# 2013–14 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by 12th year head coach Connie Yori, played their home games at the newly Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 26–7, 12–4 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They won the Big Ten women's tournament for the first time in school history. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Fresno State in the first round before falling to BYU in the second round to end their season.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/27/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 17 | Pittsburg State | W 98–47 | – | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,782) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/03/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 17 | Nebraska-Kearney | W 75–34 | – | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,668) Lincoln, NE |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/08/2013* 12:00 pm, NET | No. 17 | UCLA | W 77–49 | 1–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (9,750) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/11/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 15 | Alabama | W 62–48 | 2–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,924) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/15/2013* 6:30 pm, P12N | No. 15 | at Utah | W 75–69 | 3–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (949) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/21/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 11 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 78–55 | 4–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,599) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/24/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 11 | Southern | W 87–64 | 5–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,454) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/27/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 10 | UMass Lowell | W 75–42 | 6–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,019) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/30/2013* 5:00 pm | No. 10 | Washington State | L 72–76 | 6–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,933) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/04/2013* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 15 | at No. 18 North Carolina ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 62–75 | 6–2 | Carmichael Arena (1,534) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 12/08/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 15 | Utah State | W 95–75 | 7–2 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,494) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/14/2013* 11:00 am | No. 19 | Creighton | W 63–38 | 8–2 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,233) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/21/2013* 2:30 pm | No. 19 | South Dakota | W 87–53 | 9–2 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,358) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/29/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 18 | Oral Roberts | W 89–53 | 10–2 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,811) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/02/2014 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 18 | Northwestern | W 66–65 | 11–2 (1–0) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,089) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/09/2014 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 16 | at Michigan State | L 57–70 | 11–3 (1–1) | Breslin Center (5,024) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/12/2014 1:00 pm, BTN | No. 16 | at Illinois | W 75–56 | 12–3 (2–1) | State Farm Center (3,306) Champaign, IL |
| 01/16/2014 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 18 | Minnesota | W 88–85 $^{OT}$ | 13–3 (3–1) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,922) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/19/2014 4:00 pm, BTN | No. 18 | No. 22 Purdue | L 75–77 | 13–4 (3–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,196) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/26/2014 4:00 pm | No. 21 | at Northwestern | L 59–63 | 13–5 (3–3) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,287) Evanston, IL |
| 01/29/2014 7:00 pm, NET | | Michigan | W 84–51 | 14–5 (4–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,297) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/01/2014 2:00 pm | | at Iowa | W 80–67 | 15–5 (5–3) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,021) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/05/2014 7:00 pm | No. 22 | at Wisconsin | W 71–70 $^{OT}$ | 16–5 (6–3) | Kohl Center (3,307) Madison, WI |
| 02/08/2014 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 22 | No. 24 Michigan State | W 76–56 | 17–5 (7–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,915) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/13/2014 6:00 pm | No. 21 | at Michigan | W 76–68 | 18–5 (8–3) | Crisler Center (1,728) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 02/16/2014 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 21 | Indiana | W 76–61 | 19–5 (9–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,165) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/20/2014 6:00 pm | No. 17 | at Ohio State | W 67–59 | 20–5 (10–3) | Value City Arena (4,612) Columbus, OH |
| 02/24/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 16 | No. 8 Penn State | W 94–74 | 21–5 (11–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,253) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/27/2014 7:00 pm | No. 16 | Illinois | W 72–65 | 22–5 (12–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,480) Lincoln, NE |
| 03/02/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 16 | at No. 19 Purdue | L 66–83 | 22–6 (12–4) | Mackey Arena (9,306) West Lafayette, IN |
| 2014 Big Ten women's tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2014 1:30 pm, BTN | No. 16 | vs. Minnesota Quarterfinals | W 80–67 | 23–6 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,677) Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/07/2014 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 16 | vs. No. 19 Michigan State Semifinals | W 86–58 | 24–6 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/09/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 16 | vs. No. 23 Iowa Championship Game | W 72–65 | 25–6 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,743) Indianapolis, IN |
| 2014 NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| 03/22/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | vs. Fresno State First Round | W 74–55 | 26–6 | Pauley Pavilion (1,941) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/24/2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | vs. BYU Second Round | L 76–80 | 26–7 | Pauley Pavilion (973) Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central 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 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 21 | RV | 22 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
| Coaches | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 |