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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Also known as: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Program History

2026 Team Stats (36 games)

77.1
PPG
65.1
Opp
+11.9
Margin
46.2%
FG%
34.8%
3P%
78.4%
FT%
34.2
RPG
14.0
APG
13.2
TO
73.0
Est. poss./game
80.8
Adj PPG
54.5
Adj Opp PPG
#20
Scoring Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More โ†’ 1482 (#14) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More โ†’ 1284 (#30) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +106 elo More โ†’ 1166 (#15) HCA +106 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.4 More โ†’ +28.1 (#20) HCA +2.4
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.6 More โ†’ +29.3 (#12) HCA +2.6
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More โ†’ 0.874 (#38) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +16.0 More โ†’ 0.874 (#38) NetEff +16.0
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +38.7 More โ†’ 0.989 (#21) AdjNet +38.7
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +39.8 More โ†’ 0.990 (#22) AdjNet +39.8
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 80.8 | AdjD 54.5 More โ†’ 0.916 (#20) AdjO 80.8 | AdjD 54.5
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 74.9 | AdjD 55.2 More โ†’ 0.857 (#11) AdjO 74.9 | AdjD 55.2
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More โ†’ 0.941 (#18) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More โ†’ 0.934 (#17) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 95 | GP 36 More โ†’ 1325 (#16) RD 95 | GP 36

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-05 vs Fairleigh Dickinson Knights W 98 - 52
2025-11-09 vs Chicago State Cougars W 116 - 58
2025-11-12 vs Akron Zips W 85 - 58
2025-11-15 vs Michigan Wolverines L 54 - 93
2025-11-21 vs USC Trojans W 61 - 59
2025-11-24 vs Central Michigan Chippewas W 83 - 51
2025-12-04 @ Ole Miss Rebels L 62 - 69
2025-12-07 @ Florida State Seminoles W 93 - 58
2025-12-11 vs Morehead State Eagles W 97 - 48
2025-12-14 @ James Madison Dukes W 78 - 65
2025-12-21 vs Bellarmine Knights W 110 - 38
2025-12-29 vs Pittsburgh Panthers W 94 - 59
2026-01-01 @ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets L 90 - 95
2026-01-04 @ Duke Blue Devils L 68 - 82
2026-01-08 vs Boston College Eagles W 94 - 60
2026-01-11 vs North Carolina Tar Heels W 73 - 50
2026-01-15 vs Louisville Cardinals L 66 - 79
2026-01-19 @ UConn Huskies L 47 - 85
2026-01-22 vs Miami Hurricanes W 74 - 66
2026-01-25 vs Clemson Tigers L 58 - 65
2026-01-29 @ California Golden Bears L 69 - 80
2026-02-01 @ Stanford Cardinal W 78 - 66
2026-02-05 vs Virginia Tech Hokies W 80 - 70
2026-02-08 @ Virginia Cavaliers L 70 - 81
2026-02-15 vs NC State Wolfpack W 79 - 67
2026-02-19 @ Wake Forest Demon Deacons W 78 - 54
2026-02-22 @ SMU Mustangs W 88 - 63
2026-02-26 vs Syracuse Orange W 72 - 62
2026-03-01 @ Louisville Cardinals W 65 - 62
2026-03-05 vs Miami Hurricanes W 69 - 54
2026-03-06 @ NC State Wolfpack W 81 - 63
2026-03-07 @ Duke Blue Devils L 63 - 65
2026-03-21 vs Fairfield Stags W 79 - 60
2026-03-23 @ Ohio State Buckeyes W 83 - 73
2026-03-27 @ Vanderbilt Commodores W 67 - 64
2026-03-29 @ UConn Huskies L 52 - 70

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Hannah Hidalgo Hannah Hidalgo G 36 36.3 25.2 6.9 5.2 5.6 0.3 3.3 19.8 20.2 401 31 12.9 14.7 47.5 25.4 83.3 9.32 55.6 50.0
Cassandre Prosper Cassandre Prosper G 36 33.1 13.6 6.5 1.6 1.6 1.1 2.1 10.8 11.6 328 31 10.6 13.2 49.2 30.5 73.8 3.24 55.5 51.5
Iyana Moore Iyana Moore G 34 31.7 11.8 3.4 1.3 1.4 0.3 1.7 9.9 6.6 222 29 7.7 10.0 39.1 37.2 87.0 1.61 55.0 51.0
Vanessa de Jesus Vanessa de Jesus G 36 34.2 8.4 2.8 2.7 1.8 0.2 1.9 7.3 6.6 339 31 10.9 13.0 40.2 40.0 90.0 2.46 53.6 50.4
Malaya Cowles Malaya Cowles F 33 27.8 7.9 5.3 1.4 1.7 0.8 1.8 6.9 8.5 194 28 6.9 10.0 52.0 0 61.0 1.12 53.3 52.0
KK Bransford KK Bransford G 24 25.1 7.4 4.0 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.8 6.2 6.2 166 20 8.3 13.3 47.3 27.3 62.5 1.17 52.0 49.3
Gisela Sanchez Gisela Sanchez F 35 19.1 5.7 3.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.9 4.6 5.3 196 30 6.5 13.8 51.6 50.0 75.0 -0.19 59.8 59.0
Kelly Ratigan Kelly Ratigan G 17 8.0 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.9 74 14 5.3 22.2 35.0 31.2 66.7 -2.22 50.8 47.5
Bella Tehrani Bella Tehrani F 8 2.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 -11 6 -1.8 -23.8 33.3 0 100.0 -2.68 43.6 33.3
Jordyn Smith Jordyn Smith G 15 3.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 -10 12 -0.8 -9.3 40.0 0.0 0.0 -4.22 36.8 40.0
Luci Jensen Luci Jensen G 12 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 -14 9 -1.6 -24.8 20.0 20.0 0 -3.33 30.0 30.0
Leah Macy Leah Macy F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG

Alumni in the Pros

Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish players in WNBA 2026, matched by provider player ids (ESPN athlete ids, ESPN bios, linked StatsNBA/EuroLeague ids). Only games after their last Notre Dame Fighting Irish game count. These are observed results, not certified complete seasons. League and team are where each player last played a regular-season or playoff game (NBA ahead of G League when he played in both); recent games include the preseason.

1 player-league average(s) withheld while source season, phase, finality or game identity remains unresolved.

Active alumni

Player At School League Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG
Marina Mabrey 2015-19 WNBA Toronto Tempo 32 29.5 20.8 3.3 3.7
Olivia Miles 2021-25 WNBA Minnesota Lynx 40 31.0 19.8 4.7 6.0
K. McBride 2013-14 WNBA Minnesota Lynx 44 32.0 17.6 3.0 2.2
S. Citron 2021-25 WNBA Washington Mystics 40 33.0 16.8 3.8 4.4
A. Ogunbowale 2015-19 WNBA Dallas Wings 44 30.1 15.3 3.0 3.3
J. Shepard 2017-19 WNBA Dallas Wings 42 31.8 14.5 11.1 5.3
J. Loyd 2013-15 WNBA Las Vegas Aces 43 26.1 8.0 2.3 1.3
L. King 2024-25 WNBA Minnesota Lynx 12 8.7 3.5 2.3 0.2
M. Westbeld 2020-25 WNBA Phoenix Mercury (2 teams) 10 12.2 2.6 1.8 0.6
Cassandre Prosper 2022-26 WNBA Washington Mystics 37 9.8 2.1 1.0 0.5
B. Turner 2014-19 WNBA Las Vegas Aces 42 13.2 1.5 2.3 0.2
J. Young 2016-19 WNBA Las Vegas Aces - - - - -

Alumni around the leagues: recent games

Date Player League Team Opponent MIN PTS REB AST Box
2026-10-09 J. Young WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces vs Golden State Valkyries 42 18 3 2 Box
2026-10-09 J. Loyd WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces vs Golden State Valkyries 23 3 2 1 Box
2026-10-09 B. Turner WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces vs Golden State Valkyries 5 0 1 0 Box
2026-10-07 J. Young WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces @ Golden State Valkyries 37 14 0 8 Box
2026-10-07 B. Turner WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces @ Golden State Valkyries 11 0 1 0 Box
2026-10-04 J. Young WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces @ Golden State Valkyries 38 11 4 5 Box
2026-10-04 J. Loyd WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces @ Golden State Valkyries 17 0 2 1 Box
2026-10-04 B. Turner WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces @ Golden State Valkyries 17 2 7 2 Box
2026-10-02 J. Shepard WNBA Playoffs Dallas Wings @ Golden State Valkyries 40 12 12 2 Box
2026-10-02 A. Ogunbowale WNBA Playoffs Dallas Wings @ Golden State Valkyries 34 30 5 2 Box
2026-10-01 J. Loyd WNBA Playoffs Las Vegas Aces vs Indiana Fever 35 11 3 1 Box
2026-09-30 S. Citron WNBA Playoffs Washington Mystics vs Atlanta Dream 38 25 7 2 Box
2026-09-30 J. Shepard WNBA Playoffs Dallas Wings vs Golden State Valkyries 41 4 8 6 Box
2026-09-30 Cassandre Prosper WNBA Playoffs Washington Mystics vs Atlanta Dream 21 10 4 3 Box
2026-09-30 A. Ogunbowale WNBA Playoffs Dallas Wings vs Golden State Valkyries 42 45 7 4 Box
2026-09-29 Olivia Miles WNBA Playoffs Minnesota Lynx @ New York Liberty 17 5 2 1 Box
2026-09-29 K. McBride WNBA Playoffs Minnesota Lynx @ New York Liberty 39 14 3 4 Box
2026-09-27 S. Citron WNBA Playoffs Washington Mystics @ Atlanta Dream 35 25 6 3 Box
2026-09-27 Olivia Miles WNBA Playoffs Minnesota Lynx vs New York Liberty 30 11 8 1 Box
2026-09-27 K. McBride WNBA Playoffs Minnesota Lynx vs New York Liberty 38 14 2 6 Box
2026-09-27 J. Shepard WNBA Playoffs Dallas Wings @ Golden State Valkyries 24 0 3 3 Box
2026-09-27 Cassandre Prosper WNBA Playoffs Washington Mystics @ Atlanta Dream 1 0 1 0 Box
2026-09-27 A. Ogunbowale WNBA Playoffs Dallas Wings @ Golden State Valkyries 25 10 1 4 Box
2026-09-24 S. Citron WNBA Washington Mystics vs Chicago Sky 28 21 5 5 Box
2026-09-24 M. Westbeld WNBA Phoenix Mercury vs Las Vegas Aces 13 7 2 1 Box

2025-2026 Shot Zones

2272 located field-goal attempts in 36 games (ESPN). Each zone is coloured by the player with the largest share of the team's made-shot points there (left) and of its misses there (right).

Hidalgo36% Hidalgo37% Hidalgo31% Moore32% Hidalgo52% Moore36% Jesus50% Moore38% Moore36% Moore39%
Points: who the team's points here most likely come from
Hidalgo25% Hidalgo31% Hidalgo38% Hidalgo29% Hidalgo51% Jesus29% Jesus34% Moore40% Moore45% Hidalgo39%
Misses: who misses most here

Hannah HidalgoIyana MooreVanessa de Jesus

Zone FGM-FGA FG% Pts Top scorer Runner-up Most misses Runner-up
Restricted area 417-592 70.4 834 Hannah Hidalgo 36% (298 pts) Cassandre Prosper 24% (196 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 25% (44 misses) Cassandre Prosper 22% (39 misses)
Paint (non-RA) 243-597 40.7 486 Hannah Hidalgo 37% (180 pts) Cassandre Prosper 21% (100 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 31% (111 misses) Cassandre Prosper 23% (81 misses)
Mid-range left 42-122 34.4 84 Hannah Hidalgo 31% (26 pts) Iyana Moore 21% (18 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 38% (30 misses) Iyana Moore 16% (13 misses)
Mid-range center 44-116 37.9 88 Iyana Moore 32% (28 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 20% (18 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 29% (21 misses) Cassandre Prosper 19% (14 misses)
Mid-range right 80-199 40.2 160 Hannah Hidalgo 52% (84 pts) Cassandre Prosper 18% (28 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 51% (61 misses) Iyana Moore 14% (17 misses)
Left corner 3 22-70 31.4 66 Iyana Moore 36% (24 pts) Vanessa de Jesus 23% (15 pts) Vanessa de Jesus 29% (14 misses) Iyana Moore 23% (11 misses)
Right corner 3 24-74 32.4 72 Vanessa de Jesus 50% (36 pts) Iyana Moore 21% (15 pts) Vanessa de Jesus 34% (17 misses) Iyana Moore 22% (11 misses)
Above-break 3 left 72-202 35.6 216 Iyana Moore 38% (81 pts) Vanessa de Jesus 31% (66 pts) Iyana Moore 40% (52 misses) Hannah Hidalgo 19% (25 misses)
Above-break 3 center 36-98 36.7 108 Iyana Moore 36% (39 pts) Gisela Sanchez 22% (24 pts) Iyana Moore 45% (28 misses) Hannah Hidalgo 29% (18 misses)
Above-break 3 right 70-202 34.7 210 Iyana Moore 39% (81 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 26% (54 pts) Hannah Hidalgo 39% (51 misses) Iyana Moore 25% (33 misses)