Another chapter of the Notre Dame - UConn rivalry was added on Sunday afternoon when the Huskies ended the Irish’s March run with a 70-52 thumping at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth in an Elite Eight matchup.

For the first time since 2019, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Basketball team has advanced to the Elite Eight. All that stands in the way of the Fighting Irish and a trip to the Final Four in Phoenix is the juggernaut University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies. The two former Big East rivals played this season on January 19, 2026. In that game, UConn outclassed the Irish, beating them 85-47 (the largest in the series). This is also the eighth time they have squared off

Notre Dame continues to bust brackets. This time, the Irish defeated Vanderbilt 67-64 in Friday afternoon’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Basketball Team has made it to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Standing in the way of their first Elite Eight appearance since 2019 (and the first under Head Coach Niele Ivey) is a well-rounded and dangerous Vanderbilt Commodores squad. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: The Irish upset the region's three-seed, the Ohio State Buckeyes, on Monday afternoon. Impressive was the fact that it was on the Ohio