2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented University of Colorado Boulder during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by fourth year head coach Linda Lappe, played their home games at the Coors Events Center and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 19–15 overall, 6–12 in Pac-12 play for a tie for a ninth-place finish. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to Stanford. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated TCU in the first round, Southern Utah in the second round before losing to UTEP in the third round.

2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record19–15 (6–12 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jonas Chatterton
  • Kelly Rae Finley
  • LaTonya Watson
Home arenaCoors Events Center
Seasons
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[1][2]

Roster

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2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 31 Zoe Beard-Fails 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Georgetown Day [Washington, D.C.] Herndon, Va.
C 40 Rachel Hargis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Robinson Robinson, Texas
G 4 Desiree Harris 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr St. Joseph Notre Dame Oakland, Calif.
G/F 24 Lauren Huggins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Heritage Littleton, Colo.
G 1 Lexy Kresl 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Shadow Mountain Paradise Valley, Ariz.
F 34 Jen Reese 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Clackamas Clackamas, Ore.
F 32 Arielle Roberson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Wagner San Antonio, Texas
G 21 Jasmine Sborov 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Round Rock Round Rock, Texas
G/F 22 Haley Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Skyline Sammamish, Wash.
F 50 Jamee Swan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Marana Tucson, Ariz.
C 3 Bri Watts 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Clovis West Fresno, Calif.
G 12 Ashley Wilson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Poly Long Beach, Calif.
G 11 Brittany Wilson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Poly Long Beach, Calif.
Head coach

Linda Lappe

Assistant coach(es)

Jonas Chatterton
Kelly Rae Finley
LaTonya Watson


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

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2013*
7:00 pm
No. 19 Colorado School of Mines W 91–42 
Coors Events Center (674)
Boulder, CO
Regular Season
11/12/2013*
7:00 pm
No. 17 at Colorado State W 63–59  1–0
Moby Arena (1,437)
Fort Collins, CO
11/15/2013*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Alcorn State W 83–33  2–0
Coors Events Center (1,376)
Boulder, CO
11/20/2013*
8:30 pm, P12N
No. 16 Iowa W 90–87  3–0
Coors Events Center (3,501)
Boulder, CO
11/23/2013*
1:00 pm
No. 16 at New Mexico W 85–53  4–0
The Pit (5,951)
Albuquerque, NM
11/29/2013*
7:30 pm
No. 14 South Alabama
Omni Hotels Classic semifinals
W 94–61  5–0
Coors Events Center (2,302)
Boulder, CO
11/30/2013*
7:30 pm
No. 14 Rice
Omni Hotels Classic championship
W 75–58  6–0
Coors Events Center (2,171)
Boulder, CO
12/04/2013*
7:00 pm
No. 11 at Wyoming W 63–59  7–0
Arena-Auditorium (2,956)
Laramie, WY
12/07/2013*
5:00 pm
No. 11 Illinois W 79–56  8–0
Coors Events Center (2,090)
Boulder, CO
12/12/2013*
7:00 pm
No. 11 Denver W 83–61  9–0
Coors Events Center (1,663)
Boulder, CO
12/21/2013*
11:00 am
No. 11 at No. 7 Louisville L 62–69  9–1
KFC Yum! Center (9,812)
Louisville, KY
12/29/2013*
2:00 pm
No. 12 Southern Utah W 75–59  10–1
Coors Events Center (2,094)
Boulder, CO
01/03/2013
9:00 pm, P12N
No. 12 at USC L 45–55  10–2 (0–1)
Galen Center (372)
Los Angeles, CA
01/05/2013
8:30 pm, P12N
No. 12 at UCLA W 61–59  11–2 (1–1)
Pauley Pavilion (1,494)
Los Angeles, CA
01/10/2013
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 17 No. 19 California L 55–57  11–3 (1–2)
Coors Events Center (2,432)
Boulder, CO
01/12/2013
3:00 pm, P12N
No. 17 No. 4 Stanford L 77–87  11–4 (1–3)
Coors Events Center (3,099)
Boulder, CO
01/17/2013
8:00 pm
No. 21 at Washington State L 60–70  11–5 (1–4)
Beasley Coliseum (1,423)
Pullman, WA
01/19/2013
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 21 at Washington L 71–81  11–6 (1–5)
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,371)
Seattle, WA
01/24/2013
7:00 pm
Arizona W 68–47  12–6 (2–5)
Coors Events Center (2,914)
Boulder, CO
01/26/2013
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 Arizona State L 66–68  12–7 (2–6)
Coors Events Center (3,326)
Boulder, CO
01/29/2013
7:00 pm, P12N
at Utah L 55–58  12–8 (2–7)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (855)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/02/2013
12:00 pm, P12N
Utah W 61–45  13–8 (3–7)
Coors Events Center (1,738)
Boulder, CO
02/08/2013
1:00 pm
at Oregon State L 63–75  13–9 (3–8)
Gill Coliseum (502)
Corvallis, OR
02/10/2013
6:00 pm
at Oregon W 81–75  14–9 (4–8)
Matthew Knight Arena (947)
Eugene, OR
02/14/2013
6:30 pm, P12N
Washington L 80–87  14–10 (4–9)
Coors Events Center (1,880)
Boulder, CO
02/16/2013
1:00 pm, P12N
Washington State L 77–80  14–11 (4–10)
Coors Events Center (2,446)
Boulder, CO
02/21/2013
6:30 pm
at No. 20 Arizona State L 51–55  14–12 (4–11)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,859)
Tempe, AZ
02/23/2013
3:00 pm, P12N
at Arizona W 61–56 OT 15–12 (5–11)
McKale Center (1,253)
Tucson, AZ
02/28/2013
6:00 pm, P12N
UCLA W 62–42  16–12 (6–11)
Coors Events Center (4,477)
Boulder, CO
03/02/2013
12:00 pm, P12N
USC L 59–66  16–13 (6–12)
Coors Events Center (5,631)
Boulder, CO
2014 Pac-12 Conference women's tournament
03/06/2014
1:00 pm, P12N
vs. UCLA
First Round
W 76–65  17–13
KeyArena (N/A)
Seattle, WA
03/07/2014
1:00 pm, P12N
vs. No. 4 Stanford
Quarterfinals
L 54–69  17–14
KeyArena (N/A)
Seattle, WA
2014 WNIT
03/19/2014*
7:00 pm
TCU
First Round
W 78–71  18–14
Coors Events Center (789)
Boulder, CO
03/22/2014*
7:00 pm
Southern Utah
Second Round
W 79–68  19–14
Coors Events Center (854)
Boulder, CO
03/28/2014*
7:00 pm
at UTEP
Third Round
L 60–68  19–15
Don Haskins Center (8,234)
El Paso, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Source[3]

Rankings

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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 19 17 16 14 11 11 11 12 12 17 21 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches 19 19 20 19 17 15 14 14 14 18 20 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

See also

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2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "2013-14 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball Schedule". CU Athletics. Retrieved November 20, 2013.