2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Big East regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Runner-Up
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 4
Record35–4 (15–1 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaEdmund P. Joyce Center
2011–12 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 35 4   .897
No. 3 Connecticut 13 3   .813 33 5   .868
No. 14 St. John's 13 3   .813 24 10   .706
No. T17 Georgetown 11 5   .688 23 9   .719
West Virginia 11 5   .688 24 10   .706
No. 19 Louisville 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Rutgers 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
DePaul 9 7   .563 23 11   .676
South Florida 8 8   .500 19 16   .543
Syracuse 6 10   .375 22 15   .595
Villanova 6 10   .375 19 15   .559
Cincinnati 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Providence 5 11   .313 13 17   .433
Marquette 4 12   .250 14 17   .452
Seton Hall 1 15   .063 8 23   .258
Pittsburgh 0 16   .000 8 22   .267
2012 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-fifth year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and were 1st year members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season with 35–4 overall, 15–1 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They earned an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they defeated Liberty in the first round, California in the second round, St. Bonaventure in the Sweet Sixteen, and Maryland in the Elite Eight to make it to their fourth Final Four, where they defeated UConn. In the championship game they lost to Baylor, 80–61. The Lady Bears became the first team to finish a season 40–0.