(Editor's note: Duke's Caitlin Howe, a a freshman guard, will share a diary with ESPN.com throughout the season.)

Feb. 17, 2003

	Howe

Hey everybody! It was a good week for Duke basketball. After losing to a certain team from somewhere up north ... we had some of the best practices of the season. I think a mid-season loss often helps to refocus the team and coaches, which certainly was the case for our team. We had great team wins versus Virginia and Georgia Tech this week.

People often ask me how many times I workout each day or how many hours the team practices, etc. So I decided to do sort of a "day in the life of ... "

I'll start with my own and then share some of my other teammates "days" (I'm interested to know what some of my teammates do all day!!). The team is only allowed a certain number of hours a week to practice, so I do a lot of extra lifting weights and shooting on my own.

Thursday: Game day (vs. Ga. Tech)
8:26 a.m. -- My alarm goes off (get up, turn it off, then get back into bed for a few minutes)
8:30 a.m. -- Tiff's (my roommate) alarm goes off; this time I have to get up
8:40 a.m. -- Leave my dorm room to get on the bus
8:55 a.m. -- Arrive at Cameron
9 a.m. -- Lift weights in basketball weight room
10 a.m. -- Ice (my knees), shower and then walk to Chem class
10:55 a.m.-12:10 p.m. -- Take Chemistry test (I think I aced it, but we'll see!)
12:10 p.m. -- Walk across campus for next class
12:40-1:55 p.m. -- Taoism and Chinese Religions class
2 p.m. -- Pre-game meal with team and talk about scouting report
3:10 p.m. -- Go to rehab (just to do biodex machine (like leg extention and curls)
3:50-5 p.m. -- Lift weights (for my legs) in basketball weight room
5:10 p.m. -- Ice (my knees), shower and get ready for game
6:10 p.m.-- Warm- ups start
7 p.m. -- Tipoff
9 p.m. -- Post-game team meeting with Coach G after beating Georgia Tech
9:15-10:25 p.m. -- Watch Duke men get beat in double overtime by Wake Forest in locker room (and ice my knees)
10:30-11:15 p.m. -- Shooting workout in Cameron
11:30 p.m. -- Ice (my knees -- of course!) and shower
12:05 a.m. -- Leave Cameron and take the bus back to East Campus (where my dorm is)
12:30 a.m. -- Chill with Tiff in the room
1:05 a.m. -- Go to bed!

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