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Two Teams, One Goal—Welcome to the Sweet 16

By Duke University

March 23^rd, 2018

Photos by Reagan Lunn/Duke Athletics

This weekend, Duke Basketball heads into the Sweet 16 where the men will face Syracuse and the women’s team will take on UConn. With March Madness in full swing both teams are set for their run at the title. We look back at some of our favorite moments of the season so far and look forward to some more spectacular shots.

Go Blue Devils!

Meet the Players

“It’s always exciting to coach talent.”

- Coach Mike Krzyzewski

The Lady Blue Devils sign posters for their fans.

Warm-Up

“We’ve been practicing all week long on getting more accurate, a little bit more defensive, getting into passing lanes, more ball pressure—and I think everyone’s stepped up big time on defense.”

- #4 Lexie Brown

Coach P goes over strategy with the team before the game.

Pre-game warm-up at the NCAA Tournament.

The Lady Blue Devils get pumped up before the game.

Get in the Zone

“We don’t look at it as, it is a different game from during the regular season, but we just want to go into the game where we’re going to play our heart out no matter what.”

- #34 Wendell Carter, Jr.

Marvin Bagley III escapes into his headphones to get into the zone.

The women’s team takes the court vs. High Point.

GAME TIME

“The whole season we have been trying to mesh and find that rotation. We are rolling and clicking and are all familiar with each other now.”

- #2 Gary Trent, Jr.

Trevon Duval dunks in a game against Michigan State.

Bagley dunks over a UNC player in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Wendell Carter, Jr. throws one down vs. Rhode Island.

Marques Bolden dives for the ball against Indiana.

"Lexie and Becca kept us grounded the whole game, which is really key. We all just kind of fed off each other."

- #35 Erin Mathias

Leaonna Odom goes up for the shot over Georgia Tech.

Rebecca Greenwell drives down the court vs. Georgia Tech.

Bego Faz Davalos fights for the shot aginst UNC.

Lexie Brown dives for the ball against Florida State.

Marvin Bagley dunks and the bench explodes in a game against UNC.

BLUE AND WHITE

“Our goals are the same every year—to pursue every championship whether it be a tournament, ACC Tournament, regular season or the NCAA Championship.”

- Coach Joanne P. McCallie

Duke players embrace during a game against Georgia Tech.

The women’s bench erupts after a big play.

Jayda Adams, Haley Gorecki and Lexie Brown get pumped up.

Marvin Bagley celebrates after a big play.

“Our biggest takeaway ... is that anything can happen. You know, every team is here for a reason and every game is—anybody could win it. So if we go out, we just got to play hard. We can't assume anything, got to worry about that one game.”