# 2013–14 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

The 2013–14 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2013–2014 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Nikki Fargas, who was in her third season at LSU. They played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center as members of the Southeastern Conference.

## Schedule and Results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct. 30, 2013* 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 | Tennessee Temple | W 95–24 | – | Maravich Center (N/A) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Nov. 2, 2013* 2:00 p.m. | No. 17 | Mississippi College | W 104–30 | – | Maravich Center (N/A) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Nov. 8, 2013* 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 | Stephen F. Austin Preseason WNIT | W 86–58 | 1–0 | Maravich Center (2,290) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Nov. 10, 2013* 2:00 p.m. | No. 15 | Saint Joseph's Preseason WNIT | W 80–64 | 2–0 | Maravich Center (2,623) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Nov. 14, 2013* 6:00 p.m. | No. 14 | at No. 5 Louisville Preseason WNIT | L 67–88 | 2–1 | KFC Yum! Center (8,099) Louisville, KY |
| Nov. 20, 2013* 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 | Hampton | W 73–54 | 3–1 | Maravich Center (2,459) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Nov. 23, 2013* 1:00 p.m. | No. 15 | at Louisiana Tech | W 81–69 | 4–1 | Thomas Assembly Center (2,767) Ruston, LA |
| Nov. 29, 2013* 12:00 p.m. | No. 15 | vs. Rutgers Barclays Women's Invitational semifinals | W 69–65 | 5–1 | Barclays Center (1,194) Brooklyn, NY |
| Nov. 30, 2013* 9:00 p.m. | No. 15 | vs. Michigan Barclays Women's Invitational championship | W 64–62 | 6–1 | Barclays Center (1,012) Brooklyn, NY |
| Dec. 3, 2013* 11:30 a.m. | No. 13 | Indiana State | W 83–66 | 7–1 | Maravich Center (6,105) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Dec. 15, 2013* 2:00 p.m. | No. 13 | at Arkansas-Little Rock | W 58–51 | 8–1 | Jack Stephens Center (2,635) Little Rock, AR |
| Dec. 17, 2013* 7:00 p.m., CST | No. 12 | Florida Gulf Coast | W 69–46 | 9–1 | Maravich Center (2,190) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Dec. 20, 2013* 6:00 p.m. | No. 12 | at NC State | L 79–89 | 9–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,025) Raleigh, NC |
| Dec. 30, 2013* 8:00 p.m., CST | No. 16 | Jackson State | W 72–45 | 10–2 | Maravich Center (2,801) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Jan. 2, 2014 6:00 p.m., CSS/CST | No. 16 | at No. 5 Tennessee | W 80–77 | 11–2 (1–0) | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,437) Knoxville, TN |
| Jan. 5, 2014* 2:00 p.m. | No. 12 | at Tulane | W 63–35 | 12–2 | Devlin Fieldhouse (2,844) New Orleans, LA |
| Jan. 9, 2014 6:00 p.m., CST | No. 12 | Texas A&M | L 48–52 | 12–3 (1–1) | Maravich Center (2,786) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Jan. 12, 2014 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 12 | Florida | W 82–68 | 13–3 (2–1) | Maravich Center (3,672) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Jan. 16, 2014 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 | at Missouri | W 87–68 | 14–3 (3–1) | Mizzou Arena (2,005) Columbia, MO |
| Jan. 19, 2014 1:00 p.m., FSN/SPSO | No. 14 | at No. 24 Vanderbilt | L 70–79 | 14–4 (3–2) | Memorial Gymnasium (6,020) Nashville, TN |
| Jan. 23, 2014 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 | Auburn | W 71–60 | 15–4 (4–2) | Maravich Center (2,855) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Jan. 26, 2014 1:00 p.m., SEC TV | No. 15 | at Ole Miss | W 66–56 | 16–4 (5–2) | Tad Smith Coliseum (737) Oxford, MS |
| Jan. 30, 2014 7:00 p.m., CST | No. 14 | Mississippi State | W 65–56 | 17–4 (6–2) | Maravich Center (2,587) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Feb. 2, 2014 11:00 a.m., FSN/SPSO | No. 13 | at No. 14 Kentucky | L 56–63 | 17–5 (6–3) | Memorial Coliseum (6,333) Lexington, KY |
| Feb. 6, 2014 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 | Missouri | W 75–58 | 18–5 (7–3) | Maravich Center (2,663) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Feb. 9, 2014 1:30 p.m., FSN/SPSO | No. 16 | at No. 19 Texas A&M | L 67–72 | 18–6 (7–4) | Reed Arena (5,926) College Station, TX |
| Feb. 16, 2014 2:30 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 19 | No. 5 South Carolina | L 57–73 | 18–7 (7–5) | Maravich Center (4,275) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Feb. 20, 2014 6:00 p.m. | No. 19 | at Georgia | L 67–71 | 18–8 (7–6) | Stegeman Coliseum (3,421) Athens, GA |
| Feb. 23, 2014 1:00 p.m., CST | No. 19 | Arkansas | L 53–57 | 18–9 (7–7) | Maravich Center (3,155) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Feb. 27, 2014 8:00 p.m., CSS/CST | | No. 10 Tennessee | L 67–72 | 18–10 (7–8) | Maravich Center (3,374) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Mar. 2, 2014 1:00 p.m., SEC TV | | at Alabama | L 60–78 | 18–11 (7–9) | Foster Auditorium (2,536) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 2014 SEC Tournament ||||||
| Mar. 6, 2014 5:00 p.m., SPSO | No. (10) | vs. No. (7) Alabama Second round | W 78–65 | 19–11 | Arena at Gwinnett Center (3,152) Duluth, GA |
| Mar. 7, 2014 5:00 p.m., SPSO | No. (10) | vs. No. 6 (2) Tennessee Quarterfinal | L 65–77 | 19–12 | Arena at Gwinnett Center (5,232) Duluth, GA |
| 2014 NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar. 22, 2014* 11:50 a.m., ESPN2 | No. (7) | No. (10) Georgia Tech First round | W 98-78 | 20-12 | Pete-Maravich Assembly Center (2,833) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Mar. 25, 2014* 8:45 p.m., ESPN2 | No. (7) | No. (2) West Virginia Second round | W 76-67 | 21-12 | Pete-Maravich Assembly Center (2,186) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Mar. 30, 2014* 1:30 p.m., ESPN2 | No. (7) | No. (3) Louisville Sweet Sixteen | L 47-73 | 21-13 | KFC Yum! Center (11,097) Louisville, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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## 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 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 19 | | | | |
| Coaches | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | | | | |