2023-24 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

[notredomer23]

Am I reading this rightly they’re pretty much locked in for a 2 or 3 seed? No way they get up to a 1 with a win tomorrow and no way they fall below a 3 with a loss right?

 

[IrishLax]

Is it the shoes? This injury luck has been insane for a few seasons now.

 

[BabyIrish]

Am I reading this rightly they’re pretty much locked in for a 2 or 3 seed? No way they get up to a 1 with a win tomorrow and no way they fall below a 3 with a loss right?

Even with a win I think the best they can do is a 3 seed.

 

[arrowryan]

Is it the shoes? This injury luck has been insane for a few seasons now.

It’s not luck anymore

 

[laughingirish90]

look people a LOT of teams around the country are having major injuries and just not us like for instance VT and UCONN and then IU had a starting center that was day to day playing wise before they played scUM last night because of an injury she received last sunday against Maryland.

 

[laughingirish90]

we are going to have to play our very best sunday because the wolfpack look really good right now as they are taking it to FSU.

 

[Irish#1]

A few thoughts. I wasn’t able to watch but was surprised to see them win that big even if Kiley was out.

The women’s game has become more physical over the years which may be contributing to the injuries across the board. Revisiting the S&C routine might be beneficial.

Ladies were inconsistent the first 2/3 of the season, but look like they’ve figured it out at the right time.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Paul longo gotta go

 

[laughingirish90]

our irish play the championship game today at 1 pm and i really don't like our chances with the way we played against them earlier this past season and plus with us having one less post player due to Watson's injury. they have way more depth than we do also so that could be a huge factor today.

 

[arrowryan]

They were up a thousand points, so idk why she was in the game anyway. Ivey does this to herself.

 

[Redbar]

They were up a thousand points, so idk why she was in the game anyway. Ivey does this to herself.

If they had been playing like a well oiled machine…maybe. But this team is really just now finding their groove, Watson, specifically, was just starting to find some consistency. I don’t quite get the knee jerk, “Ivey must’ve screwed something up” not when her team was just starting to play close to a standard you could see Coach was expecting.

 

[stpeteirish]

If they had been playing like a well oiled machine…maybe. But this team is really just now finding their groove, Watson, specifically, was just starting to find some consistency. I don’t quite get the knee jerk, “Ivey must’ve screwed something up” not when her team was just starting to play close to a standard you could see Coach was expecting.

yeah watson doesn't play a ton of minutes anyhow so I don't get the complaints about leaving her in . But Hildago's in there when we're up 25 with two minutes to go, don't get that.

 

[BabyIrish]

Irish up 28-22 at the half. Nat went out with a cut to the chin. Hopefully she’ll be patched up and ready to go in the second half.

 

[laughingirish90]

if the game can stay this way where both teams are playing sloppy then i like our chances to win

 

[Edge]

It’s anatomical folks. As someone who coached girl’s bball for years knee injuries are just the norm for women. Had multiple girls tear both knees, had girl tear same knee twice. Strength of the knee in women just isn’t the same as men.

 

[irishff1014]

Hidalgo Is taking some terrible shots

And I picked a bad game to watch the whole game.

 

[laughingirish90]

too many missed open shots is going to possibly cost us this game.

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

It’s anatomical folks. As someone who coached girl’s bball for years knee injuries are just the norm for women. Had multiple girls tear both knees, had girl tear same knee twice. Strength of the knee in women just isn’t the same as men.

Anatomical but also muscular. Women tend to be much more quad dominant than men, whereas men are more evenly displaced between quad and hamstring.

So you can (somewhat) get ahead on this depending on how you structure your training. My wife was an athlete and her biggest regret was not focusing on posterior chain enough (eventually had two ACL surgeries). Everything they did was squats, lunges, etc.

Idk what our training looks like - but it feels like our injuries are occurring at a disproportionate rate to the point where I do question the training style, the shoes, etc.

 

[Fbolt]

Nice

 

[Blazers46]

Let’s go!

 

[Irish#1]

Nice Win. Ladies rolling into the tournament

 

[BabyIrish]

Excellent! What a turnaround these last three weeks by both coaches and players. See you in South Bend!

 

[irishff1014]

Nice comeback in the last 90 seconds.

Congrats to the ladies

 

[arrowryan]

3 ranked wins in 3 days.

I’ve been critical of this team, but I have to give credit where it’s due. Congrats Coach. This is her best stretch of coaching since she took over.

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

Great win.

 

[laughingirish90]

well i guess i'm buying an ACC champs t shirt this week.

 

[stpeteirish]

What a difference in the officiating between the Louisville game and this one. Short bench and we don't have any one in foul trouble. That really helped. Had to laugh when I looked at the # of team fouls with 30 seconds to go and each team had 2!

Zone really had NC St off their game most of the time. We had no choice with only 6 players but that worked to our advantage.

And christ almighty was that crew rooting for NC St or what? I had to mute them. Even the highlights were all NC ST

 

[notredomer23]

 

[laughingirish90]

they made keys shots when it counted but great defensive effort Friday through Sunday won them this title.

 

[irishandy]

Congrats to the ND women's basketball team and they only played with 6 players.

The postgame interviews were great. If Hidalgo, Westbeld, and Citron are on this team is tough to beat.

On a think outside of the box note- kudos to Ivey announcing when she did about Miles coming back for next season, it added an extra spark to the team.