# 2013–14 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

The 2013–14 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by twenty-eighth year head coach Sylvia Hatchell, played their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In October 2013, Coach Hatchell was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. While she remained involved in the team's daily operations, assistant coach Andrew Calder would take over for any practice and gametime decisions for the season.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/30/2013* 6:00 pm | No. 12 | Carson-Newman | W 111–50 | – | Carmichael Arena (N/A) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/05/2013* 6:00 pm | No. 12 | Wingate | W 93–61 | – | Carmichael Arena (N/A) Chapel Hill, NC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/08/2013* 4:30 pm | No. 12 | Air Force | W 87–26 | 1–0 | Carmichael Arena (2,302) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/11/2013* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | No. 4 Tennessee | L 65–81 | 1–1 | Carmichael Arena (4,923) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/17/2013* 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 12 | at UCLA | W 78–68 | 2–1 | Pauley Pavilion (2,465) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/21/2013* 6:00 pm | No. 12 | Coastal Carolina | W 106–62 | 3–1 | Carmichael Arena (2,157) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/24/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 12 | Coppin State | W 91–51 | 4–1 | Carmichael Arena (1,915) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/28/2013* 3:30 pm | No. 11 | vs. Arkansas State Cancún Challenge | W 93–60 | 5–1 | Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX |
| 11/29/2013* 1:00 pm | No. 11 | vs. Arizona State Cancún Challenge | L 91–94 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (502) Cancún, MX |
| 11/30/2013* 3:30 pm | No. 11 | vs. Illinois Cancún Challenge | W 87–54 | 6–2 | Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX |
| 12/04/2013* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 15 | No. 18 Nebraska ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 75–62 | 7–2 | Carmichael Arena (1,534) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 12/14/2013* 1:00 pm | No. 15 | Charleston Southern | W 100–49 | 8–2 | Carmichael Arena (1,862) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 12/16/2013* 6:30 pm | No. 14 | vs. New Orleans Carolinas Challenge | W 124–41 | 9–2 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center (N/A) Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 12/18/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 14 | vs. No. 10 South Carolina Carolinas Challenge | W 74–66 | 10–2 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center (4,137) Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 12/21/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 14 | High Point | W 100–71 | 11–2 | Carmichael Arena (2,260) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 01/02/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 10 | James Madison | W 74–71 | 12–2 | Carmichael Arena (2,278) Chapel Hill, NC |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2014 3:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 10 | No. 8 Maryland | L 70–79 | 12–3 (0–1) | Carmichael Arena (4,830) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 01/09/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 13 | No. 20 NC State | W 79–70 | 13–3 (1–1) | Carmichael Arena (4,035) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 01/09/2014 1:00 pm, RSN/ESPN3 | No. 13 | at No. 18 Florida State | W 65–61 | 14–3 (2–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,505) Tallahassee, FL |
| 01/16/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 9 | Clemson | W 78–55 | 15–3 (3–1) | Carmichael Arena (3,022) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 01/19/2014 1:00 pm | No. 9 | at Boston College | W 73–56 | 16–3 (4–1) | Conte Forum (1,612) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/23/2014 7:00 pm | No. 7 | at Wake Forest | W 83–65 | 17–3 (5–1) | LJVM Coliseum (2,137) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 01/30/2014 7:00 pm, RSN/ESPN3 | No. 6 | Syracuse | L 73–78 | 17–4 (5–2) | Carmichael Arena (3,007) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 02/02/2014 2:00 pm, RSN/ESPN3 | No. 6 | Miami (FL) | L 80–83 | 17–5 (5–3) | Carmichael Arena (3,226) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 02/06/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 13 | at Georgia Tech | L 91–94 | 17–6 (5–4) | Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,635) Atlanta, GA |
| 02/10/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 17 | at No. 3 Duke | W 89–78 | 18–6 (6–4) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,210) Durham, NC |
| 02/13/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 17 | Pittsburgh | W 86–50 | 19–6 (7–4) | Carmichael Arena (2,813) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 02/16/2014 3:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 17 | at No. 10 NC State | W 89–82 | 20–6 (8–4) | Reynolds Center (8,114) Raleigh, NC |
| 02/20/2014 6:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3 | No. 11 | at Virginia | W 80–74 | 21–6 (9–4) | John Paul Jones Arena (3,770) Charlottesville, VA |
| 02/23/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 14 | Virginia Tech | L 47–50 | 21–7 (9–5) | Carmichael Arena (3,875) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 02/27/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 11 | at No. 2 Notre Dame | L 75–100 | 21–8 (9–6) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 03/02/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 11 | No. 7 Duke | W 64–60 | 22–8 (10–6) | Carmichael Arena (5,376) Chapel Hill, NC |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2014 8:00 pm, RSN | No. 13 | vs. Wake Forest Second Round | W 69–65 | 23–8 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,941) Greensboro, NC |
| 03/07/2014 8:00 pm | No. 13 | vs. No. 8 Maryland Quarterfinals | W 73–70 | 24–8 | Greensboro Coliseum (6,949) Greensboro, NC |
| 03/08/2014 8:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 13 | vs. No. 10 Duke Semifinals | L 61–66 | 24–9 | Greensboro Coliseum (8,169) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/23/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | Tennessee–Martin First Round | W 60–58 | 25–9 | Carmichael Arena (2,467) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 03/25/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | No. 20 Michigan State Second Round | W 62–53 | 26–9 | Carmichael Arena (2,010) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 03/30/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | vs. No. 8 South Carolina Sweet Sixteen | W 65–58 | 27–9 | Maples Pavilion (6,700) Stanford, CA |
| 04/01/2014* 9:00 pm, ESPN | No. 12 | at No. 6 Stanford Elite Eight | L 65–74 | 27–10 | Maples Pavilion (6,145) Stanford, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
Source

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
| AP | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | |
| Coaches | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |