2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 4
Record	31–4 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Gail Goestenkors (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Tia Jackson (1st season) Shannon Perry Gale Valley
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

2005–06 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †	13	–	1		.929			33	–	2		.943
No. 3 Maryland	12	–	2		.857			34	–	4		.895
No. 4 Duke	12	–	2		.857			31	–	4		.886
Florida State	10	–	4		.714			20	–	10		.667
NC State	7	–	7		.500			19	–	12		.613
Virginia Tech	6	–	8		.429			21	–	10		.677
Boston College	6	–	8		.429			21	–	12		.636
Miami (FL)	6	–	8		.429			17	–	13		.567
Virginia	5	–	9		.357			20	–	12		.625
Wake Forest	3	–	11		.214			12	–	16		.429
Georgia Tech	2	–	12		.143			14	–	15		.483
Clemson	2	–	12		.143			8	–	21		.276
† 2006 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Gail Goestenkors in her 14th 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, 12–2 in ACC play to finish second in the regular season conference standings. They were defeated in the ACC tournament but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 1 seed in the Bridgeport region (East), the Blue Devils defeated Southern, USC, Michigan State, and UConn to reach the Final Four for the third time in five years. Duke was one of three ACC schools to play in the 2006 Final Four, joining North Carolina and Maryland. In the National semifinal round, the Blue Devils easily defeated LSU to advance to the National championship game where the team was beaten by conference foe Maryland, 78–75 in overtime.

Roster

2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Mistie Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr George S. Parker Janesville, WI G 2 Emily Waner 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So ThunderRidge Highlands Ranch, CO G/F 3 Laura Kurz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Germantown Academy Lower Gwynedd, PA G 4 Abby Waner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr ThunderRidge Highlands Ranch, CO G 10 Lindsey Harding 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Cy-Fair Houston, TX C 11 Chante Black 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So East Forsyth Winston-Salem, NC G/F 22 Brittany Mitch 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr St. John's McLean, VA G 23 Wanisha Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Riverdale Baptist Upper Marlboro, MD G 24 Jessica Foley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr AIS G/F 25 Monique Currie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Bullis School Washington, D.C. F 30 Carrem Gay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Christ The King New York, NY G/F 31 Keturah Jackson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Dreher Columbia, SC C 43 Alison Bales 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Beavercreek Dayton, OH	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 18, 2005*	No. 1	at Penn State	W 93–67	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
Nov 20, 2005*	No. 1	at Old Dominion	W 93–56	2–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center  Norfolk, VA
Nov 22, 2005*	No. 1	Fairfield	W 110–44	3–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Nov 26, 2005*	No. 1	Arkansas State Duke Classic	W 110–56	4–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Nov 27, 2005*	No. 1	Auburn Duke Classic	W 69–37	5–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Dec 4, 2005*	No. 1	at No. 16 Texas	W 84–70	6–0	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, TX
Dec 6, 2005*	No. 2	at TCU	W 92–52	7–0	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum  Fort Worth, TX
Dec 19, 2005*	No. 2	Ball State	W 110–24	8–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Dec 22, 2005*	No. 2	Colorado State	W 99–52	9–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Dec 28, 2005*	No. 2	vs. St. John's San Diego Surf'N Slam Classic	W 105–57	10–0	San Diego, CA
Dec 30, 2005*	No. 2	at San Diego San Diego Surf'N Slam Classic	W 119–52	11–0	San Diego, CA
Jan 2, 2006	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 100–54	12–0 (1–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Jan 5, 2006	No. 2	Florida State	W 87–68	13–0 (2–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Jan 8, 2006	No. 2	at No. 6 Maryland	W 86–68	14–0 (3–0)	Comcast Center  College Park, MD
Jan 11, 2006	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	W 67–59	15–0 (4–0)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
Jan 14, 2006	No. 2	at Boston College	W 66–52	16–0 (5–0)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
Jan 16, 2006*	No. 2	at Holy Cross	W 84–36	17–0	Hart Center  Worcester, MA
Jan 19, 2006	No. 2	NC State	W 77–57	18–0 (6–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Jan 23, 2006*	No. 2	No. 1 Tennessee	W 75–53	19–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Jan 26, 2006	No. 2	at Clemson	W 97–56	20–0 (7–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
Jan 29, 2006	No. 2	No. 3 North Carolina	L 70–74	20–1 (7–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Feb 6, 2006	No. 2	at Virginia Tech	W 73–62	21–1 (8–1)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
Feb 10, 2006	No. 2	Virginia	W 88–65	22–1 (9–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Feb 13, 2006	No. 1	No. 4 Maryland	W 90–80	23–1 (10–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Feb 19, 2006	No. 1	at Miami (FL)	W 99–93	24–1 (11–1)	University of Miami Convocation Center  Coral Gables, FL
Feb 22, 2006	No. 1	Virginia Tech	W 93–51	25–1 (12–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Feb 25, 2006	No. 1	No. 2 North Carolina	L 65–77	25–2 (12–2)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
ACC tournament
Mar 3, 2006*	No. 2	vs. Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	W 69–56	26–2	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
Mar 4, 2006*	No. 2	vs. No. 4 Maryland Semifinals	L 70–78	26–3	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
Mar 19, 2006*	(1 BPT) No. 4	vs. (16 BPT) Southern First round	W 96–27	27–3	Ted Constant Convocation Center  Norfolk, VA
Mar 21, 2006*	(1 BPT) No. 4	vs. (8 BPT) Michigan State Second round	W 85–51	28–3	Ted Constant Convocation Center  Norfolk, VA
Mar 26, 2006*	(1 BPT) No. 4	vs. (4 BPT) No. 16 Michigan State Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 86–61	29–3	Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard  Bridgeport, CT
Mar 28, 2006*	(1 BPT) No. 4	vs. (2 BPT) No. 8 Connecticut Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 63–61 ^OT[1]	30–3	Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard  Bridgeport, CT
Apr 2, 2006*	(1 BPT) No. 4	vs. (1 SAN) No. 5 LSU National Semifinal – Final Four	W 64–45[2]	31–3	TD Garden  Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 4, 2006*	(1 BPT) No. 4	vs. (2 ABQ) No. 3 Maryland National Championship	L 75–78 ^OT[3]	31–4	TD Garden  Boston, Massachusetts
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[4]

Rankings

Main article: 2005–06 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	Final
AP	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	Not released
Coaches	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	2

See also

• 2005-06 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

References

1. "Bales Leads Blue Devils to Overtime Win Over Huskies". The Washington Post. March 29, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
2. "Finally, Duke Gains Spot in Title Game". The Washington Post. April 2, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
3. "Maryland Stuns Duke for Women's Basketball Title". The New York Times. April 5, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
4. "2005-06 Women's Basketball Schedule". Duke Athletics. Retrieved July 7, 2024.