Gender: | women |
Year: | 2012 |
Preseason Ap: | Baylor Lady Bears |
Regular Season: | November 2012 – March 10, 2013 |
Tourney Start: | March 23 |
Nc Date: | April 9, 2013 |
Champ Stad: | New Orleans Arena |
Champ City: | New Orleans |
Champ: | Connecticut |
Wnit Champ: | Drexel |
Cbi Champ: | Detroit |
The 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November and ended with the Final Four in New Orleans, April 7–9.
See main article: 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment.
The 2012–13 season saw the second wave of membership changes resulting from a major realignment of NCAA Division I conferences. The cycle began in 2010 with the Big Ten and the then-Pac-10 publicly announcing their intentions to expand. The fallout from these conferences' moves later affected a majority of D-I conferences.
In addition, two schools are moving from Division II starting this season. These schools will be ineligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play until completing their D-I transitions in 2016. Finally, one school that had announced a transition to Division II, New Orleans, announced that it would halt its transition and remain in Division I.
See also: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
The top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls.
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A number of early-season tournaments marked the beginning of the college basketball season.
Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular season champion. As of 2013, the Great West Conference does not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Men or Women's College Tournament.
Conference | Regular season winner | Conference player of the year | Conference Coach of the Year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (city) | Tournament winner | |
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Albany | Ebone Henry,[15] Chantell Alford[16] | Katie Abrahamson-Henderson[17] | 2013 America East women's basketball tournament | SEFCU Arena (Guilderland, New York) Final at campus site | Albany | ||
Dayton | Jennifer Hailey, Charlotte[18] | Jim Jabir, Dayton | 2013 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament | Hagan Arena (Philadelphia) Final at Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York) | Saint Joseph's | ||
Duke | Alyssa Thomas, Maryland (media)[19] Alyssa Thomas, Maryland & Chelsea Gray, Duke (coaches) | Joanne P. McCallie, Duke (media)[20] Brenda Frese, Maryland (coaches) | 2013 ACC women's basketball tournament | Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina) | Duke | ||
Florida Gulf Coast | Sarah Hansen, Florida Gulf Coast | Karl Smesko, Florida Gulf Coast | 2013 Atlantic Sun women's basketball tournament | University Center (Macon, Georgia) | Stetson | ||
Baylor | Brittney Griner, Baylor[21] | Kim Mulkey, Baylor | 2013 Big 12 women's basketball tournament | American Airlines Center (Dallas) | Baylor | ||
Notre Dame | Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame[22] | Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame | 2013 Big East women's basketball tournament | XL Center (Hartford, Connecticut) | Notre Dame | ||
Big Sky Conference | Montana | Katie Baker, Montana[23] | Robin Selvig, Montana[24] | 2013 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament | Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, Montana) | Montana | |
Big South Conference | Liberty | Dequesha McClanahan, Winthrop[25] | Ronny Fisher, Presbyterian | 2013 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament | HTC Center (Conway, South Carolina) | Liberty | |
Penn State | Maggie Lucas, Penn State[26] | Coquese Washington, Penn State (media)Connie Yori, Nebraska[27] (coaches) | 2013 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament | Sears Centre (Hoffman Estates, Illinois) | Purdue | ||
Pacific | Molly Schlemer, Cal Poly[28] | Lynne Roberts, Pacific[29] | 2013 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament | First round and quarterfinals: Bren Events Center (Irvine, California) Semifinals and final: Honda Center (Anaheim, California) | Cal Poly | ||
Delaware | Elena Delle Donne, Delaware[30] | Daynia La-Force, Northeastern | 2013 CAA women's basketball tournament | The Show Place Arena (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) | Delaware | ||
SMU | Keena Mays, SMU[31] | Heather Macy, East Carolina | 2013 Conference USA women's basketball tournament | Tulsa, Oklahoma First round and quarterfinals: Tulsa Convention Center Semifinals and final: BOK Center | Tulsa | ||
Great West Conference | Utah Valley | Sammie Jensen, Utah Valley | Cathy Nixon, Utah Valley | 2013 Great West Conference women's basketball tournament | Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center Chicago | NJIT | |
Green Bay | Brandi Brown, Youngstown State | Bob Boldon, Youngstown State | 2013 Horizon League women's basketball tournament | First round at campus sites Quarterfinals and semifinals at top seed Final at top remaining seed | Green Bay | ||
Independent | Cal State Bakersfield | No tournament | |||||
Princeton | Niveen Rasheed, Princeton | not awarded | No tournament | ||||
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Marist | Damika Martinez, Iona | Brian Giorgis, Marist | 2013 MAAC women's basketball tournament | MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts) | Marist | |
Akron (East) Toledo (West) | Rachel Tecca, Akron[32] | Tricia Cullop, Toledo | 2013 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament | First round at campus sites Remainder at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio) | Central Michigan | ||
Hampton | Keiara Avant, Hampton[33] | David Six, Hampton | 2013 MEAC women's basketball tournament | Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, Virginia) | Hampton | ||
Creighton & Wichita State | Jacqui Kalin, Northern Iowa | Jody Adams, Wichita State | 2013 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament | The Family Arena (St. Charles, Missouri) | Wichita State | ||
San Diego State | Chelsea Hopkins, San Diego State | Beth Burns, San Diego State | 2013 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament | Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada) | Fresno State | ||
Quinnipiac | Artemis Spanou, Roger Morris | Tricia Fabbri, Quinnipiac | 2013 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament | Campus Sites | Quinnipiac | ||
Eastern Illinois (East) Tennessee Tech (West) | Jasmine Newsome, UT–Martin | Lee Buchanan, Eastern Illinois | 2013 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, Tennessee) | Tennessee–Martin | ||
Stanford & California | Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford | Tara VanDerveer, Stanford | 2013 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament | KeyArena (Seattle) | Stanford | ||
Patriot League | Army & Navy | Kelsey Minato, Army[34] | Dave Magarity, Army | 2013 Patriot League women's basketball tournament | Campus Sites | Navy | |
Tennessee | A'dia Mathies, Kentucky & Meighan Simmons, Tennessee[35] | Holly Warlick, Tennessee | Arena at Gwinnett Center (Duluth, Georgia) | Texas A&M | |||
Chattanooga | Sophia Aleksandravicius, Davidson | Wes Moore, Chattanooga | 2013 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | Asheville, North Carolina First round and quarterfinals: Kimmel Arena Semifinals and final: U.S. Cellular Center | Chattanooga | ||
Oral Roberts & Sam Houston State | Megan Herbert, Central Arkansas | Brenda Nichols, Sam Houston State | 2013 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament | Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, Texas) | Oral Roberts | ||
Mississippi Valley State & Southern[36] | Latia Williams, Prairie View A&M | Nate Kilbert, Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 2013 SWAC women's basketball tournament | Curtis Culwell Center (Garland, Texas) | Prairie View A&M | ||
South Dakota State | Amanda Hyde, Fort Wayne | Austin Parkinson, IUPUI | 2013 The Summit League women's basketball tournament | Sioux Falls Arena (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) | South Dakota State | ||
Middle Tennessee (East) Arkansas–Little Rock (West) | Jerica Coley, FIU | Michelle Clark-Heard, Western Kentucky | 2013 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament | Summit Arena (Hot Springs, Arkansas) | Middle Tennessee | ||
Gonzaga | Taelor Karr, Gonzaga[37] | Kelly Graves, Gonzaga | 2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament | Orleans Arena (Paradise, Nevada) | Gonzaga | ||
Seattle | Kacie Sowell, Seattle | Joan Bonvicini, Seattle | 2013 WAC women's basketball tournament | Orleans Arena (Paradise, Nevada) | Idaho |
See main article: 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
For this list, a "major upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.
Date | Winner | Score | Loser |
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See main article: 2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament. After the NCAA Tournament field is announced, 64 teams were invited to participate in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. The tournament began on March 20, 2013, and ended with the final on April 6. Unlike the men's National Invitation Tournament, whose semifinals and finals are held at Madison Square Garden, the WNIT holds all of its games at campus sites.
Played at campus sites
The following players are recognized as the 2013 Consensus All-Americans:
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Brittney Griner
Brittney Griner
Muffet McGraw
Muffet McGraw
A number of teams changed coaches during and after the season.