GREENSBORO -- Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie has been named the 2010 ACC women's basketball coach of the year.
It's McCallie's first ACC coach of the year honor. In her third season with the Blue Devils, McCallie has guided her team to 24-5 overall record and the top seed in this week's ACC Tournament in Greensboro.
The Devils finished with a 12-2 conference record and shared the regular-season conference championship with Florida State. It was their first regular-season title since 2007.
"It is an honor to receive this award on behalf of an amazing team and staff," McCallie said.
McCallie becomes the first coach in NCAA history to win coach of the year honors in four different conferences.
She was named coach of the year in the North Atlantic (1995, 1996), America East (1999) and Big Ten (2005) conferences.
Virginia's Monica Wright was named as the conference's player of the year on Thursday.
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There have been some wild, crazy endings to North Carolina-Duke games over the 233-game history of the rivalry, and Duke's 85-84 victory Wednesday night at the Smith Center will take its place as one of the craziest and most memorable of all - if not the most. 
Right about the time the Smith Center crowd was mouthing "O'er the ramparts we watched," 700 miles away, Jordan Daniels was sinking the free throw that changed what the game would mean entirely. 
Maybe 20 minutes after he knocked down a shot that will forever be associated with his Duke career, Austin Rivers walked back out onto the same Smith Center court for a post-game interview with television reporters. 
There have been some wild, crazy endings to North Carolina-Duke games over the 233-game history of the rivalry, and the Blue Devil's 85-84 win at the buzzer on Wednesday night at the Smith Center will take its place as one of the craziest and most memorable of all – if not the most. 
Watch more from Duke's 85-84 win over North Carolina at the Smith Center on Wednesday night. Keep up with the latest sports stories with our free e-mail newsletters, delivered to your inbox!
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