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2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

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2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Big East regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Runner-Up
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 4
Record35–4 (15–1 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaEdmund P. Joyce Center
Seasons
2011–12 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 35 4   .897
No. 3 Connecticut 13 3   .813 33 5   .868
No. 14 St. John's 13 3   .813 24 10   .706
No. T17 Georgetown 11 5   .688 23 9   .719
West Virginia 11 5   .688 24 10   .706
No. 19 Louisville 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Rutgers 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
DePaul 9 7   .563 23 11   .676
South Florida 8 8   .500 19 16   .543
Syracuse 6 10   .375 22 15   .595
Villanova 6 10   .375 19 15   .559
Cincinnati 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Providence 5 11   .313 13 17   .433
Marquette 4 12   .250 14 17   .452
Seton Hall 1 15   .063 8 23   .258
Pittsburgh 0 16   .000 8 22   .267
2012 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

The 2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-fifth year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and were 1st year members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season with 35–4 overall, 15–1 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They earned an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they defeated Liberty in the first round, California in the second round, St. Bonaventure in the Sweet Sixteen, and Maryland in the Elite Eight to make it to their fourth Final Four, where they defeated UConn. In the championship game they lost to Baylor, 80–61. The Lady Bears became the first team to finish a season 40–0.

Roster

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2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Whitney Holloway 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Montini Catholic Plainfield, IL
G 4 Skylar Diggins 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Washington South Bend, IN
G 5 Madison Cable 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Mt. Lebanon Mt. Lebanon, PA
F 11 Natalie Achonwa 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Mary's Catholic Guelph, ON
G 12 Fraderic Miller 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Marist School Atlanta, GA
F 14 Devereaux Peters 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fenwick Chicago, IL
G 15 Kaila Turner 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Marian Catholic Joliet, IL
G 21 Natalie Novosel 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Lexington Catholic Lexington, KY
G 23 Kayla McBride 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Villa Maria Academy Erie, PA
32 Brittany Mallory 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) McDonogh School Baltimore, MD
F 34 Markisha Wright 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Des Moines East Des Moines, IA
F 44 Ariel Braker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Grosse Pointe North Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Head coach

Muffet McGraw

Assistant coach(es)

Carol Owens
Beth Cunningham
Niele Ivey


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 11, 2011*
No. 2 Akron W 81–61  1–0
 
 
Nov 13, 2011*
No. 2 Indiana State W 99–34  2–0
 
 
Nov 17, 2011*
No. 2 Hartford W 98–43  3–0
 
 
Nov 20, 2011*
 CBS Sports
No. 2 at No. 1 Baylor L 81–94  3–1
Ferrell Center (9,477)
Waco, Texas
Regular season
Feb 27, 2012
No. 3 at No. 4 Connecticut W 72–59  28–2
(15–1)
XL Center 
Hartford, Connecticut
Big East tournament
Mar 4, 2012*
No. 4 vs. DePaul
Quarterfinals
W 69–54  29–2
XL Center 
Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 5, 2012*
No. 4 vs. West Virginia
Semifinals
W 73–45  30–2
XL Center 
Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 6, 2012*
No. 4 at No. 3 Connecticut
Championship game
L 54–63  30–3
XL Center 
Hartford, Connecticut
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 2012*
No. 4 Liberty
First round
W 74–43  31–3
Joyce Center 
Notre Dame, Indiana
Mar 20, 2012*
No. 4 California
Second round
W 73–62  32–3
Joyce Center 
Notre Dame, Indiana
Mar 25, 2012*
No. 4 vs. No. 21 St. Bonaventure
Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen
W 79–35  33–3
RBC Center 
Raleigh, North Carolina
Mar 27, 2012*
No. 4 vs. No. 5 Maryland
Regional Final – Elite Eight
W 80–49  34–3
RBC Center 
Raleigh, North Carolina
Apr 1, 2012*
No. 4 vs. No. 3 Connecticut
National semifinal – Final Four
W 83–75 OT 35–3
The Pepsi Center 
Denver, Colorado
Apr 3, 2012*
No. 4 vs. No. 1 Baylor
National Championship
L 61–80  35–4
The Pepsi Center 
Denver, Colorado
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[2]

Rankings

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See also

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2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2011-12". ESPN. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "2011-12 Women's Basketball Schedule". Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.