The 2024-25 women's college basketball season is less than a month away, and there are plenty of dates that should be circled on your calendar. The non-conference part of the year will see a few rematches from the NCAA Tournament,

Sixth-ranked and reigning champion Notre Dame is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball race.

For years now, few rivalries in women's basketball have come closer to that between Notre Dame and UConn. The programs that once occupied the Big East together clearly see the value in continuing to play one another even as they've ventured off into different conferences.