The 2018–19 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie, entering her 12th season. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 6–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC women's tournament, where they lost to Florida State.
Previous season The 2017-18 Blue Devils finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in ACC play to finish tied for fourth place in the regular season. They were the fourth seed in the ACC women's tournament, where they lost their first game to NC State. They received an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, and were seeded fifth in the Albany region. They beat Belmont and Georgia before losing to Connecticut in the Sweet 16.
Off-season
Recruiting class
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Roster
Rankings 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 21 RV RV N/A Coaches 20 20^ RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
Schedule
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57;"| ACC Women's Tournament
Source
See also 2018–19 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
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