| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2012–13 |
| Prev Year: | 2011–12 |
| Next Year: | 2013–14 |
| Team: | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Coachrank: | 3 |
| Aprank: | 2 |
| Record: | 35–2 |
| Conf Record: | 16–0 |
| Hc Year: | 26th |
| Asst Coach1: | Carol Owens |
| Champion: | Big East regular season and tournament champions |
| Tourney Result: | Final Four |
The 2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-sixth year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and played their final season as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season with 35–2 overall, 16–0 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season and tournament titles. They earned an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they defeated in the first round, Iowa in the second round, in the Sweet Sixteen, and in the Elite Eight to make it to their fifth Final Four, where they were defeated by nemesis UConn in the National semifinals.
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|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
|-!colspan=9 style= | Big East tournament|-!colspan=9 style= | NCAA tournamentSource[1]
See main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team