2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Big East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 16
Record	29–9 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach	Jeff Walz (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Stephanie Norman; Samantha Williams; Sam Purcell;
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center
	Seasons ← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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.

2012–13 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	16	–	0	1.000	35	–	2	.946
No. 3 Connecticut	14	–	2	.875	35	–	4	.897
No. 16 Louisville	11	–	5	.688	29	–	9	.763
St. John's	11	–	5	.688	18	–	13	.581
South Florida	9	–	7	.563	22	–	11	.667
Villanova	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
DePaul	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Rutgers	7	–	9	.438	16	–	14	.533
Marquette	7	–	9	.438	16	–	16	.500
Georgetown	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Seton Hall	5	–	11	.313	11	–	20	.355
Cincinnati	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400
Providence	2	–	14	.125	7	–	23	.233
Pittsburgh	0	–	16	.000	9	–	21	.300


† 2013 Big East Basketball Tournament winner As of April 9, 2013 Rankings from AP poll^[1]^[2]

Roster

2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Sara Hammond	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Rockcastle County	Mount Vernon, Kentucky
G	1	Shelby Harper	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Allen County Scottsville	Scottsville, Kentucky
G	2	Monny Niamke	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Lindsey Wilson	Rouen, France
C	3	Sheronne Vails	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Arundel	Odenton, Maryland
G	4	Antonita Slaughter	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Christian Academy	Louisville, Kentucky
F	12	Shawnta' Dyer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Marion Harding	Marion, Ohio
F	13	Cortnee Walton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	St. Mary's	Surprise, Arizona
G	15	Megan Deines	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Glendale	Springfield, Missouri
G	21	Bria Smith	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Christ the King	Massapequa, New York
G	22	Jude Schimmel	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Franklin (Portland, OR)	Mission, Oregon
G	23	Shoni Schimmel	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Franklin (Portland, OR)	Mission, Oregon
G	25	Tia Gibbs	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Butler Vanderbilt	Louisville, Kentucky
F	31	Asia Taylor	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Whetstone	Columbus, Ohio

Head coach

Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Stephanie Norman (Arizona State)
Samantha Williams (Auburn)
Sam Purcell (Auburn)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/31/2012* 7:00 pm		Eckerd College	W 83–29	–	KFC Yum! Center (N/A) Louisville, KY
Regular season
11/9/2012* 7:00 pm		Texas A&M	W 47–45	1–0	KFC Yum! Center (10,896) Louisville, KY
11/11/2012* 12:00 pm		Portland	W 95–48	2–0	KFC Yum! Center (6,423) Louisville, KY
11/15/2012* 8:00 pm		at Austin Peay	W 90–52	3–0	Dunn Center (826) Clarksville, TN
11/20/2012* 7:00 pm		vs. UCF Hardwood Tournament of Hope	W 94–73	4–0	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (136) Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
11/21/2012* 9:30 pm	No. 6	vs. Gonzaga Hardwood Tournament of Hope Semi-finals	W 55–42	5–0	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (167) Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
11/22/2012* 9:30 pm		Oregon State Hardwood Tournament of Hope	W 61–43	6–0	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (224) Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
11/26/2012* 8:00 pm		at UT Martin	W 79–61	7–0	Kathleen and Tom Elam Center (3,223) Martin, TN
11/28/2012* 7:30 pm		Eastern Kentucky	W 76–42	8–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,942) Louisville, KY
12/2/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	No. 9 Kentucky The Battle For The Bluegrass	L 47–48	8–1	KFC Yum! Center (15,453) Louisville, KY
12/8/2012* 7:30 pm		Valparaiso	W 96–40	9–1	KFC Yum! Center (7,856) Louisville, KY
12/14/2012* 9:00 pm		at Colorado	L 66–70	9–2	CU Events Center (3,408) Boulder, CO
12/18/2012* 7:00 pm		Washington State	W 75–39	10–2	KFC Yum! Center (7,341) Louisville, KY
12/21/2012* 7:00 pm		Wagner	W 106–32	11–2	KFC Yum! Center (7,876) Louisville, KY
12/31/2012* 6:00 pm		Tennessee State	W 88–25	12–2	KFC Yum! Center (9,023) Louisville, KY
1/5/2013 6:00 pm		at DePaul	L 80–86	12–3 (0–1)	McGrath–Phillips Arena (3,212) Chicago, IL
1/8/2013 7:00 pm		Rutgers	W 66–57 ^OT	13–3 (1–1)	KFC Yum! Center (9,557) Louisville, KY
1/12/2013 2:00 pm		at Providence	W 70–62	14–3 (2–1)	Alumni Hall (681) Providence, RI
1/15/2013 9:00 pm		at Connecticut	L 58–72	14–4 (2–2)	XL Center (8,702) Storrs, CT
1/18/2013 7:00 pm		Cincinnati	W 72–33	15–4 (3–2)	KFC Yum! Center (9,752) Louisville, KY
1/22/2013 9:00 pm		at Marquette	W 64–63	16–4 (4–2)	Al McGuire Center (1,189) Milwaukee, WI
1/27/2013 1:30 pm		St. John's	W 57–54	17–4 (5–2)	KFC Yum! Center (11,543) Louisville, KY
1/30/2013 7:00 pm		South Florida	W 78–75	18–4 (6–2)	Sun Dome (1,227) Tampa, FL
2/2/2013 2:00 pm		Georgetown	W 74–60	19–4 (7–2)	KFC Yum! Center (10,495) Louisville, KY
2/9/2013 2:00 pm	No. 11	Pittsburgh	W 78–45	20–4 (8–2)	KFC Yum! Center (10,733) Louisville, KY
2/11/2013 9:00 pm		at Notre Dame	L 64–93	20–5 (8–3)	Purcell Pavilion (8,368) South Bend, IN
2/17/2013 1:30 pm		DePaul	W 81–55	21–5 (9–3)	KFC Yum! Center (10,906) Louisville, KY
2/20/2013 7:00 pm		South Florida	L 62–73	21–6 (9–4)	KFC Yum! Center (8,201) Louisville, KY
2/24/2013 2:00 pm		at Villanova	W 55–49	22–6 (10–4)	The Pavilion (1,239) Philadelphia, PA
2/27/2013 7:00 pm		Seton Hall	W 72–62	23–6 (11–4)	KFC Yum! Center (9,232) Louisville, KY
3/4/2013 9:00 pm		at Syracuse	L 57–68	23–7 (11–5)	Carrier Dome (441) Syracuse, NY
Big East Women's Tournament
3/10/2013* 12:00 pm		vs. St. John's	W 62–55	24–7	XL Center Hartford, CT
3/11/2013* 6:00 pm	No. 16	vs. No. 2 Notre Dame Semifinals	L 59–83	24–8	XL Center Hartford, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
3/24/2013* 2:40 pm	(5 OKC) No. 16	(12 OKC) Middle Tennessee First round	W 74–49	25–8	KFC Yum! Center (5,977) Louisville, KY
3/26/2013* 7:00 pm	(5 OKC) No. 16	(4 OKC) Purdue Second round	W 76–63	26–8	KFC Yum! Center (9,236) Louisville, KY
3/31/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(5 OKC) No. 16	vs. (1 OKC) No. 1 Baylor Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 82–81	27–8	Chesapeake Energy Arena (9,162) Oklahoma City, OK
4/2/2013* 9:00 pm	(5 OKC) No. 16	vs. (2 OKC) Tennessee Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 86–78	28–8	Chesapeake Energy Arena (6,147) Oklahoma City, OK
4/7/2013* 6:30 pm	(5 OKC) No. 16	vs. (2 SPK) No. 6 California National Semifinal – Final Four	W 64–57^[3]	29–8	New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA
4/9/2013* 8:30 pm, ESPN	(5 OKC) No. 16	vs. (1 BGP) No. 3 Connecticut National Championship	L 60–93	29–9	New Orleans Arena (17,545) New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. OKC=Oklahoma City. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[4]

Rankings

References

^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2012-13". ESPN. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
^ "2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 18)". ESPN. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
^ "Louisville makes title game with second-half rally". ESPN. April 8, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
^ "2012–13 Women's basketball Schedule". University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[Standings-1] "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2012-13". ESPN. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[Rankings-2] "2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 18)". ESPN. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

[3] "Louisville makes title game with second-half rally". ESPN. April 8, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[4] "2012–13 Women's basketball Schedule". University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

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