2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Big East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 2
Record35–2 (16–0 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaEdmund P. Joyce Center
2012–13 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
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

The 2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-sixth year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and played their final season as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season with 35–2 overall, 16–0 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season and tournament titles. They earned an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they defeated Tennessee-Martin in the first round, Iowa in the second round, Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen, and Duke in the Elite Eight to make it to their fifth Final Four, where they were defeated by rival UConn in the National semifinals.