GREENSBORO, N.C. — It had been 19 years since Tia Jackson cut down a net.
Back then, in 2006, she was an assistant coach for Gail Goestenkors’ Duke Blue Devils, and the team led by Monique Currie and Lindsay Harding improbably defeated UConn in the Bridgeport, Connecticut regional in overtime. The victory marked Duke’s fourth trip to the Final Four.
That was arguably the last great era of Duke women’s basketball. They’ve won since then, of course. The Blue Devils went to Elite Eights and were NCAA tournament regulars with teams coached by Joanne P. McCallie that were led on the court by the likes of Chelsea Gray and
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