Duke WBB Announces 22-23 Non-Conference Schedule
DURHAM – Duke women’s basketball and head coach Kara Lawson have unveiled the team’s non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2022-23 season.
The 11-game slate features six home dates at historic Cameron Indoor Stadium, four road games, and a pair of neutral site contests.
Following an exhibition against Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) on Saturday, Nov. 5, Duke officially commences the 2022-23 campaign with a pair of home contests – The Blue Devils take on North Carolina A&T in the regular-season opener on Monday, Nov. 7, before welcoming Charleston Southern to Bull City on Thursday, Nov. 10 for the return game of a home-and-home series.
The Blue Devils hit the road for four of their next five games, beginning with a trip to Davidson Saturday, Nov. 12 for an in-state matchup with the Wildcats. Duke returns to Cameron for a midweek tilt against SEC foe Texas A&M on Thursday, Nov. 17, then travels up north to Ohio where they will battle Toledo on Sunday, Nov. 20.
Next on the slate is a trip to Portland, Ore., for the Phil Knight Legacy event scheduled for Thanksgiving week. Along with Duke, the three other marquee teams in the field include Connecticut, Iowa, and Oregon State. Each team will play one game on Friday, Nov. 25, and Sunday, Nov. 27. The matchups and times have yet to be announced.
A final quartet of non-conference tilts leads the Blue Devils into conference play – starting with a midweek home matchup against Northwestern as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Wednesday, Nov. 30 or Thursday, Dec. 1. Duke improved to 11-3 all-time in the interconference challenge, most recently defeating No. 9 Iowa, 79-64, at Cameron Indoor Stadium during the 2021-22 campaign.
The Blue Devils head to Virginia for a date with the Richmond Spiders on Sunday, Dec. 4, then return to Cameron for a matchup against Austin Peay on Thursday, Dec. 8. Duke closes out the non-conference portion of the schedule in Florida, where the Blue Devils are slated to take on Florida Gulf Coast Sunday, Dec. 11.
Coinciding with the announcement of the non-conference schedule, women’s basketball season ticket sales will also begin Wednesday, July 6.
In addition to the home non-conference opponents mentioned above, the Blue Devils are also set to host nine home games during ACC play. The 18-game conference schedule features a quartet of home-and-home tilts versus NC State, North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech, as well as home dates with Clemson, Miami (FL), Louisville, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Duke will hit the road for ACC battles against Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Wake Forest.
Official dates and times for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and ACC conference schedule will be announced at a later date.