# 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Led by 12th year head coach Pam Borton for the Golden Gophers, members of the Big Ten Conference, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished with a record of 22–13 overall, 8–8 in Big Ten play for a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals in the 2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament to Nebraska. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Green Bay in the first round, SMU in the second round before losing to South Dakota State in the third round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/29/2013* 7:00 pm | Winona State | W 82–44 | – | Williams Arena (2,168) Minneapolis, MN |
| 11/02/2013* 2:00 pm | Minnesota State Moorhead | W 69–54 | – | Williams Arena (2,547) Minneapolis, MN |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2013* 12:00 pm | at Northern Iowa | W 73–55 | 1–0 | McLeod Center (2,396) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 11/13/2013* 7:00 pm | Charlotte | W 90–55 | 2–0 | Williams Arena (2,107) Minneapolis, MN |
| 11/16/2013* 1:05 pm | at Creighton | L 52–63 | 2–1 | D. J. Sokol Arena (802) Omaha, NE |
| 11/20/2013* 7:00 pm | Kansas | W 70–59 | 3–1 | Williams Arena (3,455) Minneapolis, MN |
| 11/24/2013* 2:00 pm | Navy | W 62–55 | 4–1 | Williams Arena (2,769) Minneapolis, MN |
| 11/26/2013* 7:00 pm | Loyola | W 80–36 | 5–1 | Williams Arena (2,368) Minneapolis, MN |
| 11/28/2013* 6:30 pm | vs. Chattanooga Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 63–62 | 6–2 | Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/29/2013* 4:00 pm | vs. Colorado State Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 79–55 | 7–1 | Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/30/2013* 9:00 pm | at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Showdown | L 71–77 $^{OT}$ | 7–2 | Stan Sheriff Center (1,486) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/05/2013* 8:00 pm, BTN | Miami (FL) ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 74–67 | 8–2 | Williams Arena (2,158) Minneapolis, MN |
| 12/08/2013* 2:00 pm | North Dakota | W 46–44 | 9–2 | Williams Arena (3,568) Minneapolis, MN |
| 12/20/2013* 12:00 pm | UCLA Subway Classic | L 55–58 | 9–3 | Williams Arena (5,065) Minneapolis, MN |
| 12/22/2013* 2:00 pm | Auburn Subway Classic | W 67–54 | 10–3 | Williams Arena (3,139) Minneapolis, MN |
| 12/29/2013* 2:00 pm | Oakland | W 79–43 | 11–3 | Williams Arena (2,578) Minneapolis, MN |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 01/04/2014 2:00 pm | Michigan State | L 56–81 | 11–4 (0–1) | Williams Arena (3,442) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/08/2014 7:00 pm | at Iowa | L 71–78 | 11–5 (0–2) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,460) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/12/2014 2:00 pm | Northwestern | W 94–59 | 12–5 (1–2) | Williams Arena (4,482) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/16/2014 8:00 pm, BTN | at No. 18 Nebraska | L 85–88 $^{OT}$ | 12–6 (1–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,922) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/19/2014 1:00 pm | at Indiana | L 78–83 $^{OT}$ | 12–7 (1–4) | Assembly Hall (4,532) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/23/2014 8:00 pm, BTN | Wisconsin | W 64–53 | 13–7 (2–4) | Williams Arena (2,759) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/26/2014 12:00 pm, CBS | at No. 13 Penn State | L 53–83 | 13–8 (2–5) | Bryce Jordan Center (6,292) University Park, PA |
| 01/29/2014 7:00 pm | Iowa | L 56–64 | 13–9 (2–6) | Williams Arena (3,124) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/01/2014 11:00 am, BTN | at Michigan | W 85–69 | 14–9 (3–6) | Crisler Center (1,508) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 02/09/2014 2:00 pm | Illinois | W 66–61 | 15–9 (4–6) | Williams Arena (4,306) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/12/2014 7:00 pm | at Wisconsin | W 63–50 | 16–9 (5–6) | Kohl Center (3,659) Madison, WI |
| 02/15/2014 2:30 pm, BTN | at Northwestern | W 82–64 | 17–9 (6–6) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,782) Evanston, IL |
| 02/20/2014 7:00 pm | No. 21 Purdue | L 42–63 | 17–10 (6–7) | Williams Arena (2,690) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/24/2014 6:00 pm, BTN | at No. 21 Michigan State | L 61–75 | 17–11 (6–8) | Breslin Center (5,703) East Lansing, MI |
| 02/27/2014 7:00 pm | Indiana | W 73–62 | 18–11 (7–8) | Williams Arena (2,613) Minneapolis, MN |
| 03/02/2014 1:00 pm | Ohio State | W 74–57 | 19–11 (8–8) | Williams Arena (3,403) Minneapolis, MN |
| 2014 Big Ten tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2014 8:00 pm, BTN | vs. Wisconsin First Round | W 74–68 $^{OT}$ | 20–11 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (6,124) Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/07/2014 1:30 pm, BTN | vs. No. 16 Nebraska Quarterfinals | L 67–80 | 20–12 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN |
| 2014 WNIT ||||||
| 03/19/2014* 7:00 pm | Green Bay First Round | W 62–60 | 21–12 | Williams Arena (950) Minneapolis, MN |
| 03/23/2014* 5:00 pm | SMU Second Round | W 77–70 | 22–12 | Williams Arena (587) Minneapolis, MN |
| 03/27/2014* 7:00 pm | at South Dakota State Third Round | L 62–70 | 22–13 | Frost Arena (3,320) Brookings, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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