2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 June 2024 Women's basketball 2012–13 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg 250 Big East Big East 2 16 29–9 11–5 Jeff Walz 6th Stephanie Norman Samantha Williams Sam Purcell KFC Yum! Center NCAA tournament Runner-up The 2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center as members of the Big East Conference before the conference would split. They finished the season 29–9, 11–5 in Big East play to land third in the regular season standings. They lost to Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament. As the No. 5 seed in the Oklahoma City region, they defeated Middle Tennessee and Purdue to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated No. 1 seed Baylor and No. 2 seed Tennessee in the Elite Eight to advance to the school's second Final Four. Playing as one of three Big East teams in the Final Four, they defeated Spokane regional champion California Golden Bears in the National semifinal round. In the National Championship, they lost to Connecticut. Roster 2012 Louisville Cardinals y y w w Sara Hammond 00 F 6 2 SO Mount Vernon, Kentucky Rockcastle County w Shelby Harper 1 G 5 4 SR Scottsville, Kentucky Allen County Scottsville w Monny Niamke 2 G 5 5 SO Rouen, France Lindsey Wilson w Sheronne Vails 3 C 6 4 JR Odenton, Maryland Arundel w Antonita Slaughter 4 G 6 1 JR Louisville, Kentucky Christian Academy w Shawnta' Dyer 12 F 6 1 SO yes Marion, Ohio Marion Harding w Cortnee Walton 13 F 6 3 FR Surprise, Arizona St. Mary's w Megan Deines 15 G 6 1 FR Springfield, Missouri Glendale w Bria Smith 21 G 5 10 SO Massapequa, New York Christ the King w Jude Schimmel 22 G 5 6 SO Mission, Oregon Franklin (Portland, OR) w Shoni Schimmel y 23 G 5 9 JR Mission, Oregon Franklin (Portland, OR) w Tia Gibbs 25 G 5 9 JR yes Louisville, Kentucky ButlerVanderbilt w Asia Taylor y 31 F 6 1 SR Columbus, Ohio Whetstone Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky) Stephanie Norman (Arizona State) Samantha Williams (Auburn) Sam Purcell (Auburn) https://gocards.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/2012-13 Schedule and results yes 2012-13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals| Exhibition 10/31/2012 7:00 pm yes Eckerd College KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY N/A 83–29 – |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals| Regular season 11/9/2012 7:00 pm yes Texas A&M KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 10,896 47–45 1–0 11/11/2012 12:00 pm yes Portland KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 6,423 95–48 2–0 11/15/2012 8:00 pm yes yes Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 826 90–52 3–0 11/20/2012 7:00 pm yes yes UCF Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hardwood Tournament of Hope 136 94–73 4–0 11/21/2012 9:30 pm yes yes 6 Gonzaga Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center Puerta Vallarta, Mexico Hardwood Tournament of Hope Semi-finals 167 55–42 5–0 11/22/2012 9:30 pm yes Oregon State Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hardwood Tournament of Hope 224 61–43 6–0 11/26/2012 8:00 pm yes yes UT Martin Kathleen and Tom Elam Center Martin, TN 3,223 79–61 7–0 11/28/2012 7:30 pm yes Eastern Kentucky KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 7,942 76–42 8–0 12/2/2012 6:00 pm yes 6 Kentucky 9 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY The Battle For The Bluegrass 15,453 ESPN2 47–48 8–1 12/8/2012 7:30 pm yes Valparaiso KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 7,856 96–40 9–1 12/14/2012 9:00 pm yes yes Colorado CU Events Center Boulder, CO 3,408 66–70 9–2 12/18/2012 7:00 pm yes Washington State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 7,341 75–39 10–2 12/21/2012 7:00 pm yes Wagner KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 7,876 106–32 11–2 12/31/2012 6:00 pm yes Tennessee State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 9,023 88–25 12–2 1/5/2013 6:00 pm yes DePaul McGrath–Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 3,212 80–86 12–3 0–1 1/8/2013 7:00 pm Rutgers KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 9,557 66–57 OT 13–3 1–1 1/12/2013 2:00 pm yes Providence Alumni Hall Providence, RI 681 70–62 14–3 2–1 1/15/2013 9:00 pm yes Connecticut XL Center Storrs, CT 8,702 58–72 14–4 2–2 1/18/2013 7:00 pm Cincinnati KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 9,752 72–33 15–4 3–2 1/22/2013 9:00 pm yes Marquette Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI 1,189 64–63 16–4 4–2 1/27/2013 1:30 pm St. John's KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 11,543 57–54 17–4 5–2 1/30/2013 7:00 pm South Florida Sun Dome Tampa, FL 1,227 78–75 18–4 6–2 2/2/2013 2:00 pm Georgetown KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 10,495 74–60 19–4 7–2 2/9/2013 2:00 pm 11 Pittsburgh KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 10,733 78–45 20–4 8–2 2/11/2013 9:00 pm yes Notre Dame Purcell Pavilion South Bend, IN 8,368 64–93 20–5 8–3 2/17/2013 1:30 pm DePaul KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 10,906 81–55 21–5 9–3 2/20/2013 7:00 pm South Florida KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 8,201 62–73 21–6 9–4 2/24/2013 2:00 pm yes Villanova The Pavilion Philadelphia, PA 1,239 55–49 22–6 10–4 2/27/2013 7:00 pm Seton Hall KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 9,232 72–62 23–6 11–4 3/4/2013 9:00 pm yes Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 441 57–68 23–7 11–5 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals| Big East Women's Tournament 3/10/2013 12:00 pm yes yes St. John's XL Center Hartford, CT 62–55 24–7 3/11/2013 6:00 pm yes yes 16 Notre Dame 2 XL Center Hartford, CT Semifinals 59–83 24–8 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals| NCAA Women's Tournament 3/24/2013 2:40 pm yes 16 5 OKC Middle Tennessee 12 OKC KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY First round 74–49 5,977 25–8 3/26/2013 7:00 pm yes 16 5 OKC Purdue 4 OKC KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Second round 76–63 9,236 26–8 3/31/2013 7:00 pm yes yes 16 5 OKC Baylor 1 1 OKC Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen ESPN2 82–81 9,162 27–8 4/2/2013 9:00 pm yes yes 16 5 OKC Tennessee 2 OKC Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Regional Final – Elite Eight 86–78 6,147 28–8 4/7/2013 6:30 pm yes yes 16 5 OKC California 6 2 SPK New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA National Semifinal Final Four 64–57Louisville makes title game with second-half rally https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/330970025 ESPN April 8, 2013 June 26, 2024 29–8 4/9/2013 yes 8:30 pm 16 5 OKC yes 3 1 BGP Connecticut New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA National Championship ESPN 60–93 17,545 29–9 AP Poll Eastern OKC Oklahoma City Source https://gocards.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2012-13 2012–13 Women's basketball Schedule University of Louisville Athletics June 26, 2024 Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings References Category:Louisville Cardinals women's basketball seasons Louisville Louisville Cardinals women's basketball, 2017-18 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball, 2017-18 Louisville Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Category:2012 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:2013 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:Long stubs with short prose