2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Gail Goestenkors in her 10th season at the school, and played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 31–4, 16–0 in ACC play to win the regular season conference title by five games. They followed that success by winning the ACC tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 1 seed in the East region, the Blue Devils defeated Norfolk State, TCU, Texas, and South Carolina to reach the Final Four. In the National semifinal round, the Blue Devils were defeated by the No. 1 seed from the West region, Oklahoma, 86–71.

2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
ACC Regular season champions ACC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 3
Record	31–4 (16–0 ACC)
Head coach	Gail Goestenkors (10th season)
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Duke †	16	–	0		1.000			31	–	4		.886
No. 16 North Carolina	11	–	5		.688			26	–	9		.743
Clemson	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Virginia	9	–	7		.563			17	–	13		.567
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			15	–	14		.517
NC State	7	–	9		.438			14	–	15		.483
Wake Forest	5	–	11		.313			12	–	16		.429
Florida State	4	–	12		.250			13	–	15		.464
Maryland	4	–	12		.250			13	–	17		.433
† 2002 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 20 Alana Beard 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Southwood Shreveport, LA G/F 25 Monique Currie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bullis School Washington, D.C. F 33 Iciss Tillis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Cascia Hall Prep Tulsa, OK	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
ACC tournament
NCAA tournament
Mar 25, 2002*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (3 E) No. 13 South Carolina Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 77–68	31–3	Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena  Raleigh, NC
Mar 29, 2002*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (1 W) No. 2 Oklahoma National Semifinal – Final Four	L 71–86[1]	31–4	Alamodome  San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[2]

Rankings

Main article: 2001–02 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	Not released	5	9	14	11	8	8	9	11	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	Not released
Coaches	4	4	7	12	9	8	8	9	10	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4

See also

• 2001-02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

References

1. "Tennessee Has Surprise for Duke". The Los Angeles Times. April 7, 2003. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
2. "2001-02 Women's Basketball Schedule". Duke Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2024.