2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 TITLE GAME VS #1 MISSISSIPPI STATE (37-1) 3 2017-18 RESULTS (34-3) GAME INFO Date Opponent TV Result Sunday, April 1 | 6 pm ET Nationwide Arena (20,000) N11 Mount St. Mary’s ACCN Extra W, 121-65 ESPN Adam Amin, Rebecca Lobo, Kara Lawson, Holly Rowe 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 Westwood One Sports | John Sadak, Debbie Antonielli, Krista Blunck N24 ^vs ETSU FloHoops W, 77-46 N25 ^vs #17/16 USF FloHoops W, 76-66 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 Miss State First ever meeting Streak: N/A D9 at Penn ILN W, 66-54 Title Games Irish are 1-4 Last Title: 2001 National Championship 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 799-228 (31st year) 887-271 (36th year) J4 *(RV/RV) Miami ACCN Extra W, 83-76 MISS STATE Vic Schaefer 161-52 (6th year) 494-219 (21st 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, 89-60 963 All-time Notre Dame program wins J18 #6/7 Tennessee ESPN W, 84-70 Coach McGraw wins at Notre Dame J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra W, 90-37 799 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 top-10 appearances at 292 J28 *at #8/8 Florida State ESPN2 W, 100-69 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra W, 94-62 86-15 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 20-plus point performances from Ogunbowale this season - leads all ACC and set new single season ND record // 25 F15 *at Virginia ACCN Extra W, 83-69 Total conference championships // 25 straight wins at home F18 *at Boston College ACCN Extra W, 89-55 points - the amount the Irish trailed Tennessee before recording the biggest comeback in program history // 23 23 straight NCAA Championship appearances - fourth longest active streak & fifth longest all-time F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra W, 89-59 ppg -- Ogunbowale’s scoring ranks 1st in the ACC and 18th in the nation -- stands as best in program history F25 *#21/22 NC State ESPN2 W, 86-67 20.9 Different All-Americans M2 Virginia RSN W, 83-47 20 ranked victories -tied for most in Division I M3 #11/11 Florida State ESPNU W, 90-80 12 M4 #4/5 Louisville ESPN2 L, 74-72 30-win seasons in program history and eighth straight year // 10 ranked wins away from home - most in the 10 country M16 CSUN ESPN2 W, 99-81 Final Four appearances // In last 10 years, ND has beaten UConn 8 times, all other teams, 6 M18 Villanova ESPN W, 98-72 8 Regular season league championships in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) // 7th team to win National Semifinal in OT M24 #14/14 Texas A&M ESPN W, 90-84 7 NCAA Title game appearances - 1 of 4 schools to do so (Tennessee, UConn and La Tech) // 6-1 when trailing at M26 #6/5 Oregon ESPN W, 84-74 6 M30 #1/1 UConn ESPN2 W, 91-89 (OT) the half this season, including three straight wins down at the half in last three games Straight ACC regular season titles since joining the league // 5 All-America honors for Arike A1 #4/4 Mississippi State ESPN 6 pm 5 times ND has defeated UConn in the NCAA Tournament - the most of any school // 4 All-ACC honorees in + - Exhibition 4 Ogunbowale, Shepard, Mabrey and Young ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan Coach of the Year Awards -- espnW, USA Today and AP // The Irish kicked off the NCAA Tournament by having & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut 3 three 20-point scorers in back-to-back games for the first time in program history * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer // No. 1 ranked SOS // 1 National Title in 2001 1 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) UConn (72-59) Mississippi St. (71-57) 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 UConn (94-65) Mississippi St. (89-73) 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 South Carolina (79-63) Columbus UCLA (84-75) 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 6 p.m., ESPN 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 9:30 p.m., ESPN2 7 p.m., ESPN2 1 Louisville (32-2) 6 p.m. ESPN 16-Mar Notre Dame (99-81) 8 p.m. ESPN 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 Notre Dame (90-84) Louisville (86-59) 23-Mar DePaul (26-7) 5 4 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 Notre Dame (84-74) Louisville (76-43) 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 Oregon (83-69) Oregon St. (72-67) 23-Mar Green Bay (29-3) 7 6:30 p.m. ESPN **ALL TIMES EASTERN** 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.