2013 – 14 Stanford Cardinal women 's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2013 – 14 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Cardinal , led by twenty-eighth year head coach Tara VanDerveer , played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference . They finished the season with a 33 – 4 overall , 17 – 1 to win their twenty-fourth regular season Pac-12 title . They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Pac-12 Conference Women 's Basketball Tournament to USC . They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Women 's Division I Basketball Tournament which they defeated South Dakota in the first round , Florida State in the second round , Penn State in the sweet sixteen , North Carolina in the elite eight to make their twelfth Final Four appearance . In the final four the Cardinal were defeated by the 2014 NCAA Division I Women 's Basketball Tournament champion , Connecticut
2014 Pac-12 Conference Women 's Basketball Tournament
2014 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2013–14 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team