Connecticut owns a 37-12 series edge over Notre Dame, but the biggest current rivalry in women's college basketball stems from the Fighting Irish's 4-3 advantage in the Final Four.
Coach Geno Auriemma and U-Conn. at practice in Tampa on Friday.
There is rich, important history in the 50th iteration of Connecticut vs. Notre Dame, which will take place Friday night at Amalie Arena after No. 1 seed Baylor and No. 2 seed Oregon play the first national semifinal.For Connecticut, the recent history is painful. Not the programs’ regular season matchup, an 89-71 Huskies win in December, but the last time these two met in the Final Four.
“Especially being here now, about to play in that same game that we did those last two years, you know that in practice we have to be that much better and that much on top of things because we don't want that to happen again.” Both times Fighting Irish Coach Muffet McGraw captured national titles, in 2001 and 2018, she’s had to go through Connecticut and Geno Auriemma.
Ogunbowale, a senior, returned for an encore after dominating the Final Four with back-to-back buzzer beaters to lead Notre Dame this season with 22.8 points per game. Overall, the Irish are deeper than they were last year after an injury-riddled season.More importantly, they’ve matured as a group since that December meeting with Connecticut. McGraw spoke on a teleconference Wednesday about how earning the No. 1 ranking in the preseason weighed heavily on her team, how the season felt long.
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