2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
ConferenceBig East
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 16
Record29–9 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2012–13 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame160 1.000352  .946
No. 3 Connecticut142 .875354  .897
No. 16 Louisville115 .688299  .763
St. John's115 .6881813  .581
South Florida97 .5632211  .667
Villanova97 .5632111  .656
DePaul97 .5632112  .636
Rutgers79 .4381614  .533
Marquette79 .4381616  .500
Georgetown511 .3131516  .484
Seton Hall511 .3131120  .355
Cincinnati412 .2501218  .400
Providence214 .125723  .233
Pittsburgh016 .000921  .300
† 2013 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2013
Rankings from AP poll

The 2012–13 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center as members of the Big East Conference before the conference would split. They finished the season 29–9, 11–5 in Big East play to land third in the regular season standings. They lost to Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament. As the No. 5 seed in the Oklahoma City region, they defeated Middle Tennessee and Purdue to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated No. 1 seed Baylor and No. 2 seed Tennessee in the Elite Eight to advance to the school's second Final Four. Playing as one of three Big East teams in the Final Four, they defeated Spokane regional champion California Golden Bears in the National semifinal round. In the National Championship, they lost to Connecticut.