SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame’s 2024-25 regular season schedule is now complete. The Irish announced on Tuesday that the group will play TCU (Nov. 29) and Utah (Nov. 30) in the 2024 Cayman Islands Classic over Thanksgiving weekend. Both games will tip off at 5 p.m.
TCU went 21-12 (6-12) last season. Although the Horned Frogs have not reached the NCAA Tournament since 2010, Mark Campbell is now entering his second season at the helm and has numerous pieces in play to make a run in March. Three graduate transfers are poised to lead the group this year: Hailey Van Lith, Sedona Prince and Maddie Scherr.
Van Lith joined the Horned Frogs this season after three years at Louisville and last season at LSU. She is the only active Division I player with at least 1900 career points, 500 rebounds and 350 assists.
Prince and Scherr both played for Campbell while he was the associate head coach at Oregon from 2015-21. Prince was a finalist for last season’s Lisa Leslie Award and was All-Big 12 Honorable Mention after posting 19.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game. Scherr most recently was at Kentucky where she started 55 games over two seasons and averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds per game.
Notre Dame is 3-0 all-time against TCU, and the teams last met in 2016 as part of a home-and-home started the year prior.
Utah is coming off of a very successful last few years. The Utes have made the NCAA Tournament in three consecutive seasons and reached the Sweet 16 in 2023. Led by head coach Lynne Roberts, Utah went 22-11 (11-7) last season with Alissa Pili, who averaged 21.4 points per game. She has since moved on to the WNBA.
Utah does, however, return several impact players. Junior Gianna Kneepkens averaged 17.8 points per game last year and was named to the All-Pac-12 Team. Point guard Inês Vieira is back for her senior year after dishing out 200 assists last season (13th in the nation). Vieira was named to the All-Pac-12 Defensive Team and was All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention.
Notre Dame is 3-0 all-time against the Utes, and the teams last met in 2011 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The games come in the middle of a daunting stretch for Notre Dame. The Irish play USC just before Thanksgiving on Nov. 23 and open December versus Texas (Dec. 5), at Syracuse (Dec. 8) and versus UConn (Dec. 12). Notre Dame’s complete schedule is available here.