| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | Duke Blue Devils |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 3–1 |
| Conf Record: | 0–1 |
| Head Coach: | Kara Lawson |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Beth Cunningham |
| Asst Coach2: | Winston Gandy |
| Asst Coach3: | Tia Jackson |
| Stadium: | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
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.[1] On July 11, 2020, Kara Lawson was announced as the new head coach.[2]
On December 25, 2020, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns.[3] [4]
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.
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.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Graduated | |||
| 5 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Declared for 2020 WNBA draft; drafted 15th overall by New York Liberty | |||
| Azana Baines | 11 | G | 6'1" | Freshman | Transferred to Virginia Tech | ||
| Kyra Lambert | 15 | G | 5'9" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Emily Schubert | 30 | C | 6'4" | Senior | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Anastasieska | 11 | G | 5'11" | Graduate Student | Cal | ||
| Jiselle Havas | 33 | G | 5'10" | Junior | Lafayette |
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|-!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season
2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
| + Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| Coaches |
| 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.