2013–14 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented University of Iowa during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by fourteenth year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 27–9 overall, 11–5 overall for a tie for a fourth-place finish. They lost in the championship game of the 2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament to Nebraska. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Marist in the first round before getting defeated by Louisville in the second round.

2013–14 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 19
Record	27–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lisa Bluder (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Jan Jensen Jenni Fitzgerald Lacey Goldwire
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Penn State	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
No. 20 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
No. 13 Nebraska †	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 17 Purdue	11	–	5		.688			22	–	9		.710
No. 19 Iowa	11	–	5		.688			27	–	9		.750
Minnesota	8	–	8		.500			22	–	13		.629
Michigan	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
Indiana	5	–	11		.313			21	–	13		.618
Northwestern	5	–	11		.313			17	–	16		.515
Ohio State	5	–	11		.313			17	–	18		.486
Wisconsin	3	–	13		.188			10	–	19		.345
Illinois	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.300
† 2014 Big Ten tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Alexa Kastanek	5'10"	G	Freshman	Lincoln, NE
2	Ally Disterhoft	6'0"	G	Freshman	Iowa City, IA
3	Claire Till	6'0"	F	Sophomore	Dubuque, IA
21	Melissa Dixon	5'8"	G	Junior	Johnsburg, IL
22	Samantha Logic	5'9"	G	Junior	Racine, WI
23	Theairra Taylor	5'11"	G	RS Senior	St. Paul, MN
25	Kali Peschel	6'1"	G	Sophomore	Sauk Centre, MN
33	Kathryn Reynolds	5'7"	G	RS Sophomore	Cincinnati, OH
40	Hailey Schneden	6'2"	F	Freshman	Davenport, IA
45	Nicole Smith	6'4"	C	Sophomore	Rockton, IL
51	Bethany Doolittle	6'4"	C	Junior	Oakdale, MN

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2013* 7:00 pm		Concordia	W 92–68	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,150) Iowa City, IA
Regular Season
11/08/2013* 6:00 pm		UC Riverside	W 70–56	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,162) Iowa City, IA
11/10/2013* 7:00 pm		No. 14 Dayton	W 97–93 OT	2–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,370) Iowa City, IA
11/13/2013* 7:00 pm		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 76–38	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (2,810) Iowa City, IA
11/17/2013* 1:00 pm, MC22		Stony Brook	W 78–40	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,470) Iowa City, IA
11/20/2013* 9:30 pm, P12N		at No. 16 Colorado	L 87–90	4–1	Coors Events Center (3,501) Boulder, CO
11/24/2013* 2:30 pm		at Northern Iowa	W 67–60	5–1	McLeod Center (3,502) Cedar Falls, IA
11/28/2013* 7:30 pm		vs. USC Cancún Challenge	W 78–65	6–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (507) Cancún, MX
11/29/2013* 5:00 pm		vs. Boston College Cancún Challenge	W 78–68	7–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
11/30/2013* 7:30 pm		vs. UNC Wilmington Cancún Challenge	W 102–65	8–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
12/05/2013* 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 25	No. 22 Syracuse ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 97–91	9–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,323) Iowa City, IA
12/07/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 25	Idaho State	W 95–47	10–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,168) Iowa City, IA
12/12/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 21	at No. 17 Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	L 70–83	10–2	Hilton Coliseum (11,543) Ames, IA
12/21/2013* 7:00 pm, MC22	No. 22	Drake	W 73–51	11–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (5,598) Iowa City, IA
12/28/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 21	North Dakota	W 88–62	12–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (4,209) Iowa City, IA
01/02/2014 6:00 pm	No. 22	at Indiana	L 84–86	12–3 (0–1)	Assembly Hall (2,888) Bloomington, IN
01/05/2014 6:00 pm, MC22	No. 22	No. 15 Penn State	L 71–87	12–4 (0–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (6,230) Iowa City, IA
01/08/2014 7:00 pm		Minnesota	W 78–71	13–4 (1–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,460) Iowa City, IA
01/12/2014 12:00 pm		at Wisconsin	W 82–65	14–4 (2–2)	Kohl Center (5,245) Madison, WI
01/16/2014 7:00 pm, MC22		Michigan State	L 72–88	14–5 (2–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (4,176) Iowa City, IA
01/19/2014 2:00 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	W 81–74	15–5 (3–3)	Value City Arena (7,567) Columbus, OH
01/25/2014 6:00 pm, BTN		Indiana	W 84–75	16–5 (4–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (7,180) Iowa City, IA
01/29/2014 7:00 pm		at Minnesota	W 64–56	17–5 (5–3)	Williams Arena (3,124) Minneapolis, MN
02/01/2014 2:00 pm		Nebraska	L 67–80	17–6 (5–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,021) Iowa City, IA
02/06/2014 5:00 pm, BTN		at No. 9 Penn State	W 73–70	18–6 (6–4)	Bryce Jordan Center (4,033) University Park, PA
02/10/2014 6:00 pm, BTN		Northwestern	W 90–84	19–6 (7–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,684) Iowa City, IA
02/13/2014 8:00 pm, BTN		Illinois	W 69–55	20–6 (8–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,636) Iowa City, IA
02/16/2014 1:00 pm		at No. 23 Purdue	L 73–74	20–7 (8–5)	Mackey Arena (8,813) West Lafayette, IN
02/22/2014 12:30 pm, BTN		at Michigan	W 74–70	21–7 (9–5)	Crisler Center (2,332) Ann Arbor, MI
02/27/2014 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 25	Ohio State	W 66–61	22–7 (10–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,492) Iowa City, IA
03/02/2014 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 25	at Illinois	W 81–56	23–7 (11–5)	State Farm Center (2,201) Champaign, IL
2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament
03/06/2014 1:30 pm, BTN	No. 23	vs. Illinois First Round	W 81–62	24–7	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,070) Indianapolis, IN
03/07/2014 1:30 pm, BTN	No. 23	vs. No. 17 Purdue Quarterfinals	W 87–80	25–7	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN
03/08/2014 2:30 pm, BTN	No. 23	vs. Ohio State Semifinals	W 77–73	26–7	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN
03/09/2014 12:00 pm, ESPN	No. 23	vs. No. 16 Nebraska Championship Game	L 65–72	26–8	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,743) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA women's tournament
03/23/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	Marist First Round	W 87–65	27–8	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (5,810) Iowa City, IA
03/25/2014* 8:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	No. 3 Louisville Second Round	L 53–83	27–9	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (4,320) Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[3]

See also

2013–14 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	21	22	21	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	25	23	19	19
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25	25	23	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	25	25