Notre Dame women’s basketball climbed just slightly in national polls after an overtime victory over No. 5 Texas last week and an easy win over Syracuse on Sunday in its Atlantic Coast Conference season opener.
The Irish moved to No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches poll and jumped to No. 8 in the Associated Press poll. Notre Dame was ranked No. 10 in both polls last week.
UCLA, UConn, South Carolina, LSU and USC are holding down the top five spots in both polls. UConn got eight first-place votes in both polls as well.
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Notre Dame (7-2) is set to host the No. 2 Huskies (8-0) on Thursday at Purcell Pavilion at 7 p.m. Tickets through Notre Dame’s box office are sold out, however SeatGeek is still offering a limited amount of tickets starting at $86 a seat.
After Thursday’s contest, the Irish have two more non-conference dates against Eastern Michigan (Dec. 15/2 p.m.) and Loyola Maryland (Dec. 22/noon), before resuming conference play against Virginia (Dec. 29/noon). All three of those contests are at Purcell Pavilion. Tickets are available for those games through the Notre Dame box office.
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