2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
The 2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie entering her 10th season. The team plays its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 13–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Hampton in the first round before getting upset by Oregon in the second round.2016–17 media
All Blue Devils games will air on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network. WDNC will once again act as the main station for the Blue Devils IMG Sports Network games with Steve Barnes providing the play-by-play and Morgan Patrick acting as analyst.Roster
Rankings
| 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 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | N/A |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16т | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | |
Schedule
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57;"| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Source
