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: WBCA Classic 2-2 / 0-0 BIG EAST #18/16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-2 / 0-0 BIG EAST) N3 (12/12) Michigan Tech (exhib.) W, 102-30 uDATE: Nov. 26-28, 2010 uSCHEDULE: Friday, Nov. 26 (2:00 / 4:00) N12 (12/12) New Hampshire W, 99-48 u AT: Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame vs. IUPUI N15 (12/12) Morehead State W, 91-28 Purcell Pavilion at the Butler vs. Wake Forest 2OT Joyce Center (9,149) Saturday, Nov. 27 (2:00 / 4:00) N18 (12/12) UCLA (15/15) L, 83-86 FSS uLIVE STATS: UND.com Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest N21 (12/12) @ Kentucky (9/10) L, 76-81 uLIVE VIDEO: UND.com Butler vs. IUPUI N26 (18/16) IUPUI1 2:00 ET uTWITTER: @ndwbbsid/@UND_com Sunday, Nov. 29 (Noon / 2:00) N27 (18/16) Wake Forest1 2:00 ET uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) IUPUI vs. Wake Forest N28 (18/16) Butler1 2:00 ET Bob Nagle, p-b-p Notre Dame vs. Butler D1 @ Baylor 8:00 ET Storylines Setting The Standard D5 PurdueESPN2 2:00 ET u The Fighting Irish return home to host their Under the guidance of 24th-year head coach D8 • @ Providence 7:00 ET first regular-season scheduled tournament Muffet McGraw,e Notr Dame has evolved into D11 Creighton 2:00 ET in 27 years when Purcell Pavilion serves as one of the country’s leading women’s basketball D20 @ Valparaiso 8:05 ET the locale for the 2010 Women’s Basketball powers. The Irish have appeared in 17 NCAA 2 Coaches Association (WBCA) Classic. Tournaments (including a current streak of 15 D29 vs. Gonzaga 7:30 ET u Wake Forest and Butler will play the day’s in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 D30 vs. Loyola Marymount2 7:30 ET first game at noon (ET), with all four teams eight times in the past 14 seasons. Notre Dame J2 Southeast Missouri State 2:00 ET competing in a round-robin format through also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J5 • @ Marquette 8:00 ET Sunday afternoon. twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate J8 • ConnecticutCBS 2:00 ET u Notre Dame is looking to continue its suc- prize with the 2001 national championship. cess in regular season tournament play, with In its history, Notre Dame has developed J12 • Louisville 7:00 ET the Fighting Irish having won 21 of their last nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (including J15 • @ Pittsburgh 2:00 ET 24 in-season tournament games, including seven draft picks in the past nine years) and four J18 • GeorgetownCBS C 7:00 ET lasts year’ Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). J23 •s St. John’ ESPNU 2:00 ET Islands. Now in their 34th season in 2010-11, the Irish J29 • @ Villanova 7:00 ET u Notre Dame hits the court on the heels of a own an all-time record of 691-304 (.694). F1 • Syracuse 7:00 ET pair of losses to nationally ranked teams after suffering defeats to #15/15 UCLA and Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw F5 • @ South Florida 7:00 ET #12/12 Kentucky. Saint Joseph’s ’77 F8 • Seton Hall 7:00 ET u 24th season at Notre Dame F12 • Rutgers 2:00 ET Rankings • 527-205 (.719) at Notre Dame F19 • @ ConnecticutBETV 2:00 ET u Notre Dame is No. 18 in the latest Associ- • 615-246 (.714) in 29th season overall F22 • @ West VirginiaCBS C 7:00 ET ated Press poll and No. 16 in the ESPN/USA u 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Today poll. u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year F26 • Cincinnati 2:00 ET CBS C u Butler, Wake Forest and IUPUI are not u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist F28 • @ DePaul 9:00 ET ranked. u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M4 BIG EAST 1st Round3 TBA • 2001 BIG EAST Coach of the Year M5 BIG EAST 2nd Round3-BETV TBA Web Sites u 2009 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient M6 BIG EAST Quarterfinal3-ESPNU TBA u Notre Dame: www.UND.com M7 BIG EAST Semifinal3-ESPNU 6/8:00 ET u IUPUI: www.iupuijags.com 3-ESPN u Wake Forest: www.wakeforestsports.com M8 BIG EAST Final 7:00 ET u Butler: www.butlersports.com M19- NCAA 1st-2nd Rounds4-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA u BIG EAST: www.bigeast.org 22 u Summit: www.thesummitleauge.org M26- NCAA Regionals5-ESPN TBA u Atlantic Coast: www.theacc.com 29 u Horizon: www.horizonleague.org A3 NCAA National Semifinals6-ESPN TBA A5 NCAA Championship Game6-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. 9.0 5.0 3.3 spg • Career-high 23 pts vs UNH in 16 min. 32 Becca Bruszewski (C) F 6-1 Sr. 8.0 7.0 1.0 spg • 12 pts, 8 rebs at Kentucky • = BIG EAST Conference game 1 = WBCA Classic (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 4 Skylar Diggins G 5-9 So. 15.3 2.3 4.5 apg • 18 pts, 3 rebs, 1 blk, 1 stl at Kentucky 2 = State Farm Holiday Classic (KeyArena at Seattle Center - Seattle, Wash.) 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 Jr. 16.0 5.0 2.0 spg • Career-high 21 pts at Kentucky 3 = BIG EAST Championship (XL Center - Hartford, Conn.) 4 = NCAA 1st/2nd rounds (at campus sites) 23 Kayla McBride G 5-11 Fr. 10.8 3.5 2.5 apg • Crisp effort (11p/4r/3a) in 33 min vs UCLA 5 = NCAA Regionals (at Dallas, Dayton, Philadelphia, Spokane) Off the Bench For the Irish 6 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.) 1 Erica Solomon F 6-2 Jr. 5.8 1.8 1.8 spg • 8th career gm dbl-fig pts (11 vs. UNH) FSS = Game to be televised on Fox Sports South 2 Veronica Badway G 5-7 Jr. 2.0 0.5 0.5 spg • Walk-on made college debut vs. UNH (3 pts) CBS C = Games to be televised on CBS College Sports 11 Natalie Achonwa F 6-3 Fr. 7.5 7.3 1.8 apg • Near dbl-dbl vs UCLA (9 pts, 9 rebs) BETV = Games to be televised on BIG EAST Network package 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 Jr. 1.5 1.5 2.0 spg • Tied career high with 5 stls vs. MSU NOTE: All home games not scheduled for commercial TV tentatively will 15 Kaila Turner G 5-8 So. 4.8 1.8 2.0 apg • 10p, career-high 5a/4r vs. Morehead be webcast live and free of charge at UND.com. 22 Brittany Mallory (C) G 5-10 Sr. 6.7 1.3 3.7 spg • Sat out Kentucky game due to injury All games will be broadcast live on radio by South Bend’s Pulse FM 41 Mary Forr F 5-11 Sr. 3.0 1.5 1.0 apg • Walk-on scored 6 pts in debut vs. UNH (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. 44 Ariel Braker F 6-1 Fr. 2.5 4.5 2.0 spg • 5 pts/5 rebs/4 stls in debut vs. UNH * = players listed by academic class (Mallory and Peters retain additional year of eligibility) All times Eastern // Dates and times subject to change Pronunciations: Achonwa (uh-CHAWN-wuh); Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Kaila (KAY-luh); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish Quick Hitters Northern Illinois. In addition, Angie Potthoff Notre Dame Sports Information • With its No. 18 ranking in this week’s Associ- has moved into the newly-created role of as- C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor ated Press poll, Notre Dame now has ap- sociate director of operations & technology, Notre Dame, IN 46556 a position that has seen her help direct Notre phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 peared in the AP poll for a school-record 61 Chris Masters, Associate Media Relations Director (WBB) consecutive weeks, breaking the previous Dame’s emergence as one of the nation’s [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 record first set from preseason 1998-Dec. leaders in social media development among 3, 2001. women’s college basketball programs. Media Services • The Irish also have been voted into the pre- The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains schedules, rosters, updated statistics and some historical season AP poll in 11 of the past 12 seasons Other Notre Dame Notables information from previous seasons. High-resolution color (since 1999-2000), something only seven • Notre Dame is among the nation’s win- headshots and action photos of Notre Dame players, other schools in the country can match. ningest programs during the past 15 sea- coaches and staff are available upon request. • Notre Dame has a rugged 2010-11 sched- sons (1996-97 to present), ranking seventh Official Notre Dame athletics web site: • http://www.UND.com ule lined up, with games against at least with 345 victories.