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Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women's Basketball School History

Location: Notre Dame, Indiana

Coverage: 43 seasons (1981-82 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1981-82): 1042-345 .751 W-L%

Conferences: ACC, Big East, MW Coll, North Star and Ind

Conference Champion: 17 Times (Reg. Seas.), 7 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 29 Years (73-27), 9 Final Fours, 2 Championships

NCAA Champion: 2001 and 2018

Ranked in AP Poll: 25 Times (Preseason), 21 Times (Final), 428 Weeks (Total)

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Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

43 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

43 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	ACC	28	7	.800	13	5	.722	32.26	14.74	78.6	61.1	10	9	9	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Niele Ivey (28-7)
2	2022-23	ACC	27	6	.818	15	3	.833	29.65	14.68	73.9	58.9	9	4	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Niele Ivey (27-6)
3	2021-22	ACC	24	9	.727	12	5	.706	25.05	14.05	74.3	63.3		14	21	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Niele Ivey (24-9)
4	2020-21	ACC	10	10	.500	8	7	.533	14.91	15.41	70.0	70.5	22	22				Niele Ivey (10-10)
5	2019-20	ACC	13	18	.419	8	10	.444	10.52	14.06	64.8	68.4	16	15				Muffet McGraw (13-18)
6	2018-19	ACC	35	4	.897	14	2	.875	40.74	17.10	88.6	64.9	1	1	3	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Muffet McGraw (35-4)
7	2017-18	ACC	35	3	.921	15	1	.938	36.21	18.86	85.1	67.8	6	2	5	Won NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Muffet McGraw (35-3)
8	2016-17	ACC	33	4	.892	15	1	.938	33.64	15.83	80.1	62.3	1	1	2	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Muffet McGraw (33-4)
9	2015-16	ACC	33	2	.943	16	0	1.000	32.96	14.19	80.0	61.3	3	2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	1	Muffet McGraw (33-2)
10	2014-15	ACC	36	3	.923	15	1	.938	36.70	16.62	79.8	59.8	3	2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Muffet McGraw (36-3)
11	2013-14	ACC	37	1	.974	16	0	1.000	41.35	16.90	86.1	61.6	6	2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Muffet McGraw (37-1)
12	2012-13	Big East	35	2	.946	16	0	1.000	37.76	15.81	81.2	59.2	7	2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Muffet McGraw (35-2)
13	2011-12	Big East	35	4	.897	15	1	.938	41.94	17.00	78.9	52.9	2	2	4	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Muffet McGraw (35-4)
14	2010-11	Big East	31	8	.795	13	3	.813	36.89	16.10	77.0	56.2	12	7	9	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	2	Muffet McGraw (31-8)
15	2009-10	Big East	29	6	.829	12	4	.750	28.53	13.39	77.2	62.3	5	3	7	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Muffet McGraw (29-6)
16	2008-09	Big East	22	9	.710	10	6	.625	-35.04	-27.04	71.5	62.3	16	8	23	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Muffet McGraw (22-9)
17	2007-08	Big East	25	9	.735	11	5	.688	17.12	14.79	76.2	61.6	24	9	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Muffet McGraw (25-9)
18	2006-07	Big East	20	12	.625	10	6	.625	18.25	21.25	70.1	66.1				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Muffet McGraw (20-12)
19	2005-06	Big East	18	12	.600	8	8	.500	-5.16	11.84	64.5	63.8	15	10		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Muffet McGraw (18-12)
20	2004-05	Big East	27	6	.818	13	3	.813	4.91	4.41	66.3	56.8	10	3	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Muffet McGraw (27-6)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	Big East	21	11	.656	12	4	.750	0.05	-0.28	64.2	58.5	15	15		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Muffet McGraw (21-11)
22	2002-03	Big East	21	11	.656	10	6	.625	-1.66	-1.33	65.4	61.2	10	8		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	11	Muffet McGraw (21-11)
23	2001-02	Big East	20	10	.667	13	3	.813	18.39	10.89	65.4		15	15		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Muffet McGraw (20-10)
24	2000-01	Big East	34	2	.944	15	1	.938			77.2		6	1	2	Won NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Muffet McGraw (34-2)
25	1999-00	Big East	27	5	.844	15	1	.938			77.1		8	5	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Muffet McGraw (27-5)
26	1998-99	Big East	26	5	.839	15	3	.833			81.0		17	6	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Muffet McGraw (26-5)
27	1997-98	Big East	22	10	.688	12	6	.667			74.3					Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	9	Muffet McGraw (22-10)
28	1996-97	Big East	31	7	.816	17	1	.944			75.8		20	7	15	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	6	Muffet McGraw (31-7)
29	1995-96	Big East	23	8	.742	15	3	.833			77.9			21	21	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	12	Muffet McGraw (23-8)
30	1994-95	MW Coll	21	10	.677	15	1	.938			78.3							Muffet McGraw (21-10)
31	1993-94	MW Coll	22	7	.759	10	2	.833			76.6					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Muffet McGraw (22-7)
32	1992-93	MW Coll	15	12	.556	11	5	.688			69.6							Muffet McGraw (15-12)
33	1991-92	MW Coll	14	17	.452	8	4	.667			72.9					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Muffet McGraw (14-17)
34	1990-91	MW Coll	23	9	.719	15	1	.938			78.0			19				Muffet McGraw (23-9)
35	1989-90	MW Coll	23	6	.793	16	0	1.000			75.6							Muffet McGraw (23-6)
36	1988-89	MW Coll	21	11	.656	12	2	.857			67.8							Muffet McGraw (21-11)
37	1987-88	North Star	20	8	.714	7	3	.700			76.0							Muffet McGraw (20-8)
38	1986-87	North Star	12	15	.444	4	2	.667										Mary DiStanislao (12-15)
39	1985-86	North Star	23	8	.742	13	1	.929										Mary DiStanislao (23-8)
40	1984-85	North Star	20	8	.714	13	1	.929										Mary DiStanislao (20-8)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	North Star	14	14	.500	6	4	.600										Mary DiStanislao (14-14)
42	1982-83	Ind	20	7	.741													Mary DiStanislao (20-7)
43	1981-82	Ind	16	9	.640													Mary DiStanislao (16-9)

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