| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Duke Blue Devils |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 21 |
| Aprank: | 17 |
| Record: | 22–12 |
| Conf Record: | 11–7 |
| Head Coach: | Kara Lawson |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Tia Jackson |
| Asst Coach2: | Karen Lange |
| Asst Coach3: | Karen Middleton |
| Asst Coach4: | Pierre Miller |
| Stadium: | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen |
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 would win their next two games, including another overtime victory, this time against Georgia in the ACC–SEC Challenge. Duke would lose its next two games, one against first-ranked South Carolina and the other, its ACC opener at Clemson. From there, the Blue Devils would close out their non-conference schedule with three straight wins and win 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 would win three of the next four games and then close the season out winning three games and losing three games. Losses game 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 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 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.
See main article: 2022–23 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team.
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.
| Departures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
| 0 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Graduated, transferred to Ohio State[1] | |||
| 4 | G/F | 6'1" | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Taya Corosdale | 5 | G/F | 6'3" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Jordyn Oliver | 11 | G | 5'10" | Junior | Graduated, transferred to Vanderbilt[2] | ||
| Lee Volker | 13 | G | 5'11" | Sophomore | Transferred to Marquette[3] | ||
| Shay Bollin | 21 | F | 6'3" | Freshman | Transferred to Illinois[4] | ||
| Imani Lewis | 22 | F | 6'1" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Shayeann Day-Wilson | 30 | G | 5'6" | Sophomore | Transferred to Miami (FL)[5] | ||
| Bo Shaffer | 32 | G | 5'7" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Jiselle Havas | 33 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Mia Heide | 42 | F | 6'3" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Emma Schmidt | 45 | G | 5'9" | Graduate Student | Graduated |
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2023–24 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 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | Final |
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| AP | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | 17 | |
| Coaches | 19 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | 21 |
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| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked in previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes | ||
| (NR) | Not Ranked |