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Duke’s core has 1 more chance to break streak of Elite Eight finishes by Jay Sullivan The ChroniCle
For four members of the Duke women’s basketball team, this year’s nCAA tournament is the beginning of the end of a long journey. The Blue Devil seniors have one final opportunity to reach a Final Four—something they have yet to accomplish in their collegiate careers. Although the four—guards Tricia liston and Chelsea Gray and forwards haley Peters and richa Jackson—have become the cornerstone of the Duke program during their four years in Durham, each year has ended just shy of a chance to compete for a national championship. With three ACC championships and three elite eight appearances, the Blue Devil seniors have proven to be one of the most talented and decorated classes in the country during their four-year careers. Despite all the acclaim they have brought to the program, falling just short has been a theme for the seniors in their four years. injuries have consistently hampered the success of this Blue Devil class, especially during the past two years, as Gray has been sidelined for the final portions of both seasons due to injury. This season Duke has had to adjust to not only the loss of Gray, but also that of star sophomore guard Alexis Jones. With both Jones and Gray out of action, the Blue Devils have been forced to play without a traditional point guard. imperfection has become a reality that this class has had to face, and according to head coach Joanne P. McCallie, that makes their impact on the program that much greater. “They’ve been incredible from day one— in recruiting them, in coming to Duke, and their dreams at Duke, things they’ve wanted to accomplish, all the elite eight performances
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Duke’s belief fueled by adversity, perseverance New-look Blue Devils brimming with confidence by Brian Mazur The ChroniCle
When faced with a catastrophic injury to one of her players, head coach Joanne P. McCallie often likens a team moving on to starting the season anew. By that logic, the Duke squad that takes the floor Saturday to open the nCAA tournament will be the third that McCallie has coached this season. Season-ending injuries to point guards Chelsea Gray and Alexis Jones have forced this year’s Blue Devils to reinvent themselves in the midst of one of the most challenging conference schedules in ACC history. And each time, after initial growing pains, the new Duke team filled the voids left by lost talent with added toughness, determination and perseverance. The Blue Devils began the year with a roster of 15 players. Duke’s arsenal of available, healthy players has been whittled down to just nine in the course of five months due to a slew of injuries, transfers and dismissals. Adversity has become a way of life for the Blue Devils. Although Duke did not check off many of its usual accolades on its way to a no. 2 seed in this year’s Big Dance, McCallie said her group has
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Despite the loss of point guards Alexis Jones (left) and Chelsea Gray (right), the Blue Devils march into the Big Dance with high hopes. shown her something more profound than an extra tally in the win column. “We didn’t win the ACC tournament, which we have in the past, we didn’t win the regular season, but at the same time it may be the most storied year in terms of the team coming together that i’ve ever experienced,” she said. “[We are] learning how to bring the best out of each other, and they certainly have all
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made me a better coach every step of the way.” it was not an easy end to the team’s previous two seasons this year. one major element to the Blue Devils’ early-season success—including a 9-0 start—was the play of Gray, the team’s senior point guard and two-time All-American. After missing the back end of the 2012-13 season with a knee injury, Gray
was averaging 10.8 points and 7.2 assists per game in her first 17 contests. in that 17th game, a Sunday afternoon tilt with Boston College, Gray left the game late in the first half with what the Duke coaching staff called a bruised thigh. But then the unthinkable happened—further examination showed that Gray had a fractured kneecap and would miss the rest of her final season at Duke. McCallie refused to make excuses for her team even though the Blue Devils had close calls in road games against ACC bottom-feeders Miami and Virginia Tech, where Gray’s presence was sorely missed. The Duke head coach felt that her team had to push forward, starting over as if the next game were the start of a new season. Just as they had a year before, the Blue Devils had to adjust to life without one of the nation’s most dynamic guards. Sophomore Alexis Jones handled the point-guard duties and senior richa Jackson transitioned seamlessly into a starting role. Duke responded by winning eight of its next 10 games, including three victories against ranked opponents. The newlook Blue Devils were just beginning to find their stride when they lost their primary ball-handler for the second time in six weeks. See stARtInG oVER, page 9
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The ‘saving grace’ of the Blue Devil backcourt Ka’lia Johnson steps into the spotlight when her team needs her most by Amrith Ramkumar The Chronicle
Ka’lia Johnson started the season as Duke’s sixth guard in the rotation. This weekend, she will enter the NCAA tournament as a starter with a pivotal role. The junior guard scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting off the bench in 29 minutes in Duke’s final game of the regular season—a 64-60 loss at then-No. 14 North Carolina. Johnson was one of Duke’s few bright spots during the contest and showed she was ready to pick up the slack with seniors Chloe Wells and Chelsea Gray and sophomore Alexis Jones lost for the season due to injuries. Johnson’s ability to fill part of the void left by the trio of guards stemmed from her ability to continue pushing herself even when she wasn’t playing big minutes early in the season. “You just always go out expecting to [make] a bigger contribution to your team,” Johnson said. “I always told myself ‘No matter how many minutes I get, I’m going to play my hardest.’ You just always have to be ready. That’s what I’ve lived by. [Assistant coach Candace Jackson and assistant coach Hernando Planells] helped me a lot with that.” In the 29 games before the North Carolina game, the Chester, Va., native averaged 3.1 points on 50 percent shooting and 2.2 rebounds per contest in just 9.2 minutes per
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Junior Ka’lia Johnson started the season on the bench, but has since thrived as a starter in Duke’s injury-depleted backcourt. game. Johnson made sure she gave it her all when she was on the court. “The majority of the time, I was ready,” Johnson said. “I either stole the ball or made a key rebound or key put-back. Having that mindset whether I played or not kept me ready for the game and kept me energetic to cheer my teammates on.” Normally thought of as a defensive stop-
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per, Johnson showed against the Tar Heels that she was ready to emerge as an offensive playmaker and take advantage of increased minutes. She started Duke’s first ACC tournament game in the quarterfinals against Georgia Tech and knocked down two 3-pointers in the first half, including one just before the buzzer that helped the Blue Devils seize con-
trol of the game. After knocking down just five treys in her first 84 games at Duke, Johnson showed off a much improved shooting stroke against the Yellow Jackets. She did not cool off against North Carolina in the semifinals, knocking down a key 3-pointer with 5:01 left in the game to tie the score and making two free throws to put Duke ahead and help the team close out a 66-61 comeback win. Johnson’s ability to continue draining perimeter shots will be crucial for a team with only one true perimeter shooter left—Tricia Liston. “It was something I practiced during the year, so it was cool to see it come into play and for it to be so crucial,” Johnson said. “I know in the Georgia Tech game hitting the one before the half [was big], and in the [North Carolina] game, hitting the one in the corner to tie it up [was huge]. It was something I’ve been practicing all year.” Johnson’s perimeter shooting was not the only part of her game that looked revitalized in Greensboro. After handing out just eight assists during the season, she dished out nine helpers in three ACC tournament games and spent much more time playing point guard. “[She’s] great. She’s always been ready when her number is called, and she hasn’t played point guard much before this year, but she’s come in and done a great job,” Liston said. “On the court, we work that point guard position well together. She’s really grown a lot as a person and a player since I’ve known her.” See johnson, page 10
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A MATCHUP NIGHTMARE
Injury-ridden Duke uses size and length to its advantage by Brian Pollack The Chronicle
The Blue Devils began the season as a team that loved to play off its guards, get out in transition and play a fast-paced game. Now, they are a team that emphasizes throwing the ball into the post, taking care of the ball and slowing the game down. But with two All-American caliber guards out of commission due to season-ending injuries, Duke had no other choice. When All-American senior point guard Chelsea Gray saw her season end prematurely with a fractured right kneecap January 12 against Boston College, the Blue Devils still had Gray’s talented mentee—sophomore point guard Alexis Jones—to keep the offense running quickly and efficiently. Then Jones tore her left ACL February 23 at Notre Dame, and Duke was suddenly left without the starting backcourt tandem that was the driving force behind its high expectations coming into the season. The offense’s up-tempo style gradually slowed down as the season wore on, mirroring the team’s losses in the backcourt. In 17 games with both Gray and Jones on the floor, the Blue Devils attempted 49.8 2-pointers and 14.2
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Duke has embraced its post versatility, utilizing Oderah Chidom (left), Elizabeth Williams (center) and Amber Henson (right) in a variety of roles. 3-pointers per game. In the 11-game stretch with only Jones in the starting lineup, Duke saw those numbers dip to 47.0 and 13.6, respectively. The Blue Devils’ attack became even more deliberate after Jones was lost for the year, averaging only 42.8 2-point shots and 9.6 3-point attempts in five contests. “I think [playing slower without Jones and Gray] has helped,” senior forward Haley Peters said. “We’re not as quick
down the floor but we’re a better executing team than we have been, probably [the best] since I’ve been here. That’s going to be a huge thing for us going forward.” Never one to allow her team to wallow in self-pity, head coach Joanne P. McCallie quickly set out to reshape the Blue Devils’ rotation after her star guards suffered injuries, sliding players into unfamiliar roles in an effort to take advan-
tage of the strengths and weaknesses of the new-look lineup. “Given our situation, a lot of different people had to stand up in different positions,” freshman forward Oderah Chidom said. “We all have different skill sets, so we work on it in practice. Haley Peters has definitely stepped up, we’re all taking on roles we didn’t expect to See post, page 11
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and championships,” McCallie said. “There’s just so much that they’ve done. What’s interesting is i think this year might be the biggest year for learning what sports is all about. i mean that’s the irony of it. it hasn’t been perfect.” ranked in the preseason as the no. 2 team in the country, Duke was expected by many to compete for a national title against defending champion, and top-ranked, Connecticut. The
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Blue Devils earned their high ranking on the pedigree of the five returning seniors who guided the program to an elite eight loss to notre Dame the year before. however, the Blue Devils watched as injuries, a transfer and a dismissal diminished the ranks from 14 to 8 scholarship players available. With such a short bench, Duke has struggled to compete with top programs in the country, falling in the rankings after losses to Connecticut and notre Dame, among others.
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Faced with an nCAA regional bracket that includes the top-ranked huskies, the road to the Final Four will not be an easy one. Connecticut defeated the Blue Devils by 22 points in December when Gray and Jones were both still healthy. All this adversity has done is fuel and further educate Duke’s underclassmen to play for their senior mentors. “After every game, every loss, every tight moment, you can hear Tricia, richa, and haley just reminding us of their past experiences,” freshman oderah Chidom said. “Whenever we face adverse situations, they’re always giving us their insight. Just hearing them all the time, constantly and also knowing that it’s their last year, how they’ve put so much into this program, you almost kind of want to do it [reach the Final Four] for them.” The experience of being challenged to win and having to overcome injuries and losses throughout their careers has made this senior class comfortable with playing one game at a time. The seniors have become experts at focusing on the task at hand without getting distracted by Final Four aspirations. “i think that what this group has learned is that sometimes things don’t happen the way you want them to,” McCallie said. “Sometimes there’s not a glorious finish with everyone doing great and healthy.... i think this group is very good at staying in the moment. i don’t think we’re talking about finish. We’re talking about playing Winthrop, getting our mind set for that and just being very aggressive for that.” Although that one-game focus had become a trademark of the Duke program, three years of losing right before reaching their ultimate goal has left the seniors with regrets they hope
to resolve. national news outlets have consistently discounted the Blue Devils as a national title contender, despite Duke’s high seed in each of the past three years’ tournaments. The urgency to prove the Blue Devils’ worth has put extra pressure on the senior class to reach the Final Four this year. “You get such a sour taste in your mouth every year, going to the elite eight and then it just becomes the reputation of the time,” Peters said. “There are four or five teams every year who have the chance of getting to a Final Four, and you are consistently not one of those teams. Particularly when you know that you should be able to get there. none of us had ever had that experience.” legacy may be a topic for post-season banquets, but heading into their final games in a Duke uniform, both Peters and liston found it difficult to characterize what they hope this final tournament run will mean for their impact on the program. With ACC championship banners hanging in Cameron indoor Stadium along with dashed national championship hopes, this core of senior players feels the need to end their Duke careers without regrets. A Final Four appearance would turn this desire into a reality. “i do not know how much we have thought about our legacy,” Peters said. “We really try to stay in the moment. But i think we have started to shift over toward being the kind of team that Coach P has as her vision of what Duke women’s basketball is—a tough and gritty group that can compete with anybody. We have been trying to do that since i have been here. The next few weeks is the time to cement that.”
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Jones suffered a torn ACl in a road loss to notre Dame Feb. 23, leaving the team with a void in the backcourt that this time was more difficult to fill. however, with just four days until its next game, Duke knew it could not be defined by Jones’ absence. it was time to start over again. “When we found out that [Jones] was done for the season, it was pretty quick how everybody got on the same page,” Peters said. “everybody understood what people
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would say about us and what our response to that should be.” Although the team faced what many believed were insurmountable odds, Peters and the remaining Blue Devils drew on last year’s experience of losing Gray late in the season to confront the questions surrounding whether Duke could still be a contender. “The mental piece of it was important,” Peters said. “Knowing that there really is not too much... that we cannot adapt to, because we have so many great players and are always ready to step in and produce. We have dealt with that adversity. There was never a second where anybody in the program thought that we would not still be a really good team.” The team went to work adapting to life without their star point guard for the second time this season, giving junior Ka’lia Johnson her first starting role in the backcourt and even starting three post players, with a big increase in minutes for freshman forward oderah Chidom. Despite the loss of its two top backcourt options, the Blue Devils battled then-no. 14 north Carolina and fell just four points short. Duke would later blow past the Tar heels on its way an appearance in the ACC tournament championship game. Playing with a chip on its shoulders, the team proved that it could still play high-quality basketball. “What this group has learned is that sometimes things do not happen the way you want them to,” McCallie said. “Sometimes there is not a glorious finish with everyone doing great and healthy. We have learned a lot about the realities of some-
times the way things can be. i think this group is very good at staying in the moment.” When Duke fell to notre Dame in the ACC tournament title game, the team could have used its injuries as an excuse for its third loss to the Fighting irish this season. it could have let the media tear its Final Four hopes apart. instead, Duke has proved that its postseason chances are alive and well. Peters said that she could not remember a time during the past four years when her team
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executed better than it has these past few weeks. There are six games Duke needs to win to cut down the nets in nashville. regardless of the skeptics, the Blue Devils prepare to take the court and play with the belief that they can still reach that ultimate goal. “We have all had it in us, but i think going through this again, it gets to the point where you have your back against the wall where you have to decide whether you are just going to cave or change and be the team that you want to be,” Peters said.
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Although she committed five turnovers in Duke’s 69-53 loss to then-no. 2 notre Dame in the championship game of the tournament, Johnson facilitated the Blue Devils’ effectiveness in the paint early in the contest. Duke controlled the pace of the first half and at one point held a 20-6 edge in points in the paint because of Johnson’s determination to get the ball inside. like the rest of the Blue Devils, however, she struggled down the stretch, but Johnson proved she was ready to be a starter as Duke enters the nCAA tournament. “As soon as she had her opportunity, she just seized it,’ senior forward haley Peters said. “She has been so aggressive, handling the ball well and attacking. She made some huge plays in the notre Dame game and has a lot of confidence in herself. She has not let anything going on around her affect that.” Johnson’s mentality entering the Big Dance is motivated by all of Duke’s hardships and her determination to help the Blue Devil seniors finally get to the Final Four. having made it to two straight elite eights, Johnson knows the taste of getting close to the final weekend well. “it puts a lot of gas on the fire to really come out and just kick some butt,” Johnson said. “it’s just a whole new breed of basketball during the tournament—it’s very physical, it’s very long, the rest days are shorter and shorter. only the strong survive. We’ve gone through a lot to know what it feels like to have the strong survive.”
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take on.” Peters—who has been a staple of the team’s elite eight runs in the previous three seasons—has been asked to take on an entirely new role in the twilight of her Duke career. At 6-foot-3, Peters had comfortably played the role of a traditional four, using her height to form a formidable post tandem with All-American junior elizabeth Williams and utilizing her deft shooting touch to stretch out opposing defenses. With both starting guards out, McCallie is now asking more of Peters as she transitions into a sort of guard-forward hybrid. Peters is still making her presence felt inside—her 8.2 rebounds per game since Jones’ injury is a tick higher than her season average— but is also handling some of the point guard duties and has found herself attacking more from the perimeter. “i think that’s kind of the trendy thing now, to be a post player that’s also a guard,” Peters said. “i think a lot of [transitioning to playing more on the perimeter] is a mental adjustment. i’ve spent a lot of time over my four years working on perimeter skills and stuff, but there’s a big difference between doing that in practice
or on your own and stepping into games and playing against people who have played out on the floor for their entire careers.” Without the savvy Gray and the lightning-quick Jones—both consistent double-digit scorers—Peters has stepped up to take on a more prominent role as a scoring threat herself. She has scored at least 18 points in three of the five games after Jones was lost for the year, as compared to just one such performance in her first 24 games. With the seasoned Peters spending more time on the wing, it has been the newcomer Chidom who has filled in and played a large chunk of minutes at the four spot. in Jones’ absence, the freshman from California has matured quickly, averaging 20.8 minutes, 7.4 points per game, and 7.2 rebounds per game—noticeable improvements from the 13.1 minutes, 4.9 points, and 3.5 rebounds that she averaged prior to Jones’ injury. “At first, my freshman year, i was going to take it as
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a learning experience,” Chidom said. “Then given our situation, i just had to grow up like that—no time to learn. it’s funny, they call me a sophomore now, and they’re always preaching that i’m not a freshman.” Whether it be a veteran senior leader or an inexperienced freshman, Duke’s post players have shouldered the bulk of the offensive burden as the team persevered through adversity. Along with the consistent performance of Williams—who earned All-ACC First Team and All-ACC Defensive Team honors with 14.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, and a conference-leading 3.0 blocks per game—Peters and Chidom give the Blue Devils a frontcourt that has the potential to dominate opponents in the nCAA tournament. it has been a bumpy road thus far, but Duke still sees a path to the Final Four for itself. “At the beginning of the season, we had our ambitions for a national championship,” Chidom said. “Those ambitions are still there, despite who we have playing on the court.”
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