Naturally, it’s way too early to predict how the 2023-24 season will go, but that’s not stopping people from doing it anyway. The most recent episode of the podcast “Sports Media with Richard Deitsch” wrapped up with predictions of which team will be the top ranked heading into the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Deitsch is picking UConn, a popular answer for such a question in any year. But Chantel Jennings, the senior women’s basketball writer for The Athletic, went out on a different limb.
In her attempt to win a coffee bet, Jennings predicted that Notre Dame would be the country’s top-ranked team right before the next edition of March Madness. She cited her belief that [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] will acquire a lot of talent in the transfer portal. However, she also pointed out that it might not happen because of Notre Dame’s academic standards. Either way, it’s nice to know hopes for next season’s Irish are high for at least one prominent writer.
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