The expectations for the Notre Dame women’s basketball team couldn’t be higher. This roster is stacked, and everybody is taking notice. If this year’s Irish don’t get to at least the Final Four, this season widely will be seen as a disappointment.
The AP Top 25 Preseason Poll has been released, and the Irish rank very highly on it. Specifically, they rank sixth, which is the highest they’ve been ranked in this particular poll since they began the 2018-19 season as the top-ranked team fresh off their most recent national championship.
This season will mark the return of Olivia Miles, the former national player of the year runner-up who missed all of last season with a knee injury. She’ll be teamed in the backcourt with Hannah Hidalgo, who herself was a national player of the year runner-up a season ago. This could be the most lethal guard combo in program history.
The Irish have some injury issues of course, but every team will go through those. They’ll be ready no matter who’s available:
The regular season tips off Nov. 4 against Mercyhurst. It should be a fun few months of Irish women’s basketball.
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