# 2019–20 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

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

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Jaida Patrick G | West Haverstraw, NY | Saddle River Day School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Azana Baines G | Blackwood, NJ | Gloucester Catholic High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Jennifer Ezeh F | Landover, MD | New Hope Academy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Jada Claude F | Fayetteville, GA | Whitewater High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| November 3, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | Alaska Anchorage | W 91–59 | – | 19 – Tied | 15 – Gorecki | 4 – Tied | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC |
| Regular season |||||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | High Point | W 93–57 | 1–0 | 19 – Odom | 8 – Baines | 5 – Goodchild | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,662) Durham, NC |
| November 10, 2019* 4:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at No. 6 Texas A&M | L 58–79 | 1–1 | 16 – Gorecki | 5 – Baines | 2 – Tied | Reed Arena (3,289) College Station, TX |
| November 14, 2019* 8:30 p.m., MWN | | at UNLV | W 57–45 | 2–1 | 15 – Gorecki | 8 – Goodchild | 4 – Gorecki | Thomas & Mack Center (1,001) Las Vegas, NV |
| November 17, 2019* 3:00 p.m., ACCN | | Northwestern | L 42–63 | 2–2 | 11 – Williams | 9 – Gorecki | 7 – Odom | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,118) Durham, NC |
| November 21, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Idaho State | W 85–66 | 3–2 | 30 – Gorecki | 7 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,718) Durham, NC |
| November 24, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Troy | W 99–85 | 4–2 | 26 – Goodchild | 13 – Gorecki | 5 – Gorecki | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,833) Durham, NC |
| November 27, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Davidson | W 82–52 | 5–2 | 25 – Gorecki | 12 – Akinbode-James | 4 – Gorecki | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,784) Durham, NC |
| November 29, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Penn | W 66–50 | 6–2 | 23 – Odom | 16 – Odom | 10 – Gorecki | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,809) Durham, NC |
| December 4, 2019* 7:00 p.m., Big Ten Network | | at Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 79–83 | 6–3 | 20 – Odom | 7 – Tied | 4 – Gorecki | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,013) Lincoln, NE |
| December 8, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Boston College | W 85–73 | 7–3 (1–0) | 27 – Gorecki | 14 – Odom | 7 – Gorecki | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,005) Durham, NC |
| December 19, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 5 South Carolina | L 46–89 | 7–4 | 11 – Goodchild | 6 – Lambert | 3 – Akinbode-James | Colonial Life Arena (11,024) Columbia, SC |
| December 29, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 56–78 | 7–5 | 19 – Gorecki | 10 – Gorecki | 2 – Tied | Alico Arena (3,267) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 2, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Wake Forest | L 58–60 | 7–6 (1–1) | 17 – Gorecki | 7 – Williams | 2 – 3 tied | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,416) Durham, NC |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 7 Louisville | L 55–60 | 7–7 (1–2) | 20 – Gorecki | 7 – Baines | 5 – Gorecki | KFC Yum! Center (10,123) Louisville, KY |
| January 9, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Virginia | L 63–66 | 7–8 (1–3) | 27 – Gorecki | 7 – Akinbode-James | 5 – Gorecki | John Paul Jones Arena (2,206) Charlottesville, VA |
| January 12, 2020 3:00 p.m., RSN | | Virginia Tech | W 72–67 $^{OT}$ | 8–8 (2–3) | 17 – Gorecki | 12 – Gorecki | 3 – Tied | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,088) Durham, NC |
| January 16, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | Notre Dame | W 50–47 | 9–8 (3–3) | 13 – Tied | 9 – Gorecki | 2 – 3 tied | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,022) Durham, NC |
| January 19, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Clemson | L 58–62 | 9–9 (3–4) | 20 – Odom | 7 – Gorecki | 7 – Gorecki | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,718) Clemson, SC |
| January 23, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Syracuse | W 88–58 | 10–9 (4–4) | 23 – Odom | 10 – Odom | 9 – Gorecki | Carrier Dome (2,106) Syracuse, NY |
| January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Georgia Tech | W 58–46 | 11–9 (5–4) | 18 – Gorecki | 10 – Akinbode-James | 3 – Tied | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,451) Durham, NC |
| February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 7 NC State | L 60–63 | 11–10 (5–5) | 21 – Gorecki | 7 – Gorecki | 3 – Gorecki | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,209) Durham, NC |
| February 6, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | North Carolina Rivalry | W 71–61 | 12–10 (6–5) | 25 – Gorecki | 12 – Gorecki | 8 – Gorecki | Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,686) Durham, NC |
| February 9, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Miami (FL) | W 74–55 | 13–10 (7–5) | 16 – Williams | 10 – Gorecki | 7 – Gorecki | Watsco Center (1,435) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 13, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Pittsburgh | W 73–56 | 14–10 (8–5) | 20 – Odom | 9 – Akinbode-James | 7 – Gorecki | Petersen Events Center (876) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 16, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 14 Florida State | W 66–64 | 15–10 (9–5) | 21 – Gorecki | 7 – Akinbode-James | 4 – Williams | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,303) Durham, NC |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Virginia | W 62–47 | 16–10 (10–5) | 17 – Odom | 12 – Odom | 5 – Boykin | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,154) Durham, NC |
| February 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at No. 8 NC State | W 70–65 | 17–10 (11–5) | 24 – Gorecki | 7 – Odom | 5 – Gorecki | Reynolds Coliseum (5,580) Raleigh, NC |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia Tech | L 56–70 | 17–11 (11–6) | 16 – Odom | 7 – Odom | 5 – Gorecki | Cassell Coliseum (1,603) Blacksburg, VA |
| March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | North Carolina Rivalry | W 73–54 | 18–11 (12–6) | 23 – Gorecki | 10 – Williams | 5 – Gorecki | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,916) Durham, NC |
| ACC Women's Tournament |||||||||
| March 6, 2020 8:00 p.m., RSN | (3) | vs. (6) Boston College Quarterfinals | L 77–84 | 18–12 | 25 – Gorecki | 10 – Gorecki | 5 – 3 tied | Greensboro Coliseum (5,492) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||