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On account of its 83-73 victory over No. 3 seed Ohio State on Monday, Notre Dame women’s basketball will make its fifth-consecutive Sweet 16 appearance under head coach Niele Ivey in Fort Worth, Texas, as it faces No. 2 seed Vanderbilt. No. 6 seed Notre Dame hopes to finally get over the hump and earn an Elite Eight berth for the first time since 2019. The Commodores, meanwhile, eye their first regional semifinal win since 2002; plus, Vandy is likely motivated by last season’s first-round elimination after a 77-73 overtime loss to No. 10 Oregon.Star junior guard Hannah Hidalgo paces…
In this story:One of the more anticipated Sweet 16 matchups in the 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament takes place on Friday afternoon, as the No. 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the No. 2 Vanderbilt Commodores. Hannah Hidalgo and the Fighting Irish knocked off No. 3 Ohio State in the second round, and they’re looking to pull off another upset to advance to the Elite 8. Hidalgo has been terrific in the 2025-26 season, and Notre Dame is peaking at the right time, winning nine of its last 10 games. Vanderbilt has only lost four games this season: once to South Carolina,…
Vanderbilt women’s basketball is in the Sweet 16 and will face 6-seed Notre Dame in the NCAA Women’s Tournament regional semifinal on March 27 in Fort Worth, Texas.The Commodores (29-4) beat Illinois 75-57 in the second round on March 23 to advance to the second weekend.Notre Dame (24-10) upset 3-seed Ohio State on March 23 to advance, with Hannah Hildalgo totaling 26 points and 13 rebounds.The winner will play the UConn-UNC winner on March 29 for a spot in the Women’s Final Four.Here’s how to watch the Vanderbilt women’s basketball vs. Notre Dame NCAA Tournament game today, including time, TV…
March Madness 2026: How to watch the Vanderbilt vs. Notre Dame Sweet 16 game in the women’s NCAA basketball tournament Yahoo Sportssource
The No. 6 seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the No. 2 seed Vanderbilt Commodores in a Sweet Sixteen match up in the 2026 NCAA Tournament this afternoon.Vanderbilt (29-4) hasn’t been this far since 2009, while the Fighting Irish (24-10) are coming off an upset of No. 3 seed Ohio State. It is now five seasons in-a-row for Notre Dame making it this far in the tournament, so making it to the second weekend isn’t anything new.Notre Dame is 4-1 all-time against Vanderbilt, but this Commodores team was 7th in NCAA Net rankings coming into the tournament. This one is…
FORT WORTH, Texas — Vanderbilt forward Sacha Washington cried when she found out that her teammate and best friend, Iyana Moore, was transferring for the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season. Moore’s destination: Notre Dame. The duo who roomed together in 2021 and have been best friends since will share the court for the last time in their college careers in Friday’s Sweet 16 matchup between Notre Dame and Vanderbilt. Washington, a native of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and Moore, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, arrived at Vanderbilt with a lot of unknowns. The coaching staff who recruited them was no longer there, and the pair…
Vanderbilt football tight end Cole Spence knows what it’s like to feel forgotten.Playing behind Eli Stowers, who is projected to be a second-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, can have that effect.So it was no surprise that, while taking roll of every seemingly every tight end on the Commodores’ roster after their spring practice March 21, Cole caught himself before he did the same to Maurice Veney.He’d mentioned Jayvontay Conner.”Hilarious dude.”Walter Taylor, too.”He’s gotten massive.”And Tilden Riley and Adam Gehm.”Two younger guys. Both really smart, both working really hard.””Who am I forgetting?” Spence asked himself.Then it dawned on him.”Oh,…
Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo compared Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes to Caitlin Clark ahead of their Sweet 16 showdown.Ahead of Friday's Sweet 16 clash between Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball and Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball, Notre Dame star Hannah Hidalgo gave Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes her flowers by comparing her to Caitlin Clark.Blakes enters the regional semifinal as the nation's leading scorer, averaging 27.0 points per game while shooting 46.4% from the field, 36.6% from three, and 85.8% from the free-throw line. She also contributes 4.6 assists, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.9 steals per contest.“The way she's able to put the ball…
In this story:Vanderbilt women’s basketball looks to continue its historic season Friday in the Sweet 16 against No. 6 seed Notre Dame. The Commodores are making their first appearance in the second weekend for the first time since 2009.While it has been a while since Vanderbilt has made it to this point, the Commodores do not enter Friday’s game as the underdog. With a 29-4 record and with All-SEC award winners, Vanderbilt is the favorite over Notre Dame, who is coming off an upset win at No. 3 seed Ohio State in the Round of 32.Vanderbilt is led by its…