The 2023–24 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by fourth-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 started their season with three straight wins before losing two straight games, including an overtime loss at sixth-ranked Stanford. They won their next two games, including another overtime victory, this time against Georgia in the ACC–SEC Challenge. Duke lost its next two games, one against first-ranked South Carolina and the other, its ACC opener at Clemson. From there, the Blue Devils closed out their non-conference schedule with three straight wins, and won three of their next four ACC games. The lone loss was at seventeenth-ranked Louisville. Their next three conference games were against ranked teams, and Duke won two of the three. They defeated fourteenth ranked Virginia Tech and twenty-third ranked Florida State, but lost to fourth-ranked NC State. Duke won three of the next four games, and closed the season out by winning three games and losing three games. Losses came against twelfth-ranked Virginia Tech and nineteenth-ranked Notre Dame, while they defeated seventeenth-ranked Syracuse and sixth-ranked NC State. The Blue Devils split the season series with rivals North Carolina, winning in overtime at home and losing in Chapel Hill on the final day of the 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 Georgia Tech in the second round before losing to NC State in the quarterfinals. They received an 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 Richmond in the first round and upset second seed Ohio State in the second round, before losing to third seed Connecticut in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Previous season
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.
Off-season
Departures Departures Celeste Taylor 0 G 5'11" Senior Valley Stream, New York Graduated, transferred to Ohio State Elizabeth Balogun 4 G/F 6'1" Senior Lagos, Nigeria Graduated Taya Corosdale 5 G/F 6'3" Graduate student Bothell, Washington Graduated Jordyn Oliver 11 G 5'10" Junior Prosper, Texas Graduated, transferred to Vanderbilt Lee Volker 13 G 5'11" Sophomore Purcellville, Virginia Transferred to Marquette Shay Bollin 21 F 6'3" Freshman Raynham, Massachusetts Transferred to Illinois Imani Lewis 22 F 6'1" Graduate student Willingboro, New Jersey Graduated Shayeann Day-Wilson 30 G 5'6" Sophomore Toronto, Canada Transferred to Miami (FL) Bo Shaffer 32 G 5'7" Graduate student Lakewood, Colorado Graduated Jiselle Havas 33 G 5'10" Graduate student Windermere, Florida Graduated Mia Heide 42 F 6'3" Graduate student Austin, Texas Graduated Emma Schmidt 45 G 5'9" Graduate student Waukee, Iowa Graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Camilla Emsbo 21 F 6'5" Graduate student Lakewood, Colorado Yale
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
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