The Golden Bears, led by second-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.

They finished with a record of 32–4 overall, 17–1 in Pac-12 play to tie for the conference regular season title with Stanford.

They lost in the semifinals of the 2013 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to UCLA.

They were invited to the 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they reached the first Final Four in program history.

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