2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-seventh year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and were 1st year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 37–1 overall, 16–0 in ACC play to win both of the ACC Regular Season and Tournament. They earned an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they defeated Robert Morris in the first round, Arizona State in the second round, Oklahoma State in the Sweet Sixteen, and Baylor in the Elite Eight to make it to their sixth Final Four, where they defeated Maryland. In the championship game, they lost to Connecticut, ending their school-record 37-game streak.

2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	37–1 (16–0 ACC)
Head coach	Muffet McGraw
Assistant coaches	Carol Owens Beth Cunningham Niele Ivey
Home arena	Edmund P. Joyce Center
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	16	–	0		1.000			37	–	1		.974
No. 9 Duke	12	–	4		.750			28	–	7		.800
No. 11 Maryland	12	–	4		.750			28	–	7		.800
No. 16 NC State	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
Syracuse	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
No. 12 North Carolina	10	–	6		.625			27	–	10		.730
Georgia Tech	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Miami (FL)	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Florida State	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			14	–	17		.452
Wake Forest	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
Clemson	4	–	12		.250			13	–	19		.406
Pittsburgh	3	–	13		.188			11	–	20		.355
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
† 2014 ACC tournament winner As of 8 April 2014 Rankings from AP poll^[1]^[2]

Roster

2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 11 Natalie Achonwa 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr St. Mary's Catholic Guelph, ON G 15 Lindsay Allen 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr St. John's College Mitchellville, MD F 44 Ariel Braker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Grosse Pointe North Grosse Pointe Woods, MI G 22 Madison Cable 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Mt. Lebanon Mt. Lebanon, PA G 3 Whitney Holloway 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Montini Catholic Plainfield, IL G 24 Hannah Huffman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Carondelet Diablo, CA G 32 Jewell Loyd 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Niles West Lincolnwood, IL G 23 Michaela Mabrey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Manasquan Belmar, NJ G 21 Kayla McBride 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Villa Maria Academy Erie, PA F 5 Kristina Nelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Buford Buford, GA F 12 Taya Reimer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Hamilton Southeastern Fishers, IN C 35 Diamond Thompson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Wheaton Warrenville South Wheaton, IL F 34 Markisha Wright 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Des Moines East Des Moines, IA	Head coach Muffet McGraw Assistant coach(es) Carol Owens Beth Cunningham Niele Ivey Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-10-17

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2013* 1:00 pm	No. 6	California (PA)	W 118–49	–	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,743) South Bend, IN
Regular Season
11/09/2013* 1:00 pm	No. 6	UNC Wilmington	W 99–50	1–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,572) South Bend, IN
11/11/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 6	No. 19 Michigan State	W 81–62	2–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,242) South Bend, IN
11/16/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 6	Valparaiso	W 96–46	3–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,508) South Bend, IN
11/23/2013* 3:00 pm	No. 5	at Penn	W 76–54	4–0	Palestra (1,025) Philadelphia, PA
11/26/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 5	No. 25 DePaul	W 92–76	5–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,518) South Bend, IN
12/01/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 5	vs. Duquesne	W 100–61	6–0	Mattamy Athletic Centre (933) Toronto, ON
12/04/2013* 7:30 pm, BTN	No. 4	at No. 10 Penn State ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 77–67	7–0	Bryce Jordan Center (5,805) University Park, PA
12/07/2013* Noon	No. 4	UCLA	W 90–48	8–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,501) South Bend, IN
12/14/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 4	at Michigan	W 86–64	9–0	Crisler Center (3,330) Ann Arbor, MI
12/22/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 4	Central Michigan	W 106–72	10–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,775) South Bend, IN
12/29/2013* 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 2	at Oregon State	W 70–58	11–0	Gill Coliseum (4,032) Corvallis, OR
01/02/2014* 7:00 pm	No. 2	South Dakota State	W 94–51	12–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,867) South Bend, IN
01/05/2014 2:00 pm	No. 2	Clemson	W 71–51	13–0 (1–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,599) South Bend, IN
01/09/2014 7:00 pm	No. 2	Boston College	W 95–53	14–0 (2–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,474) South Bend, IN
01/12/2014 2:00 pm	No. 2	at Virginia	W 79–72	15–0 (3–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (4,451) Charlottesville, VA
01/16/2014 7:00 pm	No. 2	at Pittsburgh	W 109–66	16–0 (4–0)	Petersen Events Center (2,768) Pittsburgh, PA
01/16/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 2	at No. 12 Tennessee	W 86–70	17–0	Thompson–Boling Arena (13,346) Knoxville, TN
01/23/2014 7:00 pm, ACCN/RSN	No. 2	Miami (FL)	W 79–52	18–0 (5–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,304) South Bend, IN
01/27/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 2	at No. 8 Maryland	W 87–83	19–0 (6–0)	Comcast Center (7,668) College Park, MD
01/30/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 2	Virginia Tech	W 74–48	20–0 (7–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,556) South Bend, IN
02/02/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	at No. 3 Duke	W 88–67	21–0 (8–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (7,018) Durham, NC
02/06/2014 7:00 pm	No. 2	at Florida State	W 81–60	22–0 (9–0)	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,331) Tallahassee, FL
02/09/2014 3:00 pm, ACCN/RSN	No. 2	Syracuse	W 101–64	23–0 (10–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN
02/13/2014 7:00 pm	No. 2	at Boston College	W 82–61	24–0 (11–0)	Conte Forum (804) Chestnut Hill, MA
02/17/2014 7:00 pm, ACCN/RSN	No. 2	Georgia Tech	W 87–72	25–0 (12–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,808) South Bend, IN
02/20/2014 7:00 pm, ACCN/RSN	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 86–61	26–0 (13–0)	LJVM Coliseum (1,435) Winston-Salem, NC
02/23/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	No. 7 Duke	W 81–70	27–0 (14–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN
02/27/2014 7:00 pm	No. 2	No. 14 North Carolina	W 100–75	28–0 (15–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN
03/02/2014 2:00 pm	No. 2	at No. 13 NC State	W 84–60	29–0 (16–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (3,516) Raleigh, NC
2014 ACC women's basketball tournament
03/07/2014 2:45 pm, ACCN	No. 2	vs. Florida State Quarterfinals	W 83–57	30–0 (16–0)	Greensboro Coliseum (4,506) Greensboro, NC
03/08/2014 5:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 2	vs. No. 14 NC State Semifinals	W 83–48	31–0 (16–0)	Greensboro Coliseum (N/A) Greensboro, NC
03/09/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	vs. No. 10 Duke Championship Game	W 69–53	32–0 (16–0)	Greensboro Coliseum (8,190) Greensboro, NC
2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
03/22/2014* 1:30 pm, ESPN	No. 2	vs. Robert Morris First Round	W 93–42	33–0	Savage Arena (4,312) Toledo, OH
03/24/2014* 6:30 pm, ESPN	No. 2	vs. Arizona State Second Round	W 84–67	34–0	Savage Arena (3,544) Toledo, OH
03/29/2014* 2:30 pm, ESPN	No. 2	No. 21 Oklahoma State Sweet Sixteen	W 89–72	35–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,774) South Bend, IN
03/31/2014* 4:30 pm, ESPN	No. 2	No. 5 Baylor Elite Eight	W 88–69	36–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,774) South Bend, IN
04/06/2014 6:30 pm, ESPN	No. 2	vs. No. 11 Maryland Final Four	W 87–61	37–0	Bridgestone Arena (17,548) Nashville, TN
04/08/2014* 20:30, ESPN	No. 2	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Championship Game	L 58–79	37–1	Bridgestone Arena (17,570) Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[3]

Rankings

Main article: 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre Nov. 4	Wk 2 Nov. 11	Wk 3 Nov. 18	Wk 4 Nov. 25	Wk 5 Dec. 2	Wk 6 Dec. 9	Wk 7 Dec. 16	Wk 8 Dec. 23	Wk 9 Dec. 30	Wk 10 Jan. 6	Wk 11 Jan. 13	Wk 12 Jan. 20	Wk 13 Jan. 27	Wk 14 Feb. 3	Wk 15 Feb. 10	Wk 16 Feb. 17	Wk 17 Feb. 24	Wk 18 Mar. 3	Wk 19 Mar. 10	Final
AP	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	N/A
Coaches	7	6	6	6	5	4T	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

See also

2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
3. . Notre Dame Athletics. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2014.