2012–13 Florida Gators women's basketball team

2012–13 Florida Gators women's basketball

Women's National Invitation Tournament, Semifinals
Conference	Southeastern Conference
2012–13 record	22–15 (6–10 SEC)
Head coach	Amanda Butler (6th year)
Assistant coach	David Lowery Murriel Page Angela Crosby
Home arena	Stephen C. O'Connell Center

	Conf				Overall
2012–13 SEC women's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#10 Tennessee	14	–	2	.875	27	–	8	.771
#7 Kentucky	13	–	3	.813	30	–	6	.833
#14 Georgia	12	–	4	.750	28	–	7	.800
#17 South Carolina	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
#9 Texas A&M †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	10	.714
LSU	10	–	6	.625	22	–	12	.647
Vanderbilt	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	20	–	13	.606
Florida	6	–	10	.375	22	–	15	.595
Missouri	6	–	10	.375	17	–	15	.531
Auburn	5	–	11	.313	19	–	15	.559
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Alabama	2	–	14	.125	13	–	18	.419
Ole Miss	2	–	14	.125	9	–	20	.310

† 2013 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2012–13 women's college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Amanda Butler, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.^[1]

The Gators advanced to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to the Drexel Dragons in the semifinal round.

Previous season

In the 2011–12 season, the Gators finished with a record of 20–13 overall, 8–8 in the SEC, and lost in the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament to Baylor.^[2]

Schedule and results

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular season (Non-conference play)
Nov. 9, 2012*		Fairfield	W 71–49	1–0	O'Connell Center (729)
Nov. 11, 2012*		Georgia State	W 84–65	2–0	O'Connell Center (795)
Nov. 15, 2012*		at Florida State	L 67–98	2–1	Tucker Center (2,443)
Nov. 19, 2012*		UNF	W 71–44	3–1	O'Connell Center (1,059)
Nov. 23, 2012*		vs. NC State (South Point Thanksgiving Shootout)	W 66–64	4–1	South Point Arena (297)
Nov. 24, 2012*		vs. Northern Iowa (South Point Thanksgiving Shootout)	W 80–63	5–1	South Point Arena (307)
Nov. 25, 2012*		vs. Arizona State (South Point Thanksgiving Shootout)	L 58–74	5–2	South Point Arena (203)
Dec. 1, 2012*		at Michigan	L 53–59	5–3	Crisler Center (2,783)
Dec. 4, 2012*		Troy	W 87–62	6–3	O'Connell Center (491)
Dec. 7, 2012*		Pacific	W 89–82	7–3	O'Connell Center (679)
Dec. 16, 2012*		at La Salle	W 74–50	8–3	Tom Gola Arena (217)
Dec. 20, 2012*		Savannah State (Gator Holiday Classic)	W 88–38	9–3	O'Connell Center (650)
Dec. 21, 2012*		Central Michigan (Gator Holiday Classic)	W 81–75	10–3	O'Connell Center (704)
Dec. 28, 2012*		Holy Cross	W 81–50	11–3	O'Connell Center (1,259)
Regular season (Conference play)
Jan. 3, 2013		at #6 Kentucky	L 69–76	11–4 (0–1)	Memorial Coliseum (4,862)
Jan. 6, 2013		LSU	W 77–72	12–4 (1–1)	O'Connell Center (1,575)
Jan. 10, 2013		at Mississippi State	W 61–55	13–4 (2–1)	Humphrey Coliseum (1,306)
Jan. 13, 2013		#9 Tennessee	L 75–78 ^OT	13–5 (2–2)	O'Connell Center (2,609)
Jan. 20, 2013		#19 South Carolina	L 44–52	13–6 (2–3)	O'Connell Center (1,503)
Jan. 24, 2013		Ole Miss	L 81–88	13–7 (2–4)	O'Connell Center (901)
Jan. 27, 2013		at #14 Georgia	L 52–69	13–8 (2–5)	Stegeman Coliseum (4,022)
Jan. 31, 2013		at Missouri	L 64–69	13–9 (2–6)	Mizzou Arena (1,237)
Feb. 3, 2013		Alabama	W 87–54	14–9 (3–6)	O'Connell Center (1,619)
Feb. 10, 2013		at Auburn	W 65–57	15–9 (4–6)	Auburn Arena (2,477)
Feb. 14, 2013		at #11 Texas A&M	L 71–78	15–10 (4–7)	Reed Arena (5,184)
Feb. 17, 2013		#13 Georgia	L 57–62	15–11 (4–8)	O'Connell Center (2,232)
Feb. 21, 2013		Vanderbilt	L 57–68	15–12 (4–9)	O'Connell Center (1,071)
Feb. 24, 2013		at Alabama	W 67–61	16–12 (5–9)	Foster Auditorium (1,405)
Feb. 28, 2013		Arkansas	W 69–58	17–12 (6–9)	O'Connell Center (1,159)
Mar. 3, 2013		at #14 South Carolina	L 56–67	17–13 (6–10)	Colonial Life Arena (3,343)
SEC Tournament
Mar. 7, 2013	#(9)	vs. (8) Arkansas (Second round)	W 64–59	18–13	Arena at Gwinnett Center (2,744)
Mar. 8, 2013	#(9)	vs. #8 (1) Tennessee (Quarterfinal)	L 73–82	18–14	Arena at Gwinnett Center (4,819)
National Invitational Tournament
Mar. 21, 2013*		at FIU (First Round)	W 75–68	19–14	U.S. Century Bank Arena (283)
Mar. 25, 2013*		at Winthrop (Second Round)	W 85–53	20–14	Winthrop Coliseum (1,254)
Mar. 27, 2013*		at Charlotte (Third Round)	W 67–65	21–14	Halton Arena (885)
Mar. 30, 2013*		at James Madison (Fourth Round)	W 85–80	22–14	JMU Convocation Center (2,182)
Apr. 3, 2013*		at Drexel (Semifinals)	L 57–67	22–15	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,412)
*Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ( ) Tournament seedings in parenthesis.

Source:^[3]

References

External links

Official Site

Florida Gators women's basketball

Arena	Florida Gymnasium (1974–1980) Stephen C. O'Connell Center (1980– )

Players	WNBA players

Head coaches	Paula Welch (1974–1976) Cathy Davis (1976–1979) Mickie DeMoss (1979–1983) Deborah Yow (1983–1985) Carol Whitmire Higginbottom (1985–1990) Lea Henry (1990) Carol Ross (1990–2002) Carolyn Peck (2002–2007) Amanda Butler (2007– )

NCAA tournaments	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2004 2006 2009 2012 2014

Conference affiliations	Southeastern Conference

Culture and lore	Albert and Alberta "The Orange and Blue" "We are the Boys" Gatorade Gator Chomp Left–Right Stephen C. O'Connell

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics