Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 2, 2025 · CSM Staff
 
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
 
ACC (26-5, 16-2)
 
 
Big Wins: 12/5 Texas (80-70), 12/12 Connecticut (79-68)
Bad Losses: 11/30 Utah (67-78), 2/27 Florida State (81-86)
Coach: Niele Ivey
 
Probable Starters:
Liatu King, Senior, Forward, 11.2 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 2.1 spg, 1.0 bpg
Maddy Westbeld, Senior, Forward, 7.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Hannah Hidalgo, Sophomore, Guard, 24.2 ppg, 3.7 apg, 5.2 rpg, 3.7 spg
Olivia Miles, Senior, Guard, 16.2 ppg, 5.8 apg, 5.9 rpg
Sonia Citron, Senior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 2.89 apg, 5.3 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Kate Koval, Freshman, Forward, 5.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Liza Karlen, Senior, Forward, 5.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Cassandre Prosper, Sophomore, Guard, 5.8 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 86.1 (4th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.1 (121, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.2 (4, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 35.9 (12, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.7 (57, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 40.3 (1, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.3 (24, 2)
Rebound Margin: 9.6 (8, 1)
Assists Per Game: 17.9 (15, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (137, 9)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2024 NCAA Round of 64 win over Kent State
2024 NCAA Round of 32 win over Mississippi
2024 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Oregon State
2023 NCAA Round of 64 win over Southern Utah
2023 NCAA Round of 32 win over Mississippi State
2023 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Maryland
2022 NCAA Round of 64 win over Umass
2022 NCAA Round of 32 win over Oklahoma
2022 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to NC State
2019 NCAA First Round win over Bethune-Cookman
2019 NCAA Second Round win over Michigan State
2019 NCAA Third Round win over Texas A&M
2019 NCAA Quarterfinal win over Stanford
2019 NCAA Semifinal win over Connecticut
2019 NCAA Championship loss to Baylor
2018 NCAA Round of 64 win over Cal State Northridge
2018 NCAA Round of 32 win over Villanova
2018 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Texas A&M
2018 NCAA Regional Final win over Oregon
2018 NCAA National Semifinal win over Connecticut
2018 NCAA National Final win over Mississippi State
2017 NCAA Round of 64 win over Robert Morris
2017 NCAA Round of 32 win over Purdue
2017 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Ohio State
2017 NCAA Regional Final loss to Stanford
2016 NCAA Round of 64 win over North Carolina A&T
2016 NCAA Round of 32 win over Indiana
2016 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Stanford
2015 NCAA Round of 64 win over Montana
2015 NCAA Round of 32 win over DePaul
2015 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Stanford
2015 NCAA Regional Final win over Baylor
2015 NCAA National Semifinal win over South Carolina
2015 NCAA National Final loss to Connecticut
2014 NCAA Round of 64 win over Robert Morris
2014 NCAA Round of 32 win over Arizona State
2014 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Oklahoma State
2014 NCAA Regional Final win over Baylor
2014 NCAA National Semifinal win over Maryland
2014 NCAA National Final loss to Connecticut
2013 NCAA Round of 64 win over Tennessee Martin
2013 NCAA Round of 32 win over Iowa
2013 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Kansas
2013 NCAA Regional Final win over Duke
2013 NCAA National Semifinal loss to Connecticut
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Liberty
2012 NCAA Round of 32 win over California
2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over St. Bonaventure
2012 NCAA Regional Final win over Maryland
2012 NCAA National Semifinal win over Connecticut
2012 NCAA National Final loss to Baylor
2011 NCAA Round of 64 win over Utah
2011 NCAA Round of 32 win over Temple
2011 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Oklahoma
2011 NCAA Regional Final win over Tennessee
2011 NCAA National Semifinal win over Connecticut
2011 NCAA National Final loss to Texas A&M
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over Cleveland State
2010 NCAA Round of 32 win over Vermont
2010 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Oklahoma
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Minnesota
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over Southern Methodist
2008 NCAA Round of 32 win over Oklahoma
2008 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Tennessee
2007 NCAA Round of 64 win over California
2007 NCAA Round of 32 loss to North Carolina
 
*all team stats through 3/6