# 2013–14 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team

The 2013–14 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mustangs played their home games at Curtis Culwell Center and at Moody Coliseum. The 2013–14 season was their first season the Mustangs will participate in the American Athletic Conference. The Mustangs were coached by 23rd year head coach Rhonda Rompola. They finished the season with a record of 18–14 overall, 8–10 in the American Conference play. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2014 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament to Rutgers. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round before losing to Minnesota in the second round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference Regular Season ||||||
| 11/10/2013* 2:00 pm | Grambling State | W 87–65 | 1–0 | Curtis Culwell Center (277) Garland, Texas |
| 11/13/2013* 7:00 pm | TCU | W 72–68 $^{OT}$ | 2–0 | Curtis Culwell Center (438) Garland, Texas |
| 11/16/2013* 3:00 pm | at Eastern Washington | W 75–70 | 3–0 | Reese Court (604) Cheney, Washington |
| 11/19/2013* 7:00 pm | Mississippi Valley State | W 91–53 | 4–0 | Curtis Culwell Center (344) Garland, Texas |
| 11/23/2013* 6:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin | W 81–69 | 5–0 | William R. Johnson Coliseum (712) Nacogdoches, Texas |
| 11/25/2013* 6:00 pm | Lamar | W 82–79 $^{OT}$ | 6–0 | Curtis Culwell Center (345) Garland, Texas |
| 11/28/2013* 3:15 pm | vs. Kansas State Junkanoo Jam | W 68–57 | 7–0 | St. George High School Gymnasium (235) Freeport, Bahamas |
| 11/29/2013* 7:00 pm | vs. No. 3 Tennessee Junkanoo Jam | L 47–87 | 7–1 | St. George High School Gymnasium (563) Freeport, Bahamas |
| 12/04/2013* 7:00 pm | Southeastern Louisiana | W 82–39 | 8–1 | Curtis Culwell Center (366) Garland, Texas |
| 12/07/2013* 5:30 pm | at UTEP | L 71–76 | 8–2 | Don Haskins Center (2,387) El Paso, Texas |
| 12/21/2013* 12:00 pm | at North Texas | W 84–79 $^{OT}$ | 9–2 | The Super Pit (854) Denton, Texas |
| Conference Regular Season ||||||
| 12/29/2013 2:00 pm, ESPNU | at No. 7 Louisville | L 51–71 | 9–3 (0–1) | KFC Yum! Center (7,677) Louisville, Kentucky |
| 01/01/2014 12:00 pm | at Cincinnati | W 54–43 | 10–3 (1–1) | Fifth Third Arena (468) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/04/2014 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | South Florida | L 62–76 | 10–4 (1–2) | Moody Coliseum (7,166) Dallas |
| 01/07/2014 7:00 pm, AAC Digital | Memphis | W 80–75 $^{2OT}$ | 11–4 (2–2) | Moody Coliseum (536) Dallas |
| 01/11/2014 1:00 pm, AAC Digital | at Rutgers | L 54–64 | 11–5 (2–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,526) Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 01/14/2014 11:00 am, AAC Digital | at Temple | L 66–80 | 11–6 (2–4) | Liacouras Center (1,761) Philadelphia |
| 01/19/2014 12:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 5 Louisville | L 66–81 | 11–7 (2–5) | Moody Coliseum (1,650) Dallas |
| 01/25/2014 2:00 pm, AAC Digital | at Houston | W 73–60 | 12–7 (3–5) | Hofheinz Pavilion (723) Houston |
| 01/28/2014 7:00 pm | Cincinnati | W 66–47 | 13–7 (4–5) | Moody Coliseum (506) Dallas |
| 02/01/2014 3:30 pm | Temple | W 85–75 | 14–7 (5–5) | Moody Coliseum (7,058) Dallas |
| 02/04/2014 6:00 pm, SNY | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 41–102 | 14–8 (5–6) | Gampel Pavilion (7,839) Storrs, Connecticut |
| 02/08/2014 2:00 pm | Rutgers | L 64–65 | 14–9 (5–7) | Moody Coliseum (954) Dallas |
| 02/11/2014 6:00 pm, AAC Digital | at UCF | L 54–59 | 14–10 (5–8) | CFE Arena (382) Orlando, Florida |
| 02/15/2014 2:00 pm, AAC Digital | Houston | W 67–50 | 15–10 (6–8) | Moody Coliseum (1,032) Dallas |
| 02/22/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Memphis | W 78–74 | 16–10 (7–8) | FedEx Forum (837) Memphis, Tennessee |
| 02/25/2014 7:00 pm, SNY | No. 1 Connecticut | L 48–81 | 16–11 (7–9) | Moody Coliseum (4,091) Dallas |
| 03/01/2014 6:00 pm, AAC Digital | at South Florida | L 51–72 | 16–12 (7–10) | USF Sun Dome (1,407) Tampa, Florida |
| 03/03/2014 7:00 pm | UCF | W 79–67 | 17–12 (8–10) | Moody Coliseum (498) Dallas |
| 2014 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2014 11:00 am, ESPN3 | vs. No. 24 Rutgers Quarterfinals | L 49–68 | 17–13 | Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, Connecticut |
| 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2014* 7:00 pm | Texas Southern First Round | W 84–72 | 18–13 | Moody Coliseum (369) Dallas |
| 03/23/2014* 5:00 pm | at Minnesota Second Round | L 70–77 | 18–14 | Williams Arena (587) Minneapolis |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||