2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 SWEET 16 VS #4 TEXAS A&M (26-9) 3 2017-18 RESULTS (31-3, 15-1) GAME INFO Date Opponent TV Result Saturday, March 24 | 4 pm ET/1 pm PT Spokane Arena (12,638) N11 Mount St. Mary’s ACCN Extra W, 121-65 ESPN Dave Pasch, LaChina Robinson, Molly McGrath N14 at Western Kentucky FCS W, 78-65 N19 at #18/17 Oregon State Pac-12 W, 72-67 Pulse FM 96.9 / 92.1 Bob Nagle N24 ^vs ETSU FloHoops W, 77-46 N25 ^vs #17/16 USF FloHoops W, 76-66 Follow the live stats on ncaa.com/mediastats N26 ^vs #3/2 South Carolina FloHoops W, 92-85 @NDWBB | #GoIrish N29 $at #22/20 Michigan BTN W, 83-63 D3 &at #1/1 UConn ESPN L, 80-71 THE HISTORY D6 (-/RV) Michigan State ACCN Extra W, 90-59 vs TEXAS A&M TAMU leads, 2-1 Last: Irish won, 83-74, in Las Vegas on 12/21/12 Streak: W1 D9 at Penn ILN W, 66-54 at NCAA’s TAMU leads, 1-0 Last: Aggies won, 76-70, in Indy on 4/5/11 Streak: L1 D17 (-/RV) DePaul ACCN Extra W, 91-82 D20 (RV/-) Marquette ACCN Extra W, 91-85 (OT) THE COACHES D28 *(RV/#23) Syracuse ACCN Extra W, 87-72 Head Coach At School Overall D31 *at Wake Forest ACCN Extra W, 96-73 NOTRE DAME Muffet McGraw 796-228 (31st year) 884-271 (36th year) J4 *(RV/RV) Miami ACCN Extra W, 83-76 TEXAS A&M Gary Blair 357-150 (15th year) 765-313 (33rd year) J7 *at Georgia Tech ACCN Extra W, 77-54 J11 *at #3/4 Louisville ESPN L, 100-67 COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF: J14 *Boston College ACCN Extra W, 89-60 -Point Club welcomed Ogunbowale, Mabrey & Westbeld - first season with three since 1985 J18 #6/7 Tennessee ESPN W, 84-70 1,000 All-time Notre Dame program wins J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra W, 90-37 960 J25 *at Pittsburgh ACCN Extra W, 87-53 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll, including 142 straight weeks in the top-10. Ranks 5th all-time for total 212 J28 *at #8/8 Florida State ESPN2 W, 100-69 top-10 appearances at 292 F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra W, 94-62 83-15 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years F4 *at #19/19 Duke ESPN2 W, 72-54 77-3 Notre Dame’s record in league play since joining the ACC for 2013-14 season F11 *Georgia Tech RSN W, 85-69 25 Total conference championships // 25 straight wins at home F15 *at Virginia ACCN Extra W, 83-69 20-plus performances from Ogunbowale this season - leads all ACC and set new single season ND record // 23 F18 *at Boston College ACCN Extra W, 89-55 23 points -- the amount the Irish trailed Tennessee before recording the biggest comeback in program history // 23 F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra W, 89-59 straight NCAA Championship appearances - fourth longest active streak & fifth longest all-time F25 *#21/22 NC State ESPN2 W, 86-67 20.6 ppg -- Ogunbowale’s scoring ranks 1st in the ACC and 21st in the nation -- stands as best in program history M2 Virginia RSN W, 83-47 20 Different All-Americans M3 #11/11 Florida State ESPNU W, 90-80 15 Wins over RPI Top-50 opponents -- leads the country M4 #4/5 Louisville ESPN2 L, 74-72 10 30-win seasons in program history and eighth straight year M16 CSUN ESPN2 W, 99-81 9 Ranked victories - second most in Division I // 9th straight Sweet 16 - only 1 of 4 schools to do so M18 Villanova ESPN W, 98-72 Elite Elights, including six of the past seven years M24 #15/14 Texas A&M ESPN 4 pm ET 8 Final Four appearances - one-of-five schools in NCAA history to do so // Regular season league championships M26 Oregon/CMU ESPN 9 pm ET 7 in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) // Victories over ranked teams away from home - marks the most in the country M30 NCAA Final Four 5 Straight ACC regular season titles since joining the league + - Exhibition All-ACC honorees in Ogunbowale, Shepard, Mabrey and Young ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida 4 $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan WBCA All-America Regionalists in Ogunbowale, Shepard and Mabrey // The Irish kicked off the NCAA Tourna- & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut 3 ment by having three 20-point scorers in back-to-back games for the first time in program history * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Coach of the Year Awards (USA Today & espnW) // No. 2 ranked RPI 2 1 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer // No. 1 ranked SOS // No. 1 seed in NCAA for the 8th time 2017-18 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 2018 NCAA Division I Women's BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP National National National First Round Second Round Regionals Regionals Second Round First Round Semifinals Championship Semifinals UConn (32-0) 1 1 Mississippi St. (32-1) 17-Mar UConn (140-52) Mississippi St. (95-50) 17-Mar Saint Francis (PA) (24-9) 16 UConn (71-46) Mississippi St. (71-56) 16 Nicholls St. (19-13) Miami (FL) (21-10) 8 19-Mar 19-Mar 8 Syracuse (22-8) Storrs 17-Mar 9 p.m. ESPN2 17-Mar Starkville Quinnipiac (27-5) 9 Quinnipiac (86-72) Oklahoma St. (84-57) 9 Oklahoma St. (20-10) Duke (22-8) 5 24-Mar 23-Mar 5 Maryland (25-7) 17-Mar Duke (72-58) 2 p.m. ESPN 7 p.m. ESPN Maryland (77-57) 16-Mar Belmont (31-3) 12 12 Princeton (24-5) Georgia (25-6) 4 19-Mar 18-Mar 4 NC State (24-8) Athens 17-Mar Duke (66-40) NC State (74-60) 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 16-Mar Raleigh Mercer (30-2) 13 Georgia (68-63) Albany Kansas City NC State (62-35) 13 Elon (25-7) 26-Mar 25-Mar South Fla. (26-7) 6 6 Iowa (24-7) 17-Mar Buffalo (102-79) Creighton (76-70) 17-Mar Buffalo (27-5) 11 Buffalo (86-65) UCLA (86-64) 11 Creighton (18-12) Florida St. (25-6) 3 19-Mar 19-Mar 3 UCLA (24-7) 17-Mar 17-Mar Tallahassee Little Rock (23-9) 14 Florida St. (91-49) UCLA (71-60) 14 American (26-6) Angeles Los California (21-10) 7 24-Mar Columbus 23-Mar 7 Arizona St. (21-12) 16-Mar Virginia (68-62) 11:30 a.m. ESPN April 1 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 Arizona St. (73-62) 17-Mar Virginia (18-13) 10 10 Nebraska (21-10) South Carolina (26-6) 2 18-Mar 19-Mar 2 Texas (26-6) 16-Mar South Carolina (66-56) Texas (85-65) 17-Mar Austin Columbia Columbus Columbus N.C. A&T (23-8) 15 South Carolina (63-52) March 30 March 30 Texas (83-54) 15 Maine (23-9) Notre Dame (29-3) 1 8 p.m. ESPN 6 p.m. ESPN 1 Louisville (32-2) 16-Mar Notre Dame (99-81) NATIONAL CHAMPION Louisville (74-42) 16-Mar CSUN (19-15) 16 Notre Dame (98-72) Louisville (90-72) 16 Boise St. (23-9) South Dakota St. (26-6) 8 18-Mar 18-Mar 8 Marquette (23-9) 16-Mar 16-Mar Louisville Notre Dame Villanova (22-8) 9 Villanova (81-74 OT) Marquette (84-65) 9 Dayton (23-6) 24-Mar 23-Mar DePaul (26-7) 5 4 p.m. ESPN 9:30 p.m. ESPN 5 Missouri (24-7) 16-Mar DePaul (90-79) FGCU (80-70) 17-Mar Oklahoma (16-14) 12 12 FGCU (30-4) Texas A&M (24-9) 4 18-Mar 19-Mar 4 Stanford (22-10) Station College College 16-Mar Texas A&M (80-79) Stanford (90-70) 17-Mar Stanford Drake (26-7) 13 Texas A&M (89-76) Spokane Lexington Stanford (82-68) 13 Gonzaga (27-5) 26-Mar 25-Mar LSU (19-9) 6 6 Oregon St. (23-7) 17-Mar Central Mich. (78-69) Oregon St. (82-58) 16-Mar Central Mich. (28-4) 11 Central Mich. (95-78) Oregon St. (66-59) 11 Western Ky. (24-8) Ohio St. (27-6) 3 19-Mar 18-Mar 3 Tennessee (24-7) 17-Mar 16-Mar Knoxville Columbus George Washington (19-13) 14 Ohio St. (87-45) Tennessee (100-60) 14 Liberty (24-9) 24-Mar 23-Mar Green Bay (29-3) 7 6:30 p.m. ESPN **ALL TIMES EASTERN** 7 p.m. ESPN2 7 Michigan (22-9) 16-Mar Minnesota (89-77) 2018 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Michigan (75-61) 16-Mar Minnesota (23-8) 10 Complete bracket released on ESPN Selection Show, Monday, March 12 at 7 p.m. ET. 10 Northern Colo. (26-6) FIRST‐ROUND ‐ March 16 and 17 and SECOND‐ROUND ‐ March 18 and 19 @ top 16 seeds. Oregon (30-4) 2 18-Mar REGIONALS ‐ March 23 and 25 @ Kansas City, Mo. and Lexington, Ky.; March 24 and 26 @ Albany, N.Y. & Spokane, Wash. 18-Mar 2 Baylor (31-1) All Women's Final Four games played at Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio. Waco Eugene 16-Mar Oregon (101-73) Baylor (80-58) 16-Mar Seattle U (18-14) 15 Oregon (88-45) Baylor (96-46) 15 Grambling (19-13) © 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association.