Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Preview: Top Topics
A phenomenal 2010-19 decade that featured eight regular season conference or tournament titles (Big East or ACC), seven Final Fours, five title appearances and the 2018 national championship went through the ultimate thud to begin the 2020s. The graduation/departure of all five starters from 2019, a couple of transfers and a litany of injuries ravaged the 2019-20 lineup, resulting in a 13-18 finish and eventually the retirement of Naismith Hall of Fame head coach Muffet McGraw. After a year in the NBA, former 2007-19 Fighting Irish assistant Niele Ivey, also the point guard for the 2001 national champs, was handed the reins and eagerly anticipates returning the program into superpower status in the coming years.
