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Monday, April 6, 2026
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Seven-sational: Irish atop the ACC again

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For eight consecutive years, Karen and Kevin Keyes family head coach Niele Ivey helped Notre Dame women’s basketball to regular season conference titles. As an assistant coach, she took part in a pair of Big East winnings and six ACC crowns during the 2010s. On Sunday, Ivey finally got her chance to lead the Irish to conference glory, and lead did she ever. Navigating an injury to superstar sophomore guard Olivia Miles and foul trouble down the stretch, she guided Notre Dame to a 68-65 road defeat of Louisville. With the help of North Carolina’s victory at Duke, the result secured an outright regular season ACC championship for the Irish. Notre Dame’s first title in three years and seventh overall also accounts for Ivey’s first as a head coach.

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Untimely cold stretch buries Irish in Wake Forest loss

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Notre Dame’s men’s basketball would like to snap its lengthy losing skid before Mike Brey moves on. However, the team is running out of time to get it done. On Saturday, the streak reached seven games in a 66-58 road loss to Wake Forest. The Irish were competitive for much of the contest, but faded away late. With one road game remaining, Notre Dame now carries an 0-11 record away from home.