The 2019–20 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie in her 13th season. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Blue Devils finished the season 18–12 and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Boston College in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Previous season The 2018-19 Blue Devils finished the season 15–15, 6–10 in ACC play to finish tied for tenth place in the regular season. They were the eleventh seed in the ACC women's tournament, where they won their first game against Pittsburgh and fell to Florida State in the Second Round. They did not receive an invitation to a post-season tournament.
Off-season
Recruiting class
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Roster
Rankings 2019–20 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 RV RV RV RV RV Coaches RV RV RV RV N/A;" + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, the coaches poll did not release a final ranking.
Schedule
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!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57;"| ACC Women's Tournament
See also 2019–20 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
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