The 2023–24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by fourth-year head coach Niele Ivey, and played their home games at Purcell Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Fighting Irish started their season ranked tenth in the nation, and opened against sixth-ranked South Carolina in Paris, France. They lost that game 71–100, but then wemt on a nine-game winning streak before conference play began. The streak included an eleven-point win over Illinois, a defeat of twentieth-ranked Tennessee in the ACC–SEC Challenge and a thirty-seven point win over Purdue. The Fighting Irish lost two of their first three conference games to Syracuse and North Carolina, but rebounded by winning their next four in a row. They lost to Syracuse again, this time when Syracuse was ranked twenty-second, before a break in conference play to face rival UConn. Notre Dame prevailed against the eighth-ranked Huskies 82–67. They took that momentum back into conference play, winning three of their next five. The losses were to fifteenth-ranked Louisville and sixth-ranked NC State. From there, Notre Dame closed out conference play with five straight wins, including victories over fifth-ranked Virginia Tech and twenty-second ranked Louisville to end the season.

The Fighting Irish finished the season 28–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the quarterfinals, where they defeated fifth seed Louisville. They defeated first seed Virginia Tech in the semifinals and second seed NC State to win the title. This was their sixth overall title, and their first since 2019. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the third straight time the Fighting Irish qualified for the tournament. As the second seed in the Albany 1 region, they defeated fifteenth seed Kent State in the first round and seventh seed Ole Miss in the second round, before losing to third seed Oregon State in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the season 27–6 overall and 15–3 in ACC play, to finish as conference champions. This was their seventh regular season championship, and their first since 2018–19. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed NC State in the quarterfinals before they lost to fourth seed Louisville in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the third seed in the Greenville 1 Region. They defeated fourteenth seed Southern Utah in the first round and eleventh seed Mississippi State in the second round before losing to second seed Maryland in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season. Their postseason performance was heavily impacted by an injury to Olivia Miles, who was an All-ACC First Team selection.

Offseason

Departures Departures Dara Mabrey 1 G 5'7" Graduate student Belmar, New Jersey Graduated Trinity Cha 2 G 5'5" Junior Irvine, California — Lauren Zwetzig 20 G 5'9" Junior Fort Collins, Colorado — Lauren Ebo 33 C 6'4" Graduate student Washington, D.C. Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers Becky Obinma 10 F 6'2" Graduate student Menifee, California Pepperdine Anna DeWolfe 13 G 5'8" Graduate student Cumberland, Maine Fordham

2023 recruiting class Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Week20 Final AP 10 16 17 18 14 14 14 13 16 18 19 15 14 12 16 19 17 14 9 9 11 Coaches 10 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 17 19 19 18 16 14 17 18 17 14 10 10 11

+ Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes

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