The 2024–25 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Blue Devils were led by fifth-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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. The Blue Devils started the season ranked eleventh in the AP poll and won their first two games. They then traveled to

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to face eighteenth ranked

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, where they lost 85–80. The loss saw them drop to sixteenth in the rankings where they won three games before the Thanksgiving tournaments. Duke traveled to Nevada to participate in the Ball Dawgs Classic. There they defeated ninth ranked

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and eighth ranked

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to win the championship. They defeated Oklahoma in a high scoring final 109–99, in

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. The Blue Devils won a game against Columbia on their return to the east coast, before facing third ranked

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in the

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. They lost in Columbia 81–70 and were ranked eighth at the time. The Blue Devils followed that with a win in their ACC opener against

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. They lost their final non-conference game of the season at

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65–56. They won two games in ACC play, including a dominant 69–31 victory over

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before facing

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. The Blue Devils lost in Chapel Hill, in overtime 53–46. Duke fell to sixteenth in the polls in the next rankings, but went on a five game winning streak. The winning streak included two defeats of eighteenth ranked teams in

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and

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. The winning streak was broken by another

, this time tenth ranked

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, 89–83. The Blue Devils went 6–2 over their final eight games of the season. The two losses were to first ranked Notre Dame and

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in back-to-back games. The defeated eighth ranked North Carolina and twenty-fourth ranked

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to finish the regular season. The Blue Devils finished the regular season 23–7 overall and 14–4 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defated sixth seed Louisville, 61–48. They defeated second seed and sixth ranked Notre Dame 61–56 in the Semifinals. They won the final 76–62 over top seed, seventh ranked, rival NC State. The Blue Devils defeated three teams they lost to during the regular season on the way to their tournament title. Sophomore Oluchi Okananwa was named tournament MVP and Ashlon Jackson was named to the All-Tournament First Team. As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were the two-seed in the Birmingham 2 region. They defeated fifteen seed Lehigh and ten seed

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at home to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they faced three seed and twelfth ranked North Carolina for a third time this season. After splitting the regular season games 1–1, Duke prevailed in the tournament to advance to the Elite Eight. There they lost to first seed and second ranked South Carolina 54–50 to end their season. The Blue Devils finished the season with a 29–8 record, and ranked seventh in both the AP and Coaches polls. Their 29 wins were the most since 2012–13.

Previous season

The Blue Devils finished the season 22–12 overall and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the seventh seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated tenth seed

in the Second Round before losing to NC State in the Quarterfinals. They received and at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the second straight year the Blue Devils qualified for the tournament. As the seventh seed in the Portland 3 region they defeated tenth seed

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in the First Round and upset second seed

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in the Second Round before losing to third seed

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in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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