Connecticut–Notre Dame women's basketball rivalry

Connecticut–Notre Dame women's basketball rivalry
	Connecticut Huskies Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Sport	Women's basketball
First meeting	January 18, 1996; Connecticut 87, Notre Dame 64
Latest meeting	March 30, 2018 (NCAA Final Four); Notre Dame 91, Connecticut 89
Next meeting	December 2, 2018
Statistics
Meetings total	48
All-time series	Connecticut leads 36–12
Largest victory	Connecticut, 80–53 (2002)
Longest win streak	Connecticut, 12 (2005–2011)
Current win streak	Notre Dame, 1 (2018–present)

The Connecticut–Notre Dame women's basketball rivalry is a college rivalry series between the UConn Huskies women's basketball team of the University of Connecticut and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team of the University of Notre Dame. The Huskies and Fighting Irish have met 48 times, including seven times in the NCAA Tournament and twice in the NCAA Championship, with the Huskies holding a 36–12 advantage.

Background

The Connecticut Huskies and Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball teams are two of the more successful teams in women's collegiate basketball. The UConn Huskies have won eleven national championships,^[1]^[2] while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have eight Final Four appearances,^[3] with a National Championship in 2001 and 2018. Both teams formerly played in the Big East Conference, and appeared in the title game of the Big East Tournament multiple times, with UConn appearing 23 times between 1989 and 2013, and Notre Dame appearing seven times in the same time period.

From April 2011 to March 2013, Notre Dame won seven out of its eight match-ups with UConn, the best performance of any team against UConn since Tennessee.^[4] However, Notre Dame fell to UConn in the 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament despite Notre Dame beating them three times during the regular season that year.

In 2014, UConn and Notre Dame both went into the national championship undefeated. This is the first time two undefeated teams went to the title game in men's and women's NCAA Division I basketball history. ^[5] This was also their first meeting in a championship game. UConn won that game handily. The next year, both teams made it to the title game again, where UConn won its tenth national championship and third national championship in a row. New York Times reporter Harvey Araton observed that in this "latest showdown between the premier women’s programs" there was an "absence of the mutual hostility" that had characterized the previous year's matchup.^[1]

After seven consecutive wins by UConn over Notre Dame, the Irish beat the Huskies in the semifinals of the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, in a 91-89 overtime contest. From the start of the 2011-2012 season to the end of the 2017-2018 season, UConn has only 12 losses, with 7 of them coming against Notre Dame.

Game results

Connecticut victories	Notre Dame victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Notes
1	January 18, 1996	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	87–64
2	February 24, 1996	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	86–79
3	March 5, 1996	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	71–54	Big East Tournament
4	February 9, 1997	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	72–49
5	March 4, 1997	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	86–77	Big East Tournament
6	December 6, 1997	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	78–59
7	February 21, 1998	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	73–61
8	March 2, 1998	Piscataway, NJ	Connecticut	73–53	Big East Tournament
9	December 8, 1998	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	106–81
10	March 2, 1999	Piscataway, NJ	Connecticut	96–75	Big East Tournament
11	February 26, 2000	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	77–59
12	January 15, 2001	Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame	92–76
13	March 6, 2001	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	78–76	Big East Tournament
14	March 30, 2001	St. Louis, MO	Notre Dame	90–75	NCAA Final Four
15	January 21, 2002	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	80–53
16	January 20, 2003	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	72–53
17	February 23, 2003	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	77–59
18	January 13, 2004	Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame	66–51
19	January 12, 2005	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	67–50
20	January 30, 2005	Storrs, CT	Notre Dame	65–59
21	March 7, 2005	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	67–54	Big East Tournament
22	February 19, 2006	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	79–64
23	March 5, 2006	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	71–60	Big East Tournament
24	January 27, 2007	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	64–47
25	January 27, 2008	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	81–64

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Notes
26	February 22, 2009	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	76–66
27	January 16, 2010	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	70–46
28	March 1, 2010	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	76–51
29	March 8, 2010	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	59–44	Big East Tournament
30	January 8, 2011	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	79–76
31	February 19, 2011	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	78–57
32	March 8, 2011	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	73–64	Big East Tournament
33	April 3, 2011	Indianapolis, IN	Notre Dame	72–63	NCAA Final Four
34	January 7, 2012	Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame	74–67	OT
35	February 27, 2012	Hartford, CT	Notre Dame	72–59
36	March 6, 2012	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	63–54	Big East Tournament
37	April 1, 2012	Denver, CO	Notre Dame	83–75	NCAA Final Four, OT
38	January 5, 2013	Storrs, CT	Notre Dame	73–72
39	March 4, 2013	Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame	96–87	3OT
40	March 12, 2013	Hartford, CT	Notre Dame	61–59	Big East Tournament
41	April 7, 2013	New Orleans, LA	Connecticut	83–65	NCAA Final Four
42	April 8, 2014	Nashville, TN	Connecticut	79–58	NCAA Championship Game
43	December 6, 2014	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	76–58
44	April 7, 2015	Tampa, FL	Connecticut	63–53	NCAA Championship Game
45	December 5, 2015	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	91–81	Jimmy V Women's Classic
46	December 7, 2016	Notre Dame, IN	Connecticut	72–61
47	December 3, 2017	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	80–71	Jimmy V Women's Classic
48	March 30, 2018	Columbus, OH	Notre Dame	91–89	NCAA Final Four, OT
Series: Connecticut leads 36–12

References

1 2 Araton, Harvey (April 7, 2015). "UConn's Win Isn't Pretty, but Title Is a Perfect 10th for Geno Auriemma". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
↑ "UConn overcomes 12-point first half to squeeze past Stanford for second straight title". ESPN. April 6, 2010.
↑ "Women's Basketball Gameday Central – #9/7 Notre Dame vs. #1 Connecticut (NCAA Women's Final Four)". CBSSports.com. April 3, 2011.
↑ "UConn vs. Notre Dame: Rivalry brings attention to sport". Yahoo.com. April 7, 2015.
↑ "UConn, Notre Dame bring lots of history to title showdown". USA Today. April 7, 2014.

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[Araton-1] 1 2 Araton, Harvey (April 7, 2015). "UConn's Win Isn't Pretty, but Title Is a Perfect 10th for Geno Auriemma". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.

[Titles-2] "UConn overcomes 12-point first half to squeeze past Stanford for second straight title". ESPN. April 6, 2010.

[ND_Appearances-3] "Women's Basketball Gameday Central – #9/7 Notre Dame vs. #1 Connecticut (NCAA Women's Final Four)". CBSSports.com. April 3, 2011.

[Yahoo-4] "UConn vs. Notre Dame: Rivalry brings attention to sport". Yahoo.com. April 7, 2015.

[USAToday-5] "UConn, Notre Dame bring lots of history to title showdown". USA Today. April 7, 2014.

Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
Venues	Hugh S. Greer Field House (1974–1989) XL Center (1975–present) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present)
Rivalries	Notre Dame Rutgers Tennessee
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky UConn Husky Bird at the Buzzer
People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor in the WNBA Draft
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Venues	Joyce Center (1977–present)
Rivalries	Connecticut
Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

University of Notre Dame
Located in: Notre Dame, Indiana
Topics	Alumni History Campus Congregation of Holy Cross Notre Dame, Indiana Commencement
Schools and Colleges	College of Arts and Letters College of Engineering College of Science Law School Mendoza College of Business School of Architecture
Academics	Center for the Study of Religion and Society Environmental Research Center History of Science Society Journal of Legislation Medieval Institute Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy Notre Dame OpenCourseWare ESTEEM Program Driehaus Architecture Prize American Midland Naturalist
Campus buildings	Basilica of the Sacred Heart Bond Hall Cartier Field Compton Family Ice Arena Edmund P. Joyce Center Fire Department Frank Eck Stadium Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes LaFortune Student Center Legends of Notre Dame Log Chapel Main Building Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame Stadium Snite Museum of Art Stepan Center Hesburgh Library Washington Hall
Residence halls	Residence halls Alumni Badin Breen-Phillips Carroll Cavanaugh Dillon Duncan Dunne Farley Fisher Flaherty Howard Keenan Keough Knott Lewis Lyons McGlinn Morrissey Old College O'Neill Pasquerilla East Pasquerilla West Ryan Siegfried Sorin Stanford St. Edward's Walsh Welsh Family Zahm
Athletics	Bengal Bouts Football Softball Jeweled Shillelagh Leprechaun Baseball Men's Basketball Men's Ice Hockey Men's Lacrosse Men's Soccer Rugby Football Club Women's Basketball Women's Soccer UConn–Notre Dame rivalry Bookstore Basketball
Culture and the arts	Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Laetare Medal Molarity comic strip Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival Notre Dame Glee Club "Notre Dame, Our Mother" (Alma mater) Notre Dame Review Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra "Notre Dame Victory March" (Fight song) Scholastic Shakespeare Festival University of Notre Dame Press WNDU-TV WSND-FM Notre Dame Queer Film Festival
Campus art	Edward F. Sorin (statue) Chaplain Corby of Gettysburg Christ and the Samaritan Woman Notre Dame Old Fieldhouse
Key people	Fr. Edward Sorin Fr. Theodore Hesburgh Knute Rockne Fr. John Zahm Fr. Edward Malloy Fr. Julius Nieuwland Dan Devine Frank Leahy Ara Parseghian Lou Holtz John I. Jenkins Muffet McGraw

Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalries
Football	Army Holy War (Boston College) Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC Other Rivalries
Basketball	UCLA Connecticut
Ice Hockey	Holy War on Ice (Boston College)

Rivalries of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Conference	O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy (Boston College–Clemson) Boston College–Syracuse Boston College–Virginia Tech Clemson–Florida State Clemson–Georgia Tech Textile Bowl (Clemson–NC State) Duke–North Carolina basketball/overall Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina football) Duke–NC State Duke–Wake Forest Florida State–Miami Florida State–Virginia Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech Miami–Virginia Tech North Carolina–NC State overall North Carolina–NC State North Carolina–Wake Forest NC State–Wake Forest South's Oldest Rivalry (North Carolina–Virginia) Pittsburgh–Syracuse Virginia–Virginia Tech Commonwealth Cup (Virginia–Virginia Tech football)
Non-conference	Alabama–Clemson Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Boston College–Holy Cross Boston College–Harvard (basketball) Commonwealth Classic (Boston College–UMass basketball) Boston College–UMass Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Colgate–Syracuse Connecticut–Notre Dame (women's basketball) Duke–Maryland (basketball) Duke–Michigan (basketball) Florida–Florida State Green Line Rivalry (Boston College–Boston U) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville) Kentucky–Louisville overall Governor's Cup (Kentucky–Louisville football) Louisville–Memphis Louisville–West Virginia Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt Maryland–Virginia Florida–Miami Miami–Nebraska NC State–South Carolina North Carolina–South Carolina NC State–East Carolina Notre Dame–UCLA basketball River City Rivalry (Cincinnati–Pittsburgh) City Game (Pittsburgh–Duquesne) Penn State–Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl (Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Georgetown–Syracuse Penn State–Syracuse Syracuse–West Virginia New River Valley rivalry (Radford–Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech–West Virginia VMI–Virginia Tech
Notre Dame football rivalries	Boston College–Notre Dame Georgia Tech–Notre Dame Miami–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Pittsburgh