# 2013–14 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

The 2013–14 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by Hall of Famer head coach Kim Mulkey, played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference.
They finished the season with a record of 32–5 overall, 16–2 in Big 12 play to share the regular season title with West Virginia. They won the 2014 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament to earn a trip to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Western Kentucky in first round, California in the 2nd round, and Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Notre Dame in the Elite Eight.

## Before the season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Kimetria Hayden | 1 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Dallas, TX | Graduated |
| Jordan Madden | 3 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Lepanto, AR | Graduated |
| Destiny Williams | 10 | F | 6'1" | RS Senior | Benton Harbor, Michigan | Graduated |
| Brooklyn Pope | 32 | F | 6'1" | Graduate Senior | Fort Worth, TX | Graduated |
| Brittney Griner | 42 | F | 6'8" | Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated; Entered 2013 WNBA draft; Drafted #1 by Phoenix Mercury |

### Recruiting

| Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Breanna Hayden | G | 5'8" | Freshman | Dallas, TX | High School Graduate |
| Nina Davis | F | 5'11" | Freshman | Memphis, TN | High School Graduate |
| Imani Wright | G | 5'9" | Freshman | Hooks, TX | High School Graduate |
| Ieshia Small | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Tallahassee, FL | High School Graduate |
| Khadijiah Cave | P | 6'2" | Freshman | Augusta, GA | High School Graduate |

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/30/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 10 | Palm Beach Atlantic | W 111–52 | – | Ferrell Center (6,311) Waco, TX |
| 11/05/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 10 | Oklahoma City | W 91–49 | – | Ferrell Center (6,194) Waco, TX |
| Non-conference Regular Season ||||||
| 11/09/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 10 | Grambling State | W 110–55 | 1–0 | Ferrell Center (6,639) Waco, TX |
| 11/14/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Nicholls State | W 111–58 | 2–0 | Ferrell Center (6,333) Waco, TX |
| 11/18/2013* 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 9 | Rice | W 79–46 | 3–0 | Ferrell Center (6,516) Waco, TX |
| 11/21/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Savannah State Athletes in Action Classic | W 99–31 | 4–0 | Ferrell Center (7,072) Waco, TX |
| 11/22/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Northwestern State Athletes in Action Classic | W 88–54 | 5–0 | Ferrell Center (6,622) Waco, TX |
| 11/23/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | UTSA Athletes in Action Classic | W 92–62 | 6–0 | Ferrell Center (7,068) Waco, TX |
| 12/03/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | San Jose State | W 113–73 | 7–0 | Ferrell Center (5,916) Waco, TX |
| 12/06/2013* 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | No. 9 | vs. No. 5 Kentucky | L 130–133 $^{4OT}$ | 7–1 | AT&T Stadium (N/A) Arlington, TX |
| 12/15/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 9 | Houston Baptist | W 100–57 | 8–1 | Ferrell Center (6,372) Waco, TX |
| 12/18/2013* 6:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 9 | Ole Miss | W 87–80 | 9–1 | Ferrell Center (6,723) Waco, TX |
| 12/28/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | McNeese State | W 82–57 | 10–1 | Ferrell Center (6,927) Waco, TX |
| Big 12 Regular Season ||||||
| 01/02/2014 7:00 pm | No. 9 | at Kansas State | W 92–63 | 11–1 (1–0) | Bramlage Coliseum (3,942) Manhattan, KS |
| 01/05/2014 3:00 pm, FSN | No. 9 | Kansas | W 75–55 | 12–1 (2–0) | Ferrell Center (6,381) Waco, TX |
| 01/08/2014 6:00 pm | No. 7 | at West Virginia | W 78–62 | 13–1 (3–0) | WVU Coliseum (2,791) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/11/2014 7:00 pm | No. 7 | TCU | W 80–46 | 14–1 (4–0) | Ferrell Center (7,984) Waco, TX |
| Non-conference Regular Season ||||||
| 01/13/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | No. 1 Connecticut | L 55–66 | 14–2 | Ferrell Center (9,145) Waco, TX |
| Big 12 Regular Season ||||||
| 01/19/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 7 | at Kansas | L 60–76 | 14–3 (4–1) | Allen Fieldhouse (3,514) Manhattan, KS |
| 01/22/2014 7:00 pm | No. 12 | Kansas State | W 71–48 | 15–3 (5–1) | Ferrell Center (6,471) Waco, TX |
| 01/26/2014 3:00 pm, FSN | No. 12 | at No. 8 Oklahoma State | W 69–66 $^{OT}$ | 16–3 (6–1) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,953) Stillwater, OK |
| 01/29/2014 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 9 | Texas Tech | W 92–43 | 17–3 (7–1) | Ferrell Center (6,736) Waco, TX |
| 02/01/2014 6:30 pm, FSSW | No. 9 | Texas | W 87–73 | 18–3 (8–1) | Ferrell Center (7,793) Waco, TX |
| 02/03/2014 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | at Oklahoma | W 81–67 | 19–3 (9–1) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,221) Norman, OK |
| 02/09/2014 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | No. 12 Oklahoma State | W 81–64 | 20–3 (10–1) | Ferrell Center (7,113) Waco, TX |
| 02/12/2014 6:30 pm | No. 7 | at Texas Tech | W 75–58 | 21–3 (11–1) | United Spirit Arena (4,390) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/16/2014 12:00 pm, FS1 | No. 7 | at Texas | W 72–56 | 22–3 (12–1) | Frank Erwin Center (5,804) Austin, TX |
| 02/19/2014 7:00 pm, FCS Central | No. 6 | Iowa State | W 89–51 | 23–3 (13–1) | Ferrell Center (6,758) Waco, TX |
| 02/22/2014 7:00 pm | No. 6 | at TCU | W 69–46 | 24–3 (14–1) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (3,372) Ft. Worth, TX |
| 02/24/2014 6:00 pm, FS1 | No. 6 | Oklahoma | W 96–89 | 25–3 (15–1) | Ferrell Center (6,808) Waco, TX |
| 03/02/2014 1:00 pm, FS1 | No. 6 | No. 11 West Virginia | L 69–71 | 25–4 (15–2) | Ferrell Center (8,242) Waco, TX |
| 03/04/2014 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv | No. 9 | at Iowa State | W 70–54 | 26–4 (16–2) | Hilton Coliseum (10,539) Ames, IA |
| 2014 Big 12 women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2014 1:30 pm, FSN | No. 9 | vs. Kansas Quarterfinals | W 81–47 | 27–4 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,882) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/09/2014 2:00 pm, FS1 | No. 9 | vs. No. 18 Oklahoma State Semifinals | W 65–61 | 28–4 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/10/2014 8:00 pm, FS1 | No. 7 | vs. No. 5 West Virginia Championship Game | W 74–71 | 29–4 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,710) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2014 Women's NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/22/2014* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 5 | Western Kentucky First Round | W 87–74 | 30–4 | Ferrell Center (6,207) Waco, TX |
| 03/24/2014* 8:15 pm, ESPN2 | No. 5 | No. 24 California Second Round | W 75–56 | 31–4 | Ferrell Center (5,648) Waco, TX |
| 03/29/2014* 11:00 am, ESPN | No. 5 | vs. No. 10 Kentucky Sweet Sixteen | W 90–72 | 32–4 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (N/A) South Bend, IN |
| 03/31/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN | No. 5 | at No. 2 Notre Dame Elite Eight | L 69–88 | 32–5 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,774) South Bend, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
Source