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Message: [QUOTE="MSSportsGuy, post: 2938804, member: 6485"] I apologize for bringing up a thread from a few days ago but it was a super busy week and I am just now catching up. I wanted to post here because Duke was a program I followed closely for a few years. I was living in Greensboro when Duke shocked UT in 1999 and wish I had been there in person. That win got my attention and I made a couple of trips to watch Duke at Cameron while I lived in the area. I was disappointed Duke didn't try to keep Goestenkors around. I recall there being a lot of discussion about her salary and what it would be at Texas. Texas has deep pockets but so does Duke. While she was coaching there Duke was the clear number 3 program nationally and they were oh so close to a NC. I think if she had gotten over that hump the school would have tried to keep her around. She had some great players and some good success in Durham and I hate that for whatever reason, she wasn't able to replicate even some of that in Austin. Duke, like Stanford, ND and Baylor, are terrific schools academically and I think would be top destinations for good players who are also strong students. Cameron is one of the neatest places to watch a game and the campus is gorgeous. The current Duke coach isn't my favorite, just sort of rubs me the wrong way, but hasn't been able to capitalize on even her teams with great talent. I wonder how much the school is engaged in women's basketball because that's the true measuring stick. SC was at the bottom of the SEC (along with Mississippi State) for many years. Dawn came to Columbia for reasons I was curious about at the time but now I see she clearly knew there would be a high level of support there. That's good for the game and wish a few more schools would be so committed. [/QUOTE]

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