2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by fifth-year head coach Niele Ivey and played their home games at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish started the season ranked sixth in the AP poll and won their first five games to start the season. This included a 102–58 victory over Purdue and a 74–61 defeat of number three USC. This saw the team rise to third in the rankings ahead of the Cayman Islands Classic. It was ultimately a disappointing trip to the Cayman Islands for the team as they went 0–2 in the tournament. They lost 76–68 to seventeenth ranked TCU and 78–67 to Utah. They dropped to tenth in the rankings following the tournament. The team turned its fortunes around with a return to the US as they defeated fourth ranked Texas in overtime 80� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Niele Ivey
Niele Deirdre Jamillah Viveca Ivey (born September 24, 1977) is an American college basketball coach who is 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 NBA in August 2019, she was an assistant coach for the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team, where she 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 st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ACC–SEC Challenge
The ACC–SEC Challenge is an in-season NCAA Division I college basketball series that matches men's and women's teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It replaced the ACC–Big Ten Challenge and the Big 12/SEC Challenge which both ended in 2022. ESPN again would play an important role with the creating of the challenge and holds the broadcast rights to all games. The ACC–SEC Challenge will occur every year early in the non-conference portion of the schedule for the teams, typically played in late November/early December. Each game will be hosted by one of the participating schools, with teams typically alternating home and away status in each successive year. The initial year of the challenge was played in the 2023 College Basketball season ending with both Men's and Women's records tied. Format Typically, match-ups are selected for their expected interest in the game. Higher profile teams are chosen to play each other to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2025 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2025 ACC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held at the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 5 to 9, 2025. It was the 25th time in 26 years that the tournament was held in Greensboro. The tournament was sponsored by Ally Financial. The 2023–24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, Notre Dame Fighting Irish were the defending tournament champions. Notre Dame was the second overall seed after finishing tied for first place in the regular season rankings. However, they could not defend their title, losing to 2024–25 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team, Duke in the Semifinals. Duke would go on to win the tournament over 2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team, NC State 76–62. This was the second year in a row that NC State was defeated in the final. This was Duke's ninth overall ACC tournament title, and the first for head coach Kara Lawso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Louisville Cardinals Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by eighteenth-year head coach Jeff Walz, and played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. This season was their eleventh year competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cardinals beagan the season ranked seventeenth in the AP poll and traveled to France to play fifth-ranked UCLA in the Aflac Oui-Play event. The Cardinals lost the game 66–59. They won two games before losing to rival and twentieth-ranked Kentucky 71–61 in overtime. The Cardinals dropped to number twenty five in the polls before winning three straight games to bounce back up to twenty second. They lost in the ACC–SEC Challenge to eleventh-ranked Oklahoma 78–72. They followed that game with a 85–52 loss to second-ranked Connecticut in the Women's Champions Classic. They won one game bef ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Florida State Seminoles Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team represented Florida State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Brooke Wyckoff, who previously served as interim head coach for the team during the 2020–21 season. The Seminoles played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Seminoles started off the season ranked nineteenth in the AP poll, but quickly fell out of the rankings after a second game of the season loss to Illinois. Despite going on a seven game winning streak, from November 11 to November 30, the Seminoles did not re-enter the rankings. This run included a win against rival Florida and three straight wins in the Paradise Jam - Reef Division. The Seminoles won the championship with a 95–54 defeat of Gonzaga in the final. After returning from the Virgi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 NC State Wolfpack Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by twelfth-year head coach Wes Moore and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Wolfpack begain the season ranked ninth in the AP poll and defeated East Tennessee State on the first day of the season. They then traveled to Charlotte to face number one South Carolina in the Ally Tipoff. They lost the game 71–57 and fell to thirteenth in the rankings. A 76–73 loss at TCU saw them fall to number twenty. They defeated Coastal Carolina before traveling to the Bahamas to participate in the Pink Flamingo Championship. There they defeated Southern before losing in the championship game to seventh ranked LSU. The loss sawthem fall out of the rankings for the first time during the season. They returned to North Carolina and defeated eighteenth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Miami Hurricanes Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Tricia Cullop and played their home games at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Cullop replaced nineteenth-year head coach Katie Meier who announced her retirement on March 22, 2024. The Hurricanes started the season well, reeling off seven straight victories to start the season. The highlight of the run was an away win over rival Florida 79–51. This run included two victories in the Miami Thanksgiving Tournament. Their winning streak was broken on December 4 in the ACC–SEC Challenge when they lost to Vanderbilt 70–88. The Hurricanes went on another four game winning streak from there, including winning their first ACC game against Pittsburgh, 62–52. They also recorded neutral site wins over Nevada and Oreg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Pittsburgh Panthers Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented The University of Pittsburgh during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers were led by second-year head coach Tory Verdi, and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Panthers started the season with two wins against non-Power 4 teams before facing West Virginia in a rivalry game. The Mountaineers were ranked fifteenth in the nation at the time, and defeated the Pathers 82–54. The Panthers rebounded by winning three straight games. The Panthers then participated in the Paradise Jam, where they lost three straight games. The closest game of the event was their opener against Kansas, which they lost by six points. Upon returning to Pittsuburgh, the Panthers lost another rivalry game to Duquesne by four points. They defeated Saint Peter's before losing their ACC opener against Mia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Duke Blue Devils Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by fifth-year head coach Kara Lawson and played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils started the season ranked eleventh in the AP poll and won their first two games. They then traveled to College Park, Maryland to face eighteenth ranked Maryland, where they lost 85–80. The loss saw them drop to sixteenth in the rankings where they won three games before the Thanksgiving tournaments. Duke traveled to Nevada to participate in the Ball Dawgs Classic. There they defeated ninth ranked Kansas State and eighth ranked Oklahoma to win the championship. They defeated Oklahoma in a high scoring final 109–99, in overtime. The Blue Devils won a game against Columbia on their return to the east coast, before facing third ranked ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 California Golden Bears Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears were led by sixth-year head coach Charmin Smith and played their home games at Haas Pavilion. They competed as first-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Golden Bears started the season well, winning their first six games of the season. They played only one traditional Power-4 school during this run, defeating Auburn 63–59 on November 22. The Golden Bears participated in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational where they lost their opening game against Michigan State 78–72 but won the third-place game against Arizona 74–62. They welcomed nineteenth-ranked Alabama to the Haas Pavilion for the ACC–SEC Challenge, and the Golden Bears pulled off the upset 69–65. They won their next three games, including a rivalry and ACC opening win over Stanford to enter the rankings at n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Nell Fortner and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Yellow Jackets started the season with four straight non-conference wins before traveling to Hawaii, to participate in the Hawaii North Shore Showcase. The highlight of their early season was a 83–67 victory over rival Georgia. The Yellow Jackets won both of their games in Hawaii, including a 74–58 defeat of twenty-first ranked Oregon. They returned to Atlanta to defeat 98–56 before winning their ACC–SEC Challenge game by three points over Mississippi State. After a win against Mercer, Georgia Tech entered the AP Poll at number twenty-five. Their biggest test of the season came in their ACC opener against fourteenth-ranked Nort ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels were led by sixth-year head coach Courtney Banghart. The Tar Heels played their home games at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Tar Heels started the season ranked fifteenth in the AP poll and won their first three games. Their first loss game against second ranked Connecticut 69–58. This saw the Tar Heels fall from fourteenth to sixteenth in the polls before traveling to the Bahamas to participate in the Battle 4 Atlantis. The Tar Heels won all three of their games in the tournament to finish as Champions. They won the championship game 69–39 over Indiana. They also defeated fourteenth ranked Kentucky 72–53 in the ACC–SEC Challenge. The team recorded two more wins before their ACC opener against twenty-fifth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |