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NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2010-11 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 8 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 17 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2010-11 Schedule 2010-11 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 27 22-4 / 11-1 BIG EAST #8/8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (22-4 / 11-1 BIG EAST) vs. N3 (12/12) Michigan Tech (exhib.) W, 102-30 #2/2 Connecticut Huskies (25-1 / 12-0 BIG EAST) N12 (12/12) New Hampshire W, 99-48 uDATE: February 19, 2011 uTV: BIG EAST Network (live) N15 (12/12) Morehead State W, 91-28 uTIME: 2:00 p.m. ET Bob Picozzi, p-b-p N18 (12/12) UCLA (15/15)1 L, 83-862OT uAT: Storrs, Conn. Kayte Christensen, color N21 (12/12) @ Kentucky (9/10)FSS L, 76-81 Gampel Pavilion (10,167) uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) (live) N26 (18/16) IUPUI2 W, 95-29 uSERIES: UCONN leads 26-4 Bob Nagle, p-b-p N27 (18/16) Wake Forest2 W, 92-69 u1ST MTG: UCONN 87-64 (1/18/96) uLIVE STATS: UND.com 2 uLAST MTG: UCONN 79-76 (1/8/11) uTWITTER: @ndwbbsid/@UND_com N28 (18/16) Butler W, 85-54 D1 (16/16) @ Baylor (2/3) L, 65-76 Storylines Web Sites D5 (16/16) PurdueESPN2 W, 72-51 u Notre Dame will be playing a ranked oppo- u Notre Dame: www.UND.com D8 (18/18) • @ Providence W, 79-43 nent for the eighth time this season, having u Connecticut: www.uconnhuskies.com D11 (18/18) Creighton W, 91-54 gone 3-4 against Top 25 squads to date. u BIG EAST: www.bigeast.org D20 (17/16) @ Valparaiso W, 94-43 u Three of the four Fighting Irish wins over 3 Connecticut have come when both teams D29 (16/14) vs. Gonzaga W, 70-61 Setting The Standard 3 were ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll. Under the guidance of 24th-year head coach D30 (16/14) vs. Loyola Marymount W, 91-47 Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J2 (16/14) Southeast Missouri State W, 97-21 s teams in the BIG EAST make the turn one of the country’s leading women’s basketball J5 (13/12) • @ Marquette W, 73-55 for home in the regular season, No. 8 powers. The Irish have appeared in 17 NCAA J8 (13/12) • Connecticut (2/2)CBS L, 76-79 Notre Dame faces arguably its toughest A Tournaments (including a current streak of 15 J12 (12/12) • Louisville W, 80-60 stretch of the year, beginning Saturday with a in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J15 (12/12) • @ Pittsburgh W, 82-50 2 p.m. (ET) conference rematch against sec- eight times in the past 14 seasons. Notre Dame CBS C ond-ranked Connecticut at Gampel Pavilion in also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J18 (11/10) • Georgetown (16/17) W, 80-58 Storrs, Conn. The game will be televised on the twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate J23 (11/10) • St. John’s (rv/23)ESPNU W, 69-36 BIG EAST Network, with ESPN3.com and ESPN prize with the 2001 national championship. J29 (9/9) • @ Villanova W, 58-43 Full Court among those outlets carrying the In its history, Notre Dame has developed F1 (8/8) • Syracuse (rv/25) W, 71-48 game live, while Comcast SportsNet Chicago nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (including F5 (8/8) • @ South Florida W, 76-68 will air the contest on a same-day delayed basis seven draft picks in the past decade) and four at 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT. USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F8 (8/8) • Seton Hall W, 89-38 The Fighting Irish (22-4, 11-1 BIG EAST) are Now in their 34th season in 2010-11, the Irish F12 (8/8) • Rutgers W, 71-49 coming off a week-long break following their own an all-time record of 711-306 (.699). F19 (8/8) • @ Connecticut (2/2)BETV 2:00 ET season-best ninth consecutive win, a 71-49 F22 • @ West VirginiaCBS C 7:00 ET conquest of Rutgers on Feb. 12 at Purcell Pa- Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw F26 • Cincinnati 2:00 ET vilion. Notre Dame shot .519 from the floor and Saint Joseph’s ’77 F28 • @ DePaulCBS C 9:00 ET used an 18-4 second-half run to seal the victory. u 24th season at Notre Dame 4 Senior forward Devereaux Peters paced the • 547-207 (.725) at Notre Dame M4 BIG EAST 1st Round TBA Fighting Irish with 21 points, sophomore guard • 635-248 (.719) in 29th season overall M5 BIG EAST 2nd Round4-BETV TBA Skylar Diggins chalked up 20 points and senior u 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee M6 BIG EAST Quarterfinal4-ESPNU TBA guard Brittany Mallory added her first career u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M7 BIG EAST Semifinal4-ESPNU 6/8:00 ET double-double (10 points, 10 assists). u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M8 BIG EAST Final4-ESPN 7:00 ET u Four-time conference Coach of the Year 5-ESPN/ESPN2 • 2001 BIG EAST Coach of the Year M19- NCAA 1st-2nd Rounds TBA Rankings 22 u Notre Dame is No. 8 in both the latest As- • 1991 Midwestern Collegiate Coach of the Year 6-ESPN sociated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. • 1988 North Star Coach of the Year M26- NCAA Regionals TBA u Connecticut is No. 2 in both the latest As- • 1983 East Coast Coach of the Year 29 sociated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. u 2009 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient A3 NCAA National Semifinals7-ESPN TBA A5 NCAA Championship Game7-ESPN TBA Notre Dame’s Possible Starting Lineup (C = captain) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank; when only one ranking is No Name Pos Ht Yr* PPG RPG Other Notes shown, it is from the AP poll. 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 Sr. 11.6 7.1 2.0 spg • 1 of 2 in top 15 in conf. in reb/blk/stl (M. Moore) 32 Becca Bruszewski (C) F 6-1 Sr. 9.2 5.1 1.7 apg • Averaging 10.9 points in last 9 games • = BIG EAST Conference game 1 = Super Six Series (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 4 Skylar Diggins G 5-9 So. 13.8 4.0 4.8 apg • BIG EAST Player of Week (20p/5a/5r vs. RU) 2 = WBCA Classic (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 Jr. 14.7 3.9 2.1 apg • Dbl-fig pts 10 of last 11 gms (all in BIG EAST) 3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (KeyArena - Seattle, Wash.) 4 = BIG EAST Championship (XL Center - Hartford, Conn.) 22 Brittany Mallory (C) G 5-10 Sr. 6.8 1.9 2.7 apg • 1st career dbl-dbl vs. RU (10p/10a) 5 = NCAA 1st/2nd rounds (at campus sites) Off the Bench For the Fighting Irish 6 = NCAA Regionals (at Dallas, Dayton, Philadelphia, Spokane) 2 Veronica Badway G 5-7 Jr. 0.5 0.2 0.1 spg • Walk-on hit 3FG in 2nd half vs. SEMO 7 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.) 11 Natalie Achonwa F 6-3 Fr. 8.2 5.5 1.2 apg • .577 FG% (4th BIG EAST/2nd BE frosh) FSS = Game televised on Fox Sports South 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 Jr. 2.2 2.5 1.7 spg • 1 of 5 ND players w/ 35+ steals this yr CBS C = Games to be televised on CBS College Sports 15 Kaila Turner G 5-8 So. 3.3 1.2 2.2 apg • Second on team with 1.75 A/TO ratio BETV = Games to be televised on BIG EAST Network package 23 Kayla McBride G 5-11 Fr. 8.7 3.3 1.5 apg • Out for season (off-the-court issue) NOTE: All home games not scheduled for commercial TV tentatively will 41 Mary Forr F 5-11 Sr. 1.6 0.7 0.2 apg • Walk-on had 5 pts, 2 rebs. at Pittsburgh be webcast live and free of charge at UND.com. 44 Ariel Braker F 6-1 Fr. 1.8 2.4 0.6 bpg • 1 reb. per 2.5 min played (leads team) All games will be broadcast live on radio by South Bend’s Pulse FM * = players listed by academic class (Mallory and Peters retain additional year of eligibility) (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. Pronunciations: Achonwa (uh-CHAWN-wuh); Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Kaila (KAY-luh); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) All times Eastern // Dates and times subject to change 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish Quick Hitters scoring margin (+28.1), steals (14.1 spg.) Notre Dame Athletic Media Relations • With its season-high No. 8 ranking in and three-point percentage defense (.241), C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor the Feb. 14 Associated Press poll, Notre sixth in scoring offense (81.0 ppg.), assists Notre Dame, IN 46556 (18.8 apg.) and turnover margin (+6.54) and phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 Dame now has appeared in the AP poll for Chris Masters, Associate Media Relations Director (WBB) a school-record 73 consecutive weeks, seventh in rebounding margin (+10.4).