Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo expresses frustration with an official's call during a NCAA women's basketball game between No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 24 Florida State at Purcell Pavilion on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in South Bend. / MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Notre Dame was ranked No. 4 in the latest NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee top-16 ranking, which was released on Thursday. That means that prior to tip off, they were penciled in as the final No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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Notre Dame has one more regular season game to get right as it hosts Louisville on Sunday afternoon. The Fighting Irish need a victory coupled with a North Carolina State upset loss to SMU this weekend in order to earn the ACC Tournament No. 1 seed.
The loss drops Notre Dame into a first-place tie with NC State in the ACC standings and all but guarantees the Irish will be the No. 2 seed in next week’s ACC Tournament. The Wolfpack holds the tiebreaker with the Irish after last Sunday’s head-to-head win.
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The Irish have dropped three of their last five games, eliminating their chances for an outright ACC regular-season title.
Ta'Niya Latson scored 23 points, Makayla Timpson scored 22 and No. 24 Florida State handed No. 3 Notre Dame its second straight loss, 86-81.