The Duke women’s basketball schedule for the 2012-2013 season was announced on Thursday with six games set to be televised on the ESPN family of networks.

The Blue Devils non-conference schedule had previously been announced, as they open the season with three straight at Cameron Indoor Stadium: Presbyterian (November 17th), Iona, (November 18th), and Valparaiso (November 23rd). They then hit the road to face Xavier (November 25th) and Michigan (November 28th), with the game against the Wolverines being a part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Duke will return home to face California on December 2nd and then begin their ACC schedule on December 6th against Georgia Tech (at Cameron). The Blue Devils then travel up to Madison Square Garden in NY to play in the Maggie Dixon Classic against an upstart St. John’s.

Following exams, they head out to California for the homecoming of Cheslsea Gray and Chloe Wells, as they play in the Trojan Classic. They will face CSU-Bakersfield on December 21st and either USC or UC Davis the following day.

Following Christmas, the Blue Devils will face Monmouth on December 30th before beginning the full ACC slate. That starts at NC State on January 3rd.

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On Thursday, the Duke women’s basketball team released their non-conference schedule for the 2012-2013 season. As usual, it is a tough schedule.

The Blue Devils open the season with three straight home games. First on November 17th, they begin the season with Presbyterian. They then play Iona (November 18th) and Valparaiso (November 23rd). Under Coach P, Duke is 70-5 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke then hits the road to play Xavier on November 25th and then Michigan on November 28th for the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

They then return home for a December 2nd game versus California before heading up to Madison Square Garden to take part in the Maggie Dixon Classic. It is the second time Duke will be playing in the Classic, but this time they will be facing an upstart St. John’s team.

After a break for exams, Duke will head to California (a homecoming for guards Chloe Wells and Chelsea Gray) to play in the Trojan Classic. They will face CSU-Bakersfield on December 21st and then either USC or UC Davis on December 22nd.

After the Christmas holiday, Duke will play Monmouth (December 30th) in the second to last non-conference game.

Yet again, the Blue Devils will play as part of ESPN’s Big Monday, with a showdown against UConn to close out their non-conference schedule. The game  will take place on January 21st at 7pm ET on ESPN2 at UConn.