The 2019–20 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented
Duke University
Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
during the
2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2019 and concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was scheduled to end at Smoothie Ki ...
. Returning as head coach was
Joanne P. McCallie in her 13th season. The team played its home games at
Cameron Indoor Stadium
Cameron Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena located on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The 9,314-seat facility is the primary indoor athletic venue for the Duke Blue Devils and serves as the home court for Duke Duke Blue ...
in
Durham, North Carolina
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as members of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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.
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
Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...
in the Quarterfinals. The
NCAA tournament and
WNIT were cancelled due to the
COVID-19 outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, ...
.
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
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and fell to
Florida State
Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...
in the Second Round. They did not receive an invitation to a post-season tournament.
Off-season
Recruiting Class
Source:
Roster
Rankings
2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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
Source
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ACC Women's Tournament
See also
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2019–20 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
References
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Duke Blue Devils women's basketball seasons
Duke
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