# 2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-seventh year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and were 1st year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 37–1 overall, 16–0 in ACC play to win both of the ACC Regular Season and Tournament. They earned an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they defeated Robert Morris in the first round, Arizona State in the second round, Oklahoma State in the Sweet Sixteen, and Baylor in the Elite Eight to make it to their sixth Final Four, where they defeated Maryland. In the championship game, they lost to Connecticut, ending their school-record 37-game win streak.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/30/2013* 1:00 pm | No. 6 | California (PA) | W 118–49 | – | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,743) South Bend, IN |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/09/2013* 1:00 pm | No. 6 | UNC Wilmington | W 99–50 | 1–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,572) South Bend, IN |
| 11/11/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 6 | No. 19 Michigan State | W 81–62 | 2–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,242) South Bend, IN |
| 11/16/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 6 | Valparaiso | W 96–46 | 3–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,508) South Bend, IN |
| 11/23/2013* 3:00 pm | No. 5 | at Penn | W 76–54 | 4–0 | Palestra (1,025) Philadelphia, PA |
| 11/26/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 5 | No. 25 DePaul | W 92–76 | 5–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,518) South Bend, IN |
| 12/01/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 5 | vs. Duquesne | W 100–61 | 6–0 | Mattamy Athletic Centre (933) Toronto, ON |
| 12/04/2013* 7:30 pm, BTN | No. 4 | at No. 10 Penn State ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 77–67 | 7–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (5,805) University Park, PA |
| 12/07/2013* Noon | No. 4 | UCLA | W 90–48 | 8–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,501) South Bend, IN |
| 12/14/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | at Michigan | W 86–64 | 9–0 | Crisler Center (3,330) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 12/22/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 4 | Central Michigan | W 106–72 | 10–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,775) South Bend, IN |
| 12/29/2013* 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 2 | at Oregon State | W 70–58 | 11–0 | Gill Coliseum (4,032) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/02/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 2 | South Dakota State | W 94–51 | 12–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,867) South Bend, IN |
| 01/05/2014 2:00 pm | No. 2 | Clemson | W 71–51 | 13–0 (1–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,599) South Bend, IN |
| 01/09/2014 7:00 pm | No. 2 | Boston College | W 95–53 | 14–0 (2–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,474) South Bend, IN |
| 01/12/2014 2:00 pm | No. 2 | at Virginia | W 79–72 | 15–0 (3–0) | John Paul Jones Arena (4,451) Charlottesville, VA |
| 01/16/2014 7:00 pm | No. 2 | at Pittsburgh | W 109–66 | 16–0 (4–0) | Petersen Events Center (2,768) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/16/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 2 | at No. 12 Tennessee | W 86–70 | 17–0 | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,346) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/23/2014 7:00 pm, ACCN/RSN | No. 2 | Miami (FL) | W 79–52 | 18–0 (5–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,304) South Bend, IN |
| 01/27/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 2 | at No. 8 Maryland | W 87–83 | 19–0 (6–0) | Comcast Center (7,668) College Park, MD |
| 01/30/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 2 | Virginia Tech | W 74–48 | 20–0 (7–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,556) South Bend, IN |
| 02/02/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | at No. 3 Duke | W 88–67 | 21–0 (8–0) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (7,018) Durham, NC |
| 02/06/2014 7:00 pm | No. 2 | at Florida State | W 81–60 | 22–0 (9–0) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,331) Tallahassee, FL |
| 02/09/2014 3:00 pm, ACCN/RSN | No. 2 | Syracuse | W 101–64 | 23–0 (10–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 02/13/2014 7:00 pm | No. 2 | at Boston College | W 82–61 | 24–0 (11–0) | Conte Forum (804) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 02/17/2014 7:00 pm, ACCN/RSN | No. 2 | Georgia Tech | W 87–72 | 25–0 (12–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,808) South Bend, IN |
| 02/20/2014 7:00 pm, ACCN/RSN | No. 2 | at Wake Forest | W 86–61 | 26–0 (13–0) | LJVM Coliseum (1,435) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 02/23/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | No. 7 Duke | W 81–70 | 27–0 (14–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 02/27/2014 7:00 pm | No. 2 | No. 14 North Carolina | W 100–75 | 28–0 (15–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 03/02/2014 2:00 pm | No. 2 | at No. 13 NC State | W 84–60 | 29–0 (16–0) | Reynolds Coliseum (3,516) Raleigh, NC |
| 2014 ACC women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2014 2:45 pm, ACCN | No. 2 | vs. Florida State Quarterfinals | W 83–57 | 30–0 (16–0) | Greensboro Coliseum (4,506) Greensboro, NC |
| 03/08/2014 5:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 2 | vs. No. 14 NC State Semifinals | W 83–48 | 31–0 (16–0) | Greensboro Coliseum (N/A) Greensboro, NC |
| 03/09/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | vs. No. 10 Duke Championship Game | W 69–53 | 32–0 (16–0) | Greensboro Coliseum (8,190) Greensboro, NC |
| 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/22/2014* 1:30 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | vs. Robert Morris First Round | W 93–42 | 33–0 | Savage Arena (4,312) Toledo, OH |
| 03/24/2014* 6:30 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | vs. Arizona State Second Round | W 84–67 | 34–0 | Savage Arena (3,544) Toledo, OH |
| 03/29/2014* 2:30 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | No. 21 Oklahoma State Sweet Sixteen | W 89–72 | 35–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,774) South Bend, IN |
| 03/31/2014* 4:30 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | No. 5 Baylor Elite Eight | W 88–69 | 36–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,774) South Bend, IN |
| 04/06/2014 6:30 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | vs. No. 11 Maryland Final Four | W 87–61 | 37–0 | Bridgestone Arena (17,548) Nashville, TN |
| 04/08/2014* 20:30, ESPN | No. 2 | vs. No. 1 Connecticut Championship Game | L 58–79 | 37–1 | Bridgestone Arena (17,570) Nashville, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. :
| Poll | Pre Nov. 4 | Wk 2 Nov. 11 | Wk 3 Nov. 18 | Wk 4 Nov. 25 | Wk 5 Dec. 2 | Wk 6 Dec. 9 | Wk 7 Dec. 16 | Wk 8 Dec. 23 | Wk 9 Dec. 30 | Wk 10 Jan. 6 | Wk 11 Jan. 13 | Wk 12 Jan. 20 | Wk 13 Jan. 27 | Wk 14 Feb. 3 | Wk 15 Feb. 10 | Wk 16 Feb. 17 | Wk 17 Feb. 24 | Wk 18 Mar. 3 | Wk 19 Mar. 10 | Final |
| AP | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
| Coaches | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4T | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |