Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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ND SPORTS Novosel's 15.2 points per game to complement leading scorer Diggins, the Irish also graduated their "glue" in guard Brittany Mallory, the team's top defender and grinder. Date Opponent Nov. 1 Edinboro^ BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 2012-13 WOMEN'S Nov. 9 vs. Ohio State$ Nov. 18 Massachusetts Nov. 20 Mercer Nov. 23 at UCLA Dec. 8 Utah State Nov. 29 at Central Michigan Dec. 5 Baylor Dec. 19 vs. Alabama A&M# Dec. 20 TBA# Dec. 21 TBA# Dec. 29 Purdue Dec. 31 St. Francis (Pa.) Jan. 5 at Connecticut* Jan. 8 at South Florida* Jan. 13 Rutgers* Jan. 15 Georgetown* Jan. 20 St. John's* Jan. 23 at Pittsburgh* Jan. 26 Providence* Jan. 28 at Tennessee Feb. 2 Cincinnati* Feb. 5 at Villanova* Feb. 9 at Seton Hall* Feb. 11 Louisville* 7:30 p.m./ESPNU 12 p.m. 6 p.m. TBA TBA 4 p.m./NBCSN 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m./ESPNU 7 p.m./CBSSN 12 p.m../ESPNU 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m./CBS 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. Feb. 17 at Marquette* Feb. 24 at DePaul* Feb. 26 Syracuse* Mar. 2 at Providence* Mar. 4 Connecticut* 2:30 p.m./ESPN2 3:30 p.m./ESPNU 7 p.m./CBSSN 4 p.m.BETV 9 p.m./ESPN2 7 p.m.CBSSN 2 p.m. March 6-10 Big East Tournament! 7 p.m./ESPN2 TBD Harbor based in Mount Pleasant, S.C. # World Vision Classic (Cox Pavilion at Las Vegas); * Big East game ^ Exhibition; $ on the USS Yorktown in Charleston Time and intangible leaders would nor- mally constitute a rebuilding year. That's unacceptable to Diggins. "I expect us to perform at a high The departure of so many tangible level," said Diggins, the spark of 29-6, 31-8 and 35-4 campaigns the past three years. "I expect us to compete with the best of the best. And at the end, I expect us to be in the position that we were last year, with hopefully a differ- ent outcome." top-10 caliber, garnering a No. 8 pre- season national ranking from Athlon Sports College Basketball Preview and ESPN.com, and a No. 9 listing in Lin- dy's Sports College Basketball Preview. However, midway through October, Notre Dame is still projected to be FOUR TO SCORE McGraw has just three other certain- ties in the lineup to complement Dig- gins: • Junior swingman Kayla McBride 7 p.m./ESPN2 2 p.m. is the most versatile player on the team because she can post down low, slash to the basket or even play point guard. She will complement Diggins as the top scorer and vie for some All- America notice, McGraw said of the former McDonald's All-American. • Another junior, 6-3 Natalie Achonwa, played for the Canadian National Team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and will be a pivotal inside presence in what likely will continue to be a four-guard offense. • Freshman guard Jewell Loyd was a consensus top-five recruit and was rated as the No. 1 shooting guard in the country. Down the road in her ca-