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2023–24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by fourth year head coach Niele Ivey and played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center, Purcell Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish started their season ranked tenth in the nation, and opened against sixth-ranked 2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, South Carolina in Paris, Paris, France. They would lose that game 71–100, but would then go on a nine-game winning streak before conference play began. The winning streak included an eleven point win over 2023–24 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team, Illinois, a defeat of twentieth-ranked 2023–24 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Tennessee in the ACC–SEC Challenge and a thirty-seven point win over 2023–24 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niele Ivey
Niele Deirdre Jamillah Viveca Ivey (born September 24, 1977) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team. She is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player for the Indiana Fever, Detroit Shock, and Phoenix Mercury. Prior to her move to the NCAA in August 2019, she was an assistant coach for the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team, where she had played in college. She was an All-American point guard and became the 17th player in school history to record over 1,000 career points. She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award presented for the nation's top player under 5'8" in 2001. She would go on to lead the Irish women to their first NCAA Championship in 2001, in her hometown of St. Louis as a fifth-year senior. In the WNBA, she finished her career with 408 points, including over 100 in 2 separate seasons. She also had ninety 3-point field goals, 228 assists, and 94 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |