2002–03 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2002–03 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
ACC Regular season champions
ACC Tournament champions
Paradise Jam champions
Duke Women's Basketball Classic champions
South Padre Shootout champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 2
Record35–2 (16–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
2002–03 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Duke160 1.000352  .946
No. 12 North Carolina133 .813286  .824
Virginia97 .5631714  .548
Georgia Tech88 .5002011  .645
Florida State88 .5001713  .567
NC State610 .3751117  .393
Clemson511 .3131415  .483
Maryland412 .2501018  .357
Wake Forest313 .1881315  .464
† 2003 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2002–03 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Gail Goestenkors in her 11th 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 35–2, 16–0 in ACC play to win the regular season conference title. They followed that success by winning the 2003 ACC women's basketball tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 1 seed in the Midwest region, the Blue Devils defeated Georgia State, Utah, Georgia, and Texas Tech to reach the Final Four in back-to-back seasons. In the National semifinal round, the Blue Devils were defeated by the No. 1 seed from the Mideast region, Tennessee, 66–56.