The 2013–14 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers were led by first-year head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio. They were a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Previous season In the 2012-13 season, Pitt's final in the Big East Conference, the Pitt women were without a single senior on their roster. Star recruit, six-foot, 11-inch center Marvadene "Bubbles" Anderson was redshirted for the season. Pitt compiled a 9-21 record, and for the second year in a row, went 0-16 in the conference, prompting the replacement of head coach Agnus Berenato with Suzie McConnell-Serio on April 12, 2013.
Season New coach Pitt hired Suzie McConnell-Serio to replace Berenato as head coach. The 2013–14 season was Pitt's first competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Pitt returned 11 players from the previous season. including seniors Asia Logan and Ashlee Anderson. 6'11" redshirt freshman "Bubbles" Anderson saw her first collegiate action. Players not with the team from the previous season included redshirt junior guard Abby Dowd, a former Buffalo transfer, and freshman forward Krista Pettepier, who transferred to Pepperdine. Roster additions included freshmsn guard Fréderique Potvin of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and freshman guard Chelsea Welch of Kettering, Ohio.
Roster
Schedule On May 29, 2013, Pitt released its conference opponents for the 2013–2014 season, its first competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They had home games against Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, and Syracuse. Away games consisted of Clemson, Duke, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. Home and away partners were Clemson and Syracuse.
Pitt's 2013–14 women's basketball schedule is as follows.
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=12| 2014 ACC women's basketball tournament
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