2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 4
Record31–4 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
2005–06 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 North Carolina 13 1   .929 33 2   .943
No. 3 Maryland 12 2   .857 34 4   .895
No. 4 Duke 12 2   .857 31 4   .886
Florida State 10 4   .714 20 10   .667
NC State 7 7   .500 19 12   .613
Virginia Tech 6 8   .429 21 10   .677
Boston College 6 8   .429 21 12   .636
Miami (FL) 6 8   .429 17 13   .567
Virginia 5 9   .357 20 12   .625
Wake Forest 3 11   .214 12 16   .429
Georgia Tech 2 12   .143 14 15   .483
Clemson 2 12   .143 8 21   .276
† 2006 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Gail Goestenkors in her 14th 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, 12–2 in ACC play to finish second in the regular season conference standings. They were defeated in the ACC tournament but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 1 seed in the Bridgeport region (East), the Blue Devils defeated Southern, USC, Michigan State, and UConn to reach the Final Four for the third time in five years. Duke was one of three ACC schools to play in the 2006 Final Four, joining North Carolina and Maryland. In the National semifinal round, the Blue Devils easily defeated LSU to advance to the National championship game where the team was beaten by conference foe Maryland, 78–75 in overtime.