The 2020–21 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Blue Devils were led by first year head coach

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and played their home games at

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as members of the

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. During the off-season, Duke announced that head coach Joanne McCallie had retired after thirteen years as head coach. On July 11, 2020,

was announced as the new head coach. On December 25, 2020, it was announced that the team would end their season due to

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concerns. The Blue Devils finished the season 3–1, and 0–1 in ACC play. Due to their season cancellation they did not participate in the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament or WNIT.

Previous season

The 2019-20 Blue Devils finished the season 18–12, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place for the regular season. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to

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in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the

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Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting Class

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Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

References

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