NCAA Tournament: Notre Dame takes down 3 seed Ohio State to head to the Sweet Sixteen

Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Hannah Hidalgo (3) celebrates during the NCAA women's basketball tournament second round game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus on March 23, 2026. Notre Dame won 83-73. | Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Despite a really slow start to the game going down 11-0, Notre Dame kept their composure and fought back to take control and beat Ohio State, 83-73.

The early minutes acted more like a wake up call, and it wasn’t just Hannah Hidalgo taking over (although she was insanely good). Four other Notre Dame players scored in double digits, and collectively they made a bunch of great plays to help send the irish back to the Sweet Sixteen. Irish Dance Into Fifth-Straight Sweet Sixteen COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the fifth straight season the Fighting Irish are heading back to the Sweet Sixteen, as Notre Dame defeated No.

3 seed Ohio State 83-73 on Monday afternoon inside the Schottenstein Center. The Irish will take on the winner of No. 2 seed Vanderbilt and No.

7 seed Illinois on Friday, March 27 in Fort Worth, Texas inside Dickies Arena. The game will air on one of the ESPN family of networks. Notre Dame featured a well balanced offensive attack, as five players finished in double figures in the scoring column.