Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
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| University | University of Notre Dame | |||
| Conference | ACC | |||
| Location | Notre Dame, IN | |||
| Head coach | Muffet McGraw (25th year) | |||
| Arena | Purcell Pavilion at the Edmund P. Joyce Center (Capacity: 9,149) |
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| Nickname | Fighting Irish | |||
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament champions | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament runner-up | ||||
| 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament second round | ||||
| 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 (MCC) 2013 (Big East) 2014, 2015, 2016 (ACC) |
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| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1985, 1986 (North Star) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 (MCC) 2001, 2012, 2013 (Big East) 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (ACC) |
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. The program currently competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I. They have one NCAA National Championship. They play their home games in the Purcell Pavilion at the Edmund P. Joyce Center. The Fighting Irish are currently coached by Muffet McGraw.
Current coach Muffet McGraw has been the women's head coach since 1987 and has led Notre Dame to seven Final Four appearances (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015), winning the National Championship in 2001 by beating Purdue 68–66. The 2001 team was led by 6-foot-5 center and future WNBA star Ruth Riley. Under McGraw's stewardship, Notre Dame has made it to the Sweet Sixteen in each of the last seven seasons (2010–16), has won 20 or more games in 23 of the past 24 seasons, and has won 30 or more games in seven consecutive seasons (2011–17). She has led the Irish to 23 NCAA tournament appearances as of the end of the 2015–16 season, including a current streak of 21 appearances. In the current streak, Notre Dame has made it to the second round in all but two of the appearances.
McGraw would take the Fighting Irish back to the Final Four in 2011 under the play of star point guard Skylar Diggins, beating Pat Summitt's Tennessee Lady Volunteers; the program's first win against the Lady Vols in 21 tries. That win was followed by an upset of the number one-ranked UConn Huskies (making Notre Dame the first team ever to beat both Tennessee and UConn in the same tournament) to advance the Fighting Irish to the 2011 championship game, where it lost to Texas A&M. The Irish would return to the championship game in 2012, losing to unbeaten Baylor after winning the Big East regular season title and beating UConn again to reach the final.
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