NCAA Tournament win more important for Notre Dame than quadruple-double
Hannah Hidalgo spent the last five minutes of blowout NCAA Tournament win on the bench despite a quadruple-double being within reach.
Wins are the only thing that matter this time of year. If you want to chase an individual record, you do it in the regular season. Which is why it was absolutely the right call for Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey to sit Hannah Hidalgo for the last five minutes of a 79-60 blowout of Fairfield on Saturday, March 21 , in the NCAA Tournament .
Even with Hidalgo chasing a quadruple-double. If Notre Dame is going to do anything in this tournament, it's going to need its force-of-nature point guard to be at her best in every single game. The Irish cannot afford her to have heavy legs or rubber arms or anything else that would be a byproduct of Hidalgo being fatigued.
View this post on Instagram Hidalgo said she didn't even know she was closing in on a quadruple-double. Even if she had, she agreed with Ivey's decision. This was a first-round game.
With Notre Dame sitting on a big lead, this was an opportunity to get Hidalgo and the other starters extra recovery time ahead of a tough game against Ohio State on Monday, March 23 . "I’ve got to rest up. Got another one on Monday," Hidalgo told ESPN.
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