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.

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 ...

The Notre Dame women's basketball team must feel like it's on top of the world right now. It just emerged victorious from a