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Post by purplehaze on Dec 25, 2020 21:10:23 GMT -5
Big surprise to see the Duke women’s basketball team announce the cancellation of their season - guess the reason has the be virus related but maybe other internal considerations
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 25, 2020 21:34:22 GMT -5
There was a statement that it was due to factors related to Covid 19.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 25, 2020 21:42:42 GMT -5
It was a vote of the team members not to play. All other winter sports at Duke are still on.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Dec 25, 2020 21:44:27 GMT -5
(CNN)Duke University's women's basketball team will not play the remainder of the 2020-2021 season, citing health and safety concerns stemming from Covid-19, the school announced Friday.
"The student-athletes on the Duke women's basketball team have made the difficult decision to conclude their current season due to safety concerns," Michael Schoenfeld, chief communications officer for Duke University, said in a press release.
"We support their decision, as we have supported the choices made by all student-athletes at Duke during this unprecedented time. Duke will maintain our current schedule of competition in other sports and will continue to observe our rigorous health and safety protocols, which include daily testing for all student-athletes and are based on guidance from leading medical experts."
We have opted out of the 2020-21 season.
— Duke Women's Basketball (@dukewbb) December 25, 2020
Duke announced December 16 that it was pausing team-related activities for the women's basketball program due to two positive Covid-19 tests and contact tracing among the individuals within the travel party.
Duke's last three games had been postponed, including contests against Miami (scheduled for December 13), North Carolina State (December 20) and UNC Wilmington (December 22). The remainder of its schedule was Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Duke finished the season with a 3-1 record, with Kara Lawson in her first season as the Blue Devils' head coach. Lawson recently became the first NCAA Division I Power Five head coach to win her first three games by 25 or more points.
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Post by HC92 on Dec 26, 2020 11:59:10 GMT -5
“Duke finished the season with a 3-1 record, with Kara Lawson in her first season as the Blue Devils' head coach. Lawson recently became the first NCAA Division I Power Five head coach to win her first three games by 25 or more points.”
Duke blew out Longwood, Western Carolina and East Carolina. They lost to Louisville by 24 in their final game before taking a break and ultimately cancelling the season.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 26, 2020 18:40:18 GMT -5
Hell of a rise through the ranks, if you will, by Coach Lawson. Only season as a coach prior to the Duke hire was 2019-20, Celts assistant.
Great resume as a player, of course.
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Post by purplehaze on Dec 29, 2020 20:18:51 GMT -5
Posted on the women’s section but maybe belongs here - today the SMU women turned in their uniforms and cancelled the rest of their season
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Post by purplehaze on Dec 30, 2020 10:10:17 GMT -5
Maybe some perspective on why the Duke women are not playing:
(Duke tests their players daily) A report Monday in the Raleigh News & Observer said the Blue Devils had requested that all of their opponents also be tested daily, and that when that was not granted by the ACC, the players decided they wouldn't play again this season.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Dec 30, 2020 12:17:59 GMT -5
Does Duke require that all students at the college be tested daily? Because if they don't, is it safe to assume that the women's basketball team is quarantined in their own dorm with no one leaving and no one entering?
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 14, 2021 13:42:04 GMT -5
UVA's women just turned in the towel and will not play any more this season - wonder when a men's team will do the same thing - is the virus more dangerous to women than men?, I don't think so
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Post by timholycross on Jan 14, 2021 15:09:21 GMT -5
The only good thing, I guess, is that this is a situation where the athletes have a choice to do or not do something. Usually the college is in complete control, especially if there is a scholarship involved.
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Post by Tom on Jan 15, 2021 12:29:30 GMT -5
UVA's women just turned in the towel and will not play any more this season - wonder when a men's team will do the same thing - is the virus more dangerous to women than men?, I don't think so All of the men's teams in the Ivy League have done the same thing. The real question is when will a men's team that regularly gets on TV do the same thing
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Post by HC92 on Jan 15, 2021 17:57:39 GMT -5
UVA's women just turned in the towel and will not play any more this season - wonder when a men's team will do the same thing - is the virus more dangerous to women than men?, I don't think so All of the men's teams in the Ivy League have done the same thing. The real question is when will a men's team that regularly gets on TV do the same thing Not soon.
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Post by HC13 on Jan 18, 2021 15:29:06 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Jan 18, 2021 17:44:13 GMT -5
Vandy was 0-3 in the SEC. UVA was 0-5 overall. Duke got smoked in its one game against a real team. Seems there may be a correlation between results and willingness to continue to play under challenging conditions.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 18, 2021 21:33:32 GMT -5
Vandy was 0-3 in the SEC. UVA was 0-5 overall. Duke got smoked in its one game against a real team. Seems there may be a correlation between results and willingness to continue to play under challenging conditions. Given Vandy could only dress 7 players for their most recent game due opt outs, injuries, and those unable to play due to the virus - maybe give them a pass on your chicken-out accusation.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 19, 2021 1:51:59 GMT -5
Vandy was 0-3 in the SEC. UVA was 0-5 overall. Duke got smoked in its one game against a real team. Seems there may be a correlation between results and willingness to continue to play under challenging conditions. Given Vandy could only dress 7 players for their most recent game due opt outs, injuries, and those unable to play due to the virus - maybe give them a pass on your chicken-out accusation. Virginia also stated their numbers were very low according to Hall of Fame player Tina Thompson who is their head coach. The Virginia student paper also said they were playing some games with seven players. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2021/01/rutherford-five-ways-the-virginia-womens-basketball-team-can-improve
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 19, 2021 7:20:53 GMT -5
I wonder why there have been a number of women’s programs who have hung up the sneakers this season, but there haven’t been a men’s program that has canceled things.
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 19, 2021 7:28:13 GMT -5
I also was wondering why the women shut things down but the men, at the same school, kept playing. I guess, like so many things, it might come down to money.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 19, 2021 8:24:28 GMT -5
^ Not sure what this has to do with it. Perhaps because the men at the same schools maybe can dress enough players to compete.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 19, 2021 8:31:36 GMT -5
Have the men just cancelled or postponed games when they do not have enough to play ? Many teams have had multiple pauses, some up to a month.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 19, 2021 8:40:53 GMT -5
Opt outs mean a player isn't returning to play.
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Post by HC92 on Jan 19, 2021 9:44:30 GMT -5
Not sure how this turned controversial but it’s 2021 so I guess everything has to be a fight. The facts are fairly simple.
1. More individual players on the women’s side have decided to opt out this season. 2. More teams on the women’s side are having trouble fielding teams for games due to the number of opt outs plus other injuries, etc. 3. Some women’s teams have now decided to opt out of the rest of the season. 4. Those teams thus far have been ones that were struggling with being competitive against their peers for one or more reasons including the lack of players willing/able to play this season.
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Post by Tom on Jan 19, 2021 9:48:42 GMT -5
Hard to guess when we don't have all the facts. In the case of Vandy that only had 7 players, how many players could be reasonably expected to be back in two weeks. If they're shorthanded 6 (13 schollies minus 7 available) is there one opt out or 5 opt outs?
Serious question because I don't really follow the girls' game. Are there female walk-on's? That would provide extra warm bodies.
All that being said, this board has reported 3 power conference women's teams shutting themselves down (Duke, UVA, Vandy) and zero men. All things being equal one would expect half the teams that can't maintain a full roster would be men. Three is too small a sample size to call this a statistical anomaly. However, we're not that far from questioning if there is an underlying reason why women are cancelling seasons more than men
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Post by timholycross on Jan 19, 2021 11:01:53 GMT -5
Serious question because I don't really follow the girls' game. Are there female walk-on's? That would provide extra warm bodies. Maybe hardly any. The reason I say this is that the elite women's teams (UConn being a prime example) keep sharp by playing the equivalent of men's walk ons.
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