Football no longer is the only sport in which Notre Dame and California will play each other this year. As the guys on the gridiron get set for battle at Notre Dame Stadium, the schools’ respective women’s basketball program are looking forward to their own meeting. The teams will play each other Nov. 12 in the first Shamrock Classic at St. Louis’ Enterprise Center, where Irish coach [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] won the national title along with her other Irish teammates in 2001:
See you in St. Louis!
– Inaugural @citi Shamrock Classic? Yep.
– First EVER live broadcast of women’s college hoops on NBC and Peacock? Yep.
– Happening in Coach Ivey’s hometown? Yep.
– See you there? Oh yeah.Tickets for the general public go on sale Sept. 23. 🎟️#GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/q59PT0UL7p
— Notre Dame WBB (@ndwbb) September 15, 2022
Ivey is not the only St. Louis native coaching this game. It’s also the city where Bears coach Charmin Smith is from, so you better believe both coaches are looking forward to this a lot.
Also of note is that this will be the first women’s basketball game to be shown on NBC and Peacock. Don’t worry about it interfering with football though. That program is facing Navy in Baltimore that day, so it won’t even be on the same network.
Here’s hoping this event is a big success (and an Irish win).
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