2010–11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

The 2010–11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2010–2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Irish, coached by Muffet McGraw, play their home games at the Edmund P. Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana. The Fighting Irish, members of the Big East Conference, finished runners-up in the Big East regular season and conference tournament, and also in the NCAA tournament.

2010–11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Big East Runners Up
NCAA women's Division I tournament, National Runner-Up
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	31–7 (13–3 Big East)
Head coach	Muffet McGraw
Home arena	Edmund P. Joyce Center

2010–11 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Connecticut†	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	2		.947
DePaul	13	–	3		.813			29	–	7		.806
Notre Dame	13	–	3		.813			31	–	8		.795
Rutgers	11	–	5		.688			20	–	13		.606
Marquette	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
Louisville	10	–	6		.625			22	–	13		.629
Syracuse	9	–	7		.563			25	–	10		.714
Georgetown	9	–	7		.563			24	–	11		.686
St. John's	9	–	7		.563			22	–	11		.667
West Virginia	8	–	8		.500			24	–	10		.706
Providence	6	–	10		.375			13	–	16		.448
Pittsburgh	5	–	11		.313			14	–	17		.452
South Florida	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Villanova	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Cincinnati	2	–	14		.125			9	–	20		.310
Seton Hall	1	–	15		.063			8	–	22		.267
† 2011 Big East Basketball Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

2011 NCAA Tournament

In the 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Notre Dame advanced through the rounds, beating two #1 seeds—the Tennessee Lady Volunteers and UConn Huskies—en route to the final. In so doing, they became the first team ever to defeat Tennessee and UConn in the same NCAA women's tournament. The Irish lost to Texas A&M in the national title game.