1998–99 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 1998–99 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Gail Goestenkors for her 7th season at the school. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 29–7, 15–1 in ACC play to finish as regular season conference champions. They were defeated in the ACC tournament but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 3 seed in the East region, the Blue Devils reached the first Final Four in program history. They advanced to the National championship game where they were beaten by No. 1 overall seed Purdue.

1998–99 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 10
Record	29–7 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach	Gail Goestenkors (7th season)
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 т Duke	15	–	1		.938			29	–	7		.806
No. 20 Virginia	12	–	4		.750			20	–	9		.690
No. 10 т Clemson †	11	–	5		.688			26	–	6		.813
No. 14 North Carolina	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
NC State	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Georgia Tech	6	–	10		.375			13	–	14		.481
Wake Forest	3	–	13		.188			8	–	20		.286
Maryland	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
Florida State	2	–	14		.125			7	–	20		.259
† 1999 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

1998–99 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) RS Jr William Fremd Palatine, IL	Head coach Gail Goestenkors (Saginaw Valley State) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 13, 1998*	No. 4	vs. No. 3 UConn Nike Four in the Fall	L 74–104	0–1	San Jose Arena  San Jose, California
Nov 14, 1998*	No. 4	vs. No. 19 Stanford Nike Four in the Fall	W 77–57	1–1	San Jose Arena  San Jose, California
Dec 6, 1998*	No. 16	vs. No. 3 Tennessee	L 60–74	5–4	Orlando, Florida
Feb 14, 1999	No. 7	at No. 19 Clemson	L 75–80	21–5 (13–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
Feb 18, 1999	No. 8	NC State	W 75–67	22–5 (14–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
Feb 21, 1999	No. 8	No. 12 North Carolina	W 88–78	23–5 (15–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
ACC tournament
Feb 26, 1999*	(1) No. 10	vs. (8) Florida State Semifinals	W 90–57	24–5	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 28, 1999*	(1) No. 10	vs. (3) No. 13 Clemson Championship game	L 71–76	24–6	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, North Carolina
NCAA tournament
March 13, 1999*	(3 E) No. 10	(14 E) Holy Cross First round	W 79–51	25–6	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
March 15, 1999*	(3 E) No. 10	(6 E) Saint Joseph's Second round	W 66–60	26–6	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
March 20, 1999*	(3 E) No. 10	vs. (2 E) No. 5 Old Dominion Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 76–63	27–6	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 22, 1999*	(3 E) No. 10	vs. (1 E) No. 2 Tennessee Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 69–63	28–6	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 26, 1999*	(3 E) No. 10	vs. (3 ME) No. 12 Georgia National Semifinal – Final Four	W 81–69[1]	29–6	San Jose Arena (17,773) San Jose, California
March 28, 1999*	(3 E) No. 10	vs. (1 MW) No. 1 Purdue National Championship Game	L 45–62[2]	29–7	San Jose Arena (17,773) San Jose, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[3]

Rankings

Main article: 1998–99 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	4	6	20	16	16	17	16	17	13	12	11	9	9	7	8	8	10	10 т	Not released
Coaches																			2

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

• 1998-99 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team