If you take the bait and bring a nationally ranked Notre Dame women’s basketball team to your building, maybe even put it on national television and/or primetime, you’re playing right into the Irish hands. And, likely, playing your way into a loss.

No. 6-ranked Notre Dame women's basketball takes on No. 3 USC today. Follow along for live updates/Scorestream

All offseason long, a lot of folks around women’s college basketball offered the same concern when it came to Notre Dame’s outlook this season. The common question was that, while the Irish seemed to be incredibly talented on-paper, could Hannah ...