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Charlene Curtis is a women’s basketball analyst for Fox Sports Net and ESPNU. She is a former head coach at Wake Forest, Temple, and Radford and was an assistant at Virginia, Georgetown, and Connecticut. She also served as an assistant with the WNBA’s Charlotte Sting and several USA Basketball Teams. When not analyzing the game, Curtis can be found instructing future collegiate players on the hardwood.

		Inside ACC Women's Basketball with Charlene Curtis: Every Year's a Little Different   8/16/07   "Every year is different." At least that's what coaches like to say whether they have the same players returning or not. Duke finished the ACC regular season with a 29-0 mark. North Carolina was second and advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Final Four. And Maryland slipped by Florida State and N. C. State to hold onto the third seed going into the 2007 ACC Tournament. Georgia Tech was right on their heels and finished sixth. That was the result of the 2006-07 regular season.
		Inside ACC Women's Basketball with Charlene Curtis: Behind The Scenes ... Who Makes It All Work?   8/2/07   Most programs had some type of administrative assistant, secretary, or graduate assistant who handled the non-coaching administrative-type duties. The Director of Basketball Operations position was created as a result of the demands and expectations of Division I basketball.
		Inside ACC Women's Basketball with Charlene Curtis: Summertime is No Vacation   7/19/07   Even for the student-athletes, summertime is no vacation. While ACC coaches are generally focused on prospect evaluations during the month of July, not too far from the coaches' thoughts are the student-athletes who are currently members of their respective programs. So, just what are ACC basketball players doing during the summer months?

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