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
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Notre Dame151 .938354  .897
No. 3 Connecticut133 .813335  .868
No. 14 St. John's133 .8132410  .706
No. T17 Georgetown115 .688239  .719
West Virginia115 .6882410  .706
No. 19 Louisville106 .6252310  .697
Rutgers106 .6252210  .688
DePaul97 .5632311  .676
South Florida88 .5001916  .543
Syracuse610 .3752215  .595
Villanova610 .3751915  .559
Cincinnati610 .3751616  .500
Providence511 .3131317  .433
Marquette412 .2501417  .452
Seton Hall115 .063823  .258
Pittsburgh016 .000822  .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.