Although that goal may have seemed unreasonable at the time, it is certainly attainable now ahead of Fridays quarterfinal at the ACC tournament. Associate Head Coach. It never settles. Understanding that we can handle it is a way to free ourselves, she believes. It didnt take long for assistant coach Karen Lange who had just joined the staff in April and works closely with the guards to realize the Blue Devils could be an aggressive man-to-man squad. The Sunday Paper Team. Tia is coming back to Durham, and we are clearly excited, said Lawson. And that cares about you. This may be why people respond to her videos. Duke women's basketball head coach Kara Lawson announced Friday the hiring of Beth Cunningham, Winston Gandy and Tia Jackson as assistant coaches. 8 Maryland. Kara Lawson patrols the sidelines during Duke's home win Thursday evening against Pittsburgh. When we step on the court, we know defense comes first.. A best-in-class newsletter that Inspires Hearts and Minds and Moves Its all the other movement defensively that were asking her to do at 6-6 and its super impressive that she can do it consistently well.. Before we could ask her to coach us, Lawson did just that. The Chronicle also reached out Thursday night to a Florida State team spokesperson, who directed all media to the ACC's statement Friday morning. The coaches were able to evaluate the team to see the pieces they had to solve this puzzle. Then once we got through the summer and the start of the fall and seeing how were moving and what were capable of doing and building on the (non-basketball) principles. Without it, a plan is just that an idea on paper. I wanted coaches that brought a lot to the table in terms of knowledge of the game, knowledge of recruiting, ability to build relationships and player development. Last year, we were the 10th-place team in the league playing on Wednesday [in the ACC tournament], said Lawson Monday. In 1974, Duke hired Emma Jean Howard to teach physical education, and to serve as the head coach of the women's basketball and volleyball teams. What happens is you handle hard better.. The 16th-ranked Blue Devils lost to the Seminoles . That is one stat that has progressed in a large way. MORE: Stephen A. Smith rips Celtics' promotion of Brad Stevens. "She's elite at what she doesI thought she was head coaching material after just five minutes talking with her." While NC State just recently began racking up ACC Tournament championships, the program had consistently been knocking at the door for years prior to its three-peat, finishing the regular season in the top-four of the conference each year since 2017. She still does that for us, but luckily, I dont think she has to do that as much. Were only as strong as that weakest person. So, if I am the weak link, its up to (a teammate) to talk me through it, get me right and make sure I know what Im supposed to be doing.. She is a former American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a basketball television analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards. Sasha Richie is a Trinity senior and a sports managing editor of The Chronicle's 118th volume. I am beyond enthusiastic about coming back to Duke. Buoyed by the success theyve had, the players are raising their ability to play fluidly and adapt to any changes being thrown at them by an opponent. "She is as sharp as they come," Stevens said, per KnoxNews.com. Women's Basketball Duke is still holding opponents under 51 points per game and has allowed only one ACC squad to score more than 58 points in a game. Jacob Camenker is a senior content producer at The Sporting News. Its about teaching them to understand that they can and encouraging them to do that. Duke basketball recruiting is changing: 'I don't think we'll recruit as When McGraw retired in April, Cunningham was not retained by new coach Niele Ivey, who also had been on McGraw's staff from 2007 to 2019. Duke women's basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie reveals that she is stepping away from the program due to uncertainty as she entered the final year of her contract. During Lawson's tenure, Smart shot 34.7 percent from beyond the arc, the second-highest mark of his career, while attempting a career-high 6.6 shots from 3-point range per game. Gandy helped the Owls to a 72-22 overall record and a 42-8 mark in Conference USA the past three seasons. The first half of Duke women's basketball's Sunday loss at Florida State was played with a men's ball, according to a closing statement made by head coach Kara Lawson in her postgame press conference Thursday evening following the Blue Devils' home win against Pittsburgh. Seen, Supported, and most importantly not alone on your journey to The Open Field. Duke Women's Basketball - Home - Facebook We have more people who are doing what theyre supposed to be doing and holding their own. But unless you continue to play, we lose that unique mentorship. Niele Ivey, Kara Lawson speak at ACC women's basketball media day. R.A. LESLIE, By Before that, he was coordinator of player development for the NBA's Washington Wizards for three years. The official Facebook page of Duke University Women's Basketball. Im always surprised. But Lawson is more inspired because everyone has something to face. FSU set to honor Sue Semrau ahead of women's basketball game against Duke In Duke's recent 77-62 victory over N.C. State, Taylor made numerous defensive plays, including a chase-down block on Wolfpack forward Mimi Collins and multiple deflections in the final two. Full access to Maria's collection of inspiring weekly essays. You have to have player buy-in to play good defense, said Lawson. You can have individually-talented people, but you must have a group that fits together. Kara Lawson. That's what will ultimately matter during the hiring process. With the loss of the two top frontcourt pieces, Onome Akinbode-James and Jade Williams, along with a slew of key pieces, Lawson needed to revamp the roster. I think you win when you can and so that's what our goal was all along., Our team plays hard and they play together, Lawson said after Dukes Jan. 26 win against Virginia Tech. PACK IT UP:NC State women's basketball's quest for 4th straight ACC Tournament title ends vs. Notre Dame. Cunningham, who also spent the eight years directly preceding her Duke tenure as an associate head coach at Notre Dame, fills the vacancy left by previous head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, who led the Bears to NCAA tournament appearances in two of her three years with the program, with the lone exclusion a result of the events COVID-19 cancelation. As a player, Cunningham, then known as Beth Morgan, helped lead Notre Dame to its first Women's Final Four in 1997. We need to be equipped to have the energy levels to handle hard., Senior editor Stacey Lindsay is a multimedia journalist. They give us tremendous effort. So that concept applies to everything., Lawson says that she and her coaching staff challenge their players.