Duke women's basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie sign copies of "Choice Not Chance" —  her first book — from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Gothic Bookshop in Duke's Bryan Student Events Center.

Men's college basketball coaches talk often about "toughness." These coaches use "tough" and "toughness" in different ways, to mean different things. Often, they mean determined or resilient. Because the men's coaches talk about toughness so often, sports reporters covering men's teams write often about toughness. They don't often write about women players being tough (or determined or resilient). But they are. 

Sunday's Duke-Carolina women's game in Chapel Hill provided a good example. In the first half, Duke forward Haley Peters took an elbow in the mouth that took 16 stitches to close, inside and outside her mouth. You won't often seen a bloodier basketball player. This might have exceeded the Tyler Hansbrough and Eric Montross bloody incidents well known to long-time ACC men's fans.

Click here to read the game story about Duke's win Sunday. Click on "photo gallery" to see Peters bloodied and later on the bench with some of her stitches visible. Peters returned with 11:44 remaining in the game, hit a jump shot and later had a key rebound. She finished with nine points and seven rebounds. She helped her team win a close game. "I'm here to play," she said. "I'm not here to watch." Now that's tough.  You won't see a more determined performance this season.  --John Drescher

N.C. State will unveil a new garden memorial Tuesday honoring its popular and successful  former women's basketball coach Kay Yow.

She'll become the first of several of the school's championship coaches to eventually be honored in "Coaches Corner," a memorial garden on the west side of Reynolds Coliseum.

Among the speakers at the unveiling will be Chancellor Randy Woodson and Yow's sister, Debbie, now NCSU's atheletic director.

The student government raised $85,000 to create the memorial garden. Yow, who died in January 2009 after a long struggle with cancer, was picked by the students to be the first coach honored there.

A stone-paved walkway in the garden leads to a bust of Yow on a pink granite pedastal.

After the unveiling there will be a reception at the Talley Student Center.

The event begins at 3 p.m. It's open to the public, and parking will be avilable at the adjacent coliseum deck. .

Staff photo by Chuck Liddy

North Carolina senior Jessica Breland has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and is undergoing treatment at UNC Hospitals, Breland's family and UNC announced today.

According to a news release, Breland is being treated with chemotherapy.

“The last few weeks have been a really emotional time for me, but I’ve got a very positive attitude about my treatment and I’m looking forward to getting healthy and getting back to playing basketball as soon as possible,” Breland said in a statement.

See a selection of the day's best photos from around the world.

Louisville crushes Baylor 56-39 in the women's NCAA Raleigh Regional semifinal at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday, March 28, 2009.

Duke romps to a 75-57 win over Florida State to advance to ACC women's championship game on Sunday.

The Blue Devils top Virginia 76-53 to advance to the semi-finals of the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament in Greensboro, N.C.

Carolina defeats Clemson 74-55 at the ACC women's basketball tournament in Greensboro, N.C. on March 6, 2009.

See a music video on women's ACC basketball featuring musician Damien Horne. Video courtesy of the ACC.