2013–14 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by twenty-eighth year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season with a 33–4 overall, 17–1 to win their twenty-fourth regular season Pac-12 title. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to USC. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated South Dakota in the first round, Florida State in the second round, Penn State in the sweet sixteen, North Carolina in the elite eight to make their twelfth Final Four appearance. In the final four the Cardinal were defeated by the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament champion, Connecticut.

2013–14 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Pac-12 regular season champions Hardwood Tournament of Hope champions
NCAA tournament, final Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 6
Record	33–4 (17–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (28th season)
Assistant coaches	Amy Tucker Kate Paye Tempie Brown
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

2013–14 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Stanford	17	–	1		.944			33	–	4		.892
No. 24 California	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Oregon State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	11		.686
Arizona State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
USC †	11	–	7		.611			22	–	13		.629
Washington	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Washington State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	17		.500
UCLA	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Colorado	6	–	12		.333			19	–	15		.559
Oregon	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
Utah	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Arizona	1	–	17		.056			5	–	25		.167
† 2014 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of 6 April 2014 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2013–14 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 23 Jasmine Camp 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Chamblee Ellenwood, Ga. G 00 Alex Green 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So Bishop Lynch Dallas, Texas F 4 Taylor Greenfield 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Ballard Community Huxley, Iowa G 21 Sara James 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Oak Ridge El Dorado Hills, Calif. F 32 Kailee Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Central Catholic Portland, Ore. F 31 Toni Kokenis  5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Hinsdale Central Oak Brook, Ill. F 24 Erica McCall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Ridgeview Bakersfield, Calif. F 13 Chiney Ogwumike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Cy-Fair Cypress, Texas G 33 Amber Orrange 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Westbury Christian Houston, Texas F 25 Erica Payne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Carondelet Concord, Calif. F/C 34 Tess Picknell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So South Medford Medford, Ore. G 10 Briana Roberson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Troy Fullerton, Calif. F 3 Mikaela Ruef 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Beavercreek Beavercreek, Ohio F 41 Bonnie Samuelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Edison Huntington Beach, Calif. F 44 Karlie Samuelson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Mater Dei Huntington Beach, Calif. G 1 Lili Thompson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Timberview Mansfield, Texas	Head coach Tara VanDerveer Assistant coach(es) Amy Tucker Kate Paye Tempie Brown Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-09-02

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 3	Vanguard	W 79–47	–	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
Regular Season
11/09/2013* 10:00 am	No. 3	at Boston College	W 83–71	1–0	Conte Forum (1,628) Chestnut Hill, MA
11/11/2013* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 3	at No. 1 Connecticut Rivalry	L 57–76	1–1	Gampel Pavilion (9,529) Storrs, CT
11/15/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 3	Cal Poly	W 86–51	2–1	Maples Pavilion (3,913) Stanford, CA
11/17/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 3	UC Davis	W 66–48	3–1	Maples Pavilion (3,202) Stanford, CA
11/23/2013* 10:30 am, FSN	No. 6	at Texas	W 63–54	4–1	Frank Erwin Center (3,909) Austin, TX
11/26/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 6	vs. No. 16 Purdue Hardwood Tournament of Hope	W 86–69	5–1	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (100) Puerto Vallarta, MX
11/27/2013* 2:30 pm	No. 6	vs. Florida Gulf Coast Hardwood Tournament of Hope	W 83–59	6–1	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (N/A) Puerto Vallarta, MX
11/28/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 6	vs. South Dakota State Hardwood Tournament of Hope	W 80–60	7–1	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (N/A) Puerto Vallarta, MX
12/14/2013* 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	No. 23 Gonzaga	W 73–45	8–1	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
12/16/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	New Mexico	W 75–41	9–1	Maples Pavilion (3,397) Stanford, CA
12/21/2013* 1:30 pm, P12N	No. 6	No. 3 Tennessee Rivalry	W 76–70	10–1	Maples Pavilion (6,044) Stanford, CA
12/28/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 4	at Fresno State	W 86–54	11–1	Save Mart Center (4,833) Fresno, CA
01/03/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	Oregon	W 96–66	12–1 (1–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,495) Stanford, CA
01/05/2014 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	Oregon State	W 89–67	13–1 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
01/10/2014 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	at Utah	W 87–61	14–1 (3–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,652) Salt Lake City, UT
01/12/2014 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	at No. 17 Colorado	W 87–77	15–1 (4–0)	Coors Events Center (3,009) Boulder, CO
01/17/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	at Arizona	W 96–52	16–1 (5–0)	McKale Center (1,169) Tucson, AZ
01/20/2014 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	at No. 19 Arizona State	W 80–56	17–1 (6–0)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,399) Tempe, AZ
01/24/2014 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	UCLA	W 72–55	18–1 (7–0)	Maples Pavilion (4,434) Stanford, CA
01/27/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	USC	W 86–59	19–1 (8–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,360) Stanford, CA
01/30/2014 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	No. 21 California	W 70–64	20–1 (9–0)	Maples Pavilion (4,228) Stanford, CA
02/02/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	at No. 21 California	W 79–64	21–1 (10–0)	Haas Pavilion (5,715) Berkeley, CA
02/07/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 3	at Washington State	W 77–69	22–1 (11–0)	Beasley Coliseum (1,015) Pullman, WA
02/09/2014 12:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 3	at Washington	L 82–87	22–2 (11–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,797) Seattle, WA
02/14/2014 4:00 pm	No. 6	No. 15 Arizona State	W 61–35	23–2 (12–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,450) Stanford, CA
02/16/2014 Noon, P12N	No. 6	Arizona	W 74–48	24–2 (13–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,957) Stanford, CA
02/21/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 5	at USC	W 64–59	25–2 (14–1)	Galen Center (1,055) Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2014 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 5	at UCLA	W 65–56	26–2 (15–1)	Pauley Pavilion (7,074) Los Angeles, CA
02/27/2014 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 5	Washington	W 83–60	27–2 (16–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,132) Stanford, CA
03/01/2014 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 5	Washington State	W 84–64	28–2 (17–1)	Maples Pavilion (5,628) Stanford, CA
2014 Pac-12 Conference women's tournament
03/07/2014 Noon, P12N	No. 4	vs. Colorado Quarterfinals	W 69–54	29–2	KeyArena (N/A) Seattle, WA
03/08/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	vs. USC Semifinals	L 68–72	29–3	KeyArena (N/A) Seattle, WA
NCAA women's tournament
03/22/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	vs. South Dakota First Round	W 81–62	30–3	Hilton Coliseum (6,579) Ames, IA
03/24/2014* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	vs. Florida State Second Round	W 63–44	31–3	Hilton Coliseum (4,118) Ames, IA
03/30/2014* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	No. 14 Penn State Sweet Sixteen	W 82–57	32–3	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
04/01/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 6	No. 12 North Carolina Elite Eight	W 74–65	33–3	Maples Pavilion (6,145) Stanford, CA
04/06/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 6	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Final Four/Rivalry	L 56–75	33–4	Bridgestone Arena (17,548) Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source

Rankings

Main article: 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	5	5	4	6	6
Coaches	3	5	5	5	4	4T	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	5

See also

2013–14 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team