Rutgers played the game their way, but the Blue Devils came away with the victory. It was a rematch of last year's Sweet Sixteen game-- but this time the Dukie at the line, Carrem Gay, made the free throws that sealed the win.

"When we needed to rebound, quite frankly, we didn't," coach Stringer concluded. Instead, coach Stringer freaked out when a calll went against her team in the closing seconds: the resulting technical foul against her gave Duke four free throws in a row.

The game might conceivably have been fun to watch, what with all those steals, but the box score makes it look like water torture: 19-17 at the half. 28% shooting (Rutgers). 1-16 three-point shooting (Duke). 38 turnovers combined, and a final combined score well under 100.

The Duke win will also sow confusion for poll-watchers: coach McCallie's new team had lost three in a row, but has now beaten the team that just beat Maryland. Next week's number three spot will be anyone's guess.