2013–14 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball | |
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Hall of Fame Classic Champions
American Athletic Conference Champions American Athletic Conference Tournament Champions NCAA Tournament Champions |
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Conference | American Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 1 |
AP | No. 1 |
2013–14 record | 40–0 (18–0 The American) |
Head coach | Geno Auriemma (29th year) |
Assistant coach | Chris Dailey |
Assistant coach | Shea Ralph |
Assistant coach | Marisa Moseley |
Home arena | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion |
2013–14 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#1 Connecticut† | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 40 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 Louisville | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 33 | – | 5 | .868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 28 | – | 9 | .757 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† American Tournament winner winner As of 8 April 2014; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2013–14 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Huskies, are lead twenty-ninth year head coach Geno Auriemma, play their home games at three different venues—the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and a game at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This is Connecticut's first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American. The Huskies finished the season with a perfect 40–0, 18–0 in the American League on both winning the regular season and the tournament title. They were automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament and won their ninth National Championship by defeating Notre Dame.
Connecticut basketball players were active in USA basketball events during 2013.
Two UConn players were selected for the World University Games Team:
The USA team was undefeated at the event in Kazan, Russia in July. Both UConn players started all six games. Hartley was the leading scorer for the USA team with 13.5 points per game, while Mosqueda-Lewis was a close second with 13.0 points per game. Mosqueda-Lewis was the leading rebounder for the team with 41 for an average of almost seven per game.
In the gold medal game against the host, Russia, Hartley was the leading scorer with 17 points on 6 for 7 shooting from the field. Mosqueda-Lewis scored 15 points.
Three UConn players were selected to be on the USA U19 (Under 19) team:
Tuck was selected to be the team captain.