# 2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented University of Colorado Boulder during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by fourth year head coach Linda Lappe, played their home games at the Coors Events Center and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 19–15 overall, 6–12 in Pac-12 play for a tie for a ninth-place finish. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to Stanford. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated TCU in the first round, Southern Utah in the second round before losing to UTEP in the third round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 19 | Colorado School of Mines | W 91–42 | – | Coors Events Center (674) Boulder, CO |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/12/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | at Colorado State | W 63–59 | 1–0 | Moby Arena (1,437) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/15/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Alcorn State | W 83–33 | 2–0 | Coors Events Center (1,376) Boulder, CO |
| 11/20/2013* 8:30 pm, P12N | No. 16 | Iowa | W 90–87 | 3–0 | Coors Events Center (3,501) Boulder, CO |
| 11/23/2013* 1:00 pm | No. 16 | at New Mexico | W 85–53 | 4–0 | The Pit (5,951) Albuquerque, NM |
| 11/29/2013* 7:30 pm | No. 14 | South Alabama Omni Hotels Classic semifinals | W 94–61 | 5–0 | Coors Events Center (2,302) Boulder, CO |
| 11/30/2013* 7:30 pm | No. 14 | Rice Omni Hotels Classic championship | W 75–58 | 6–0 | Coors Events Center (2,171) Boulder, CO |
| 12/04/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 11 | at Wyoming | W 63–59 | 7–0 | Arena-Auditorium (2,956) Laramie, WY |
| 12/07/2013* 5:00 pm | No. 11 | Illinois | W 79–56 | 8–0 | Coors Events Center (2,090) Boulder, CO |
| 12/12/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 11 | Denver | W 83–61 | 9–0 | Coors Events Center (1,663) Boulder, CO |
| 12/21/2013* 11:00 am | No. 11 | at No. 7 Louisville | L 62–69 | 9–1 | KFC Yum! Center (9,812) Louisville, KY |
| 12/29/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 12 | Southern Utah | W 75–59 | 10–1 | Coors Events Center (2,094) Boulder, CO |
| 01/03/2013 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 12 | at USC | L 45–55 | 10–2 (0–1) | Galen Center (372) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/05/2013 8:30 pm, P12N | No. 12 | at UCLA | W 61–59 | 11–2 (1–1) | Pauley Pavilion (1,494) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/10/2013 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 17 | No. 19 California | L 55–57 | 11–3 (1–2) | Coors Events Center (2,432) Boulder, CO |
| 01/12/2013 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 17 | No. 4 Stanford | L 77–87 | 11–4 (1–3) | Coors Events Center (3,099) Boulder, CO |
| 01/17/2013 8:00 pm | No. 21 | at Washington State | L 60–70 | 11–5 (1–4) | Beasley Coliseum (1,423) Pullman, WA |
| 01/19/2013 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 21 | at Washington | L 71–81 | 11–6 (1–5) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,371) Seattle, WA |
| 01/24/2013 7:00 pm | | Arizona | W 68–47 | 12–6 (2–5) | Coors Events Center (2,914) Boulder, CO |
| 01/26/2013 1:00 pm, P12N | | No. 14 Arizona State | L 66–68 | 12–7 (2–6) | Coors Events Center (3,326) Boulder, CO |
| 01/29/2013 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 55–58 | 12–8 (2–7) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (855) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/02/2013 12:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | W 61–45 | 13–8 (3–7) | Coors Events Center (1,738) Boulder, CO |
| 02/08/2013 1:00 pm | | at Oregon State | L 63–75 | 13–9 (3–8) | Gill Coliseum (502) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/10/2013 6:00 pm | | at Oregon | W 81–75 | 14–9 (4–8) | Matthew Knight Arena (947) Eugene, OR |
| 02/14/2013 6:30 pm, P12N | | Washington | L 80–87 | 14–10 (4–9) | Coors Events Center (1,880) Boulder, CO |
| 02/16/2013 1:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State | L 77–80 | 14–11 (4–10) | Coors Events Center (2,446) Boulder, CO |
| 02/21/2013 6:30 pm | | at No. 20 Arizona State | L 51–55 | 14–12 (4–11) | Wells Fargo Arena (1,859) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/23/2013 3:00 pm, P12N | | at Arizona | W 61–56 $^{OT}$ | 15–12 (5–11) | McKale Center (1,253) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/28/2013 6:00 pm, P12N | | UCLA | W 62–42 | 16–12 (6–11) | Coors Events Center (4,477) Boulder, CO |
| 03/02/2013 12:00 pm, P12N | | USC | L 59–66 | 16–13 (6–12) | Coors Events Center (5,631) Boulder, CO |
| 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2014 1:00 pm, P12N | | vs. UCLA First Round | W 76–65 | 17–13 | KeyArena (N/A) Seattle, WA |
| 03/07/2014 1:00 pm, P12N | | vs. No. 4 Stanford Quarterfinals | L 54–69 | 17–14 | KeyArena (N/A) Seattle, WA |
| 2014 WNIT ||||||
| 03/19/2014* 7:00 pm | | TCU First Round | W 78–71 | 18–14 | Coors Events Center (789) Boulder, CO |
| 03/22/2014* 7:00 pm | | Southern Utah Second Round | W 79–68 | 19–14 | Coors Events Center (854) Boulder, CO |
| 03/28/2014* 7:00 pm | | at UTEP Third Round | L 60–68 | 19–15 | Don Haskins Center (8,234) El Paso, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain 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 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 21 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Coaches | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 20 | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |