The 2020–21 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by first-year head coach Kara Lawson and played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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

On December 25, 2020, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 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 Boston College in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Off-season

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Haley Gorecki 2 G 6'0" Senior Palatine, IL Graduated Leaonna Odom 5 F 6'2" Senior Lompoc, CA Declared for 2020 WNBA draft; drafted 15th overall by New York Liberty Azana Baines 11 G 6'1" Freshman Blackwood, NJ Transferred to Virginia Tech Kyra Lambert 15 G 5'9" Graduate student Cibolo, TX Graduated Emily Schubert 30 C 6'4" Senior Elizabethon, TN Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Sara Anastasieska 11 G 5'11" Graduate student Sydney, Australia Cal Jiselle Havas 33 G 5'10" Junior Windermere, FL Lafayette

Recruiting class

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Roster

Schedule

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Rankings 2020–21 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 Final AP RV RV Coaches + 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.

See also 2020–21 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

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