2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
ACC Regular season champions
ACC tournament champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 3
Record31–4 (16–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
2001–02 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Duke160 1.000314  .886
No. 16 North Carolina115 .688269  .743
Clemson97 .5631712  .586
Virginia97 .5631713  .567
Georgia Tech79 .4381514  .517
NC State79 .4381415  .483
Wake Forest511 .3131216  .429
Florida State412 .2501315  .464
Maryland412 .2501317  .433
† 2002 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2001–02 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Gail Goestenkors in her 10th season at the school, and played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 31–4, 16–0 in ACC play to win the regular season conference title by five games. They followed that success by winning the ACC tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 1 seed in the East region, the Blue Devils defeated Norfolk State, TCU, Texas, and South Carolina to reach the Final Four. In the National semifinal round, the Blue Devils were defeated by the No. 1 seed from the West region, Oklahoma, 86–71.