SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame is heading into the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Ole Miss. [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag], like any college coach who gets this far, knows each opponent gets tougher than the last starting now. She and her team have gotten familiar with this year’s SEC, too, with her team already having faced South Carolina and Tennessee. Now, they must add the Rebels to that list.
This will be the second straight season the Irish will faced a Mississippi-based SEC team in the second round of March Madness. Last year, they bounced Mississippi State to advance to their second straight Sweet 16. The Irish will try to make it three in a row with this win for the opportunity to advance beyond that round for the first time since Ivey took over the program. That would add to a series of accomplishments for Ivey over the past couple of seasons.
Here are some of the things Ivey said when she met the media the day before the Irish’s next game:
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