2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women's Basketball Team
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The 2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented
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during the
2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season The 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November and ended with the 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Final Four in New Orleans, April 7–9. Season headlines *October 30 – The AP preseason All-Ameri ...
. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-sixth year head coach
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, played their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and played their final season as members of the
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. 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 The 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was played from March 23 through April 9, 2013. Tennessee continued its streak of making every NCAA women's basketball tournament at 32 consecutive appearances. Kansas made the regional semi ...
where they defeated in the first round,
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in the second round, in the Sweet Sixteen, and in the Elite Eight to make it to their fifth Final Four, where they were defeated by rival UConn in the National semifinals.


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Notre Dame Fighting Irish The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division ...
Notre Dame Fighting Irish The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division ...