Notre Dame 2025-2026 Regular-Season Thread.

[Dillon77]

Holy Crow. I suddenly realized the Irish have their first regular season game this Wednesday at 7 p.m. against FDU at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend.
Guess my attention was elsewhere (recruiting and ND Women's Soccer who are in the playoff mode now).

Get to see how Hannah Hidalgo and fellow returnees KK Bransford and Cass Prosper mesh with a mess of new comers, most of whom will only be there one year.

Stay tuned.

 

[cancontent]

I'm looking forward to seeing how Prosper does this season. She stepped away from Canada Basketball obligations this year. Did the time off from training with the national help? Personally, I think it might as she's been on quite a grind since high school.

 

[YoDore]

Holy Crow. I suddenly realized the Irish have their first regular season game this Wednesday at 7 p.m. against FDU at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend.
Guess my attention was elsewhere (recruiting and ND Women's Soccer who are in the playoff mode now).

Get to see how Hannah Hidalgo and fellow returnees KK Bransford and Cass Prosper mesh with a mess of new comers, most of whom will only be there one year.

Stay tuned.

Dillon, can you clarify Leah Macy's status for me? I'm under the impression she had a second knee surgery and will miss another season, but I can't remember where I got that information or if it's accurate.

 

[Dillon77]

Dillon, can you clarify Leah Macy's status for me? I'm under the impression she had a second knee surgery and will miss another season, but I can't remember where I got that information or if it's accurate.

As I understand it, Macy had two severe things happen to her during the initial injury. Both of these happened during her senior year in high school and she had them treated at Notre Dame during her senior spring in high school.
They injury(ies) were extensive but from what I hear, read, observe, she's making good progress. However, she's not practicing with the team (although she is a practices). I'm guessing she's not going to be available for months...if she's not ready by, say, early winter, I'd be they shut her down and preserve the year of eligibility. That, in turn, would give ND a five- or six-person frosh class in Fall 2026.

 

[Dillon77]

I'm looking forward to seeing how Prosper does this season. She stepped away from Canada Basketball obligations this year. Did the time off from training with the national help? Personally, I think it might as she's been on quite a grind since high school.

We'll see tonight with the first game against FDU at 7 p.m.

BTW, per head coach Niele Ivey, grad transfers Iyana Moore (Vanderbilt) and Malaya Cowles (Wake Forest) as well as freshman Leah Macy are out for Notre Dame women’s basketball’s season opener against Fairleigh Dickinson. The Irish will have just 9 players available. As the noted NYC hoopster quartet, the Talking Heads, would sing: "same as it ever was." Both Moore and Cowles seem to be in the dreaded "nagging injury/week to week" status. As noted, Macy is in the midst of recovery from major knee surgery from the winter/early spring.