The 2022–23 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by third 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.
The Blue Devils finished the season 26–7 overall and 14–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the second seed in the ACC tournament they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated rivals seventh seeded North Carolina before falling to eventual champions and third seed Virginia Tech in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the third seed in the Seattle 4 Region. They defeated fourteen seed Iona in the first round before being upset by sixth seed Colorado in the second round, in overtime, to end their season.
Previous season
The Blue Devils finished the season 17–13 overall and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Pittsburgh in the First Round before losing to seventh seed Miami in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT despite being ranked as high as No. 15 during the regular season.
Off-season
Departures Departures Miela Goodchild 3 G 5'10" Senior Queensland, Australia Graduated Amaya Finklea-Guity 22 C 6'4" Graduate Student Dorchester, Massachusetts Graduated Onome Akinbode-James 24 F/C 6'3" Senior Abeokuta, Nigeria Graduated Jade Williams 25 F/C 6'5" Senior The Colony, Texas Graduated Nyah Green 31 G 6'1" Junior Allen, Texas Graduated Lexi Gordon 34 G/F 6'0" Graduate Student Waukee, Iowa Graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Taya Corosdale 5 G/F 6'3" Graduate Student Bothell, Washington Oregon State Kennedy Brown 21 C 6'6" Junior Derby, Kansas Oregon State Reigan Richardson 24 G 5'11" Sophomore Charlotte, North Carolina Georgia Bo Shaffer 32 G 5'7" Graduate Student Lakewood, Colorado Colorado-Colorado Springs Mia Heide 42 F 6'3" Graduate Student Austin, Texas Tulane
Recruiting class
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings 2022–23 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 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 16 13 16 16 9 9 11 13 13 13 N/A Coaches RV RV RV RV 22 19 14 16 15 11 11 12 12 14 13 16
Note: The AP does not release a final poll.
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See also 2022–23 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
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