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

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2013–14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 2 2 37–1 16–0 Muffet McGraw Carol Owens Beth Cunningham Niele Ivey Edmund P. Joyce Center ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions NCAA tournament Runner-Up 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. Roster w 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish y y w Natalie Achonwa y 11 F 6 3 SR St. Mary's Catholic Guelph, ON w Lindsay Allen y 15 G 5 7 FR St. John's College Mitchellville, MD w Ariel Braker n 44 F 6 1 SR Grosse Pointe North Grosse Pointe Woods, MI w Madison Cable n 22 G 5 11 JR Mt. Lebanon Mt. Lebanon, PA w Whitney Holloway n 3 G 5 4 JR Montini Catholic Plainfield, IL w Hannah Huffman n 24 G 5 9 SO Carondelet Diablo, CA w Jewell Loyd y 32 G 5 10 SO Niles West Lincolnwood, IL w Michaela Mabrey n 23 G 5 10 SO Manasquan Belmar, NJ w Kayla McBride y 21 G 5 11 SR Villa Maria Academy Erie, PA w Kristina Nelson n 5 F 6 3 FR Buford Buford, GA w Taya Reimer n 12 F 6 3 FR Hamilton Southeastern Fishers, IN w Diamond Thompson n 35 C 6 4 FR Wheaton Warrenville South Wheaton, IL w Markisha Wright n 34 F 6 2 JR Des Moines East Des Moines, IA Muffet McGraw Carol Owens Beth Cunningham Niele Ivey http://www.und.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/nd-w-baskbl-mtt.html 2013-10-17 Schedule yes 2013-14 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 10/30/2013 1:00 pm yes 6 California (PA) Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 7,743 118–49 – |- !colspan=9| Regular Season 11/09/2013 1:00 pm yes 6 UNC Wilmington Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,572 99–50 1–0 11/11/2013 7:00 pm yes 6 Michigan State 19 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,242 81–62 2–0 11/16/2013 2:00 pm yes 6 Valparaiso Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,508 96–46 3–0 11/23/2013 3:00 pm yes yes 5 Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 1,025 76–54 4–0 11/26/2013 7:00 pm yes 5 DePaul 25 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,518 92–76 5–0 12/01/2013 2:00 pm yes yes 5 Duquesne Mattamy Athletic Centre Toronto, ON 933 100–61 6–0 12/04/2013 7:30 pm yes yes 4 Penn State 10 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge 5,805 BTN 77–67 7–0 12/07/2013 Noon yes 4 UCLA Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,501 90–48 8–0 12/14/2013 7:00 pm yes yes 4 Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI 3,330 86–64 9–0 12/22/2013 2:00 pm yes 4 Central Michigan Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,775 106–72 10–0 12/29/2013 5:00 pm yes yes 2 Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 4,032 P12N 70–58 11–0 01/02/2014 7:00 pm yes 2 South Dakota State Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,867 94–51 12–0 01/05/2014 2:00 pm 2 Clemson Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,599 71–51 13–0 (1–0) 01/09/2014 7:00 pm 2 Boston College Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,474 95–53 14–0 (2–0) 01/12/2014 2:00 pm yes 2 Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA 4,451 79–72 15–0 (3–0) 01/16/2014 7:00 pm yes 2 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA 2,768 109–66 16–0 (4–0) 01/16/2014 7:00 pm yes yes 2 Tennessee 12 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 13,346 ESPN2 86–70 17–0 01/23/2014 7:00 pm 2 Miami (FL) Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,304 ACCN/RSN 79–52 18–0 (5–0) 01/27/2014 7:00 pm yes 2 Maryland 8 Comcast Center College Park, MD 7,668 ESPN2 87–83 19–0 (6–0) 01/30/2014 7:00 pm 2 Virginia Tech Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,556 ESPN3 74–48 20–0 (7–0) 02/02/2014 2:00 pm yes 2 Duke 3 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 7,018 ESPN 88–67 21–0 (8–0) 02/06/2014 7:00 pm yes 2 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL 2,331 81–60 22–0 (9–0) 02/09/2014 3:00 pm 2 Syracuse Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 9,149 ACCN/RSN 101–64 23–0 (10–0) 02/13/2014 7:00 pm yes 2 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 804 82–61 24–0 (11–0) 02/17/2014 7:00 pm 2 Georgia Tech Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,808 ACCN/RSN 87–72 25–0 (12–0) 02/20/2014 7:00 pm yes 2 Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 1,435 ACCN/RSN 86–61 26–0 (13–0) 02/23/2014 1:00 pm 2 Duke 7 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 9,149 ESPN 81–70 27–0 (14–0) 02/27/2014 7:00 pm 2 North Carolina 14 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 9,149 100–75 28–0 (15–0) 03/02/2014 2:00 pm yes 2 NC State 13 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC 3,516 84–60 29–0 (16–0) |- !colspan=9 | 2014 ACC women's basketball tournament 03/07/2014 2:45 pm yes 2 Florida State Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Quarterfinals 4,506 ACCN 83–57 30–0 (16–0) 03/08/2014 5:00 pm yes 2 NC State 14 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Semifinals N/A ESPNU 83–48 31–0 (16–0) 03/09/2014 7:00 pm yes 2 Duke 10 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Championship Game 8,190 ESPN 69–53 32–0 (16–0) |- !colspan=9 | 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 03/22/2014 1:30 pm yes yes 2 Robert Morris Savage Arena Toledo, OH First Round 4,312 ESPN 93–42 33–0 03/24/2014 6:30 pm yes yes 2 Arizona State Savage Arena Toledo, OH Second Round 3,544 ESPN 84–67 34–0 03/29/2014 2:30 pm yes 2 Oklahoma State 21 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN Sweet Sixteen 8,774 ESPN 89–72 35–0 03/31/2014 4:30 pm yes 2 Baylor 5 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN Elite Eight 8,774 ESPN 88–69 36–0 04/06/2014 6:30 pm yes 2 Maryland 11 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Final Four 17,548 ESPN 87–61 37–0 04/08/2014 20:30 yes yes 2 Connecticut 1 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Championship Game 17,570 ESPN 58–79 37–1 AP Poll Eastern Time Source http://www.und.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/nd-w-baskbl-sched.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111014001727/http://www.und.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/nd-w-baskbl-sched.html dead 2011-10-14 2013-14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball Schedule Notre Dame Athletics 2014-01-22 Rankings 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. 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