SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame women’s basketball’s non-conference schedule is starting to come together, as the program announced Wednesday it will head to the Bahamas in November for the 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament. It will be the fifth iteration of the women’s tournament, which began in 2021.
The Irish will play on November 24 and 26, with the latter being Thanksgiving Day. It will be Notre Dame’s second international trip of the season, as the program opens the 2026-27 campaign in Rome against Villanova on Nov. 1.
This year’s Battle 4 Atlantis field will also feature Davidson, Florida and West Virginia. Notre Dame will learn its opponents, game times and television designations at a later date.
A matchup against West Virginia would be a Big East rivalry renewed, as the Irish and Mountaineers played every year from 1996 to 2010 and twice again in 2012 before Notre Dame joined the ACC. The Irish are 19-3 all-time against West Virginia.
The Mountaineers have made the NCAA Tournament in four consecutive seasons and won the Big 12 Tournament last year en route to a No. 5 seed. The group is ranked 25th in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25. Leading scorer Gia Cooke returns, and West Virginia added two-time Big East first teamer Skylar Forbes from Marquette through the transfer portal.
The other two potential opponents are far less familiar to Notre Dame. The Irish have never faced Florida and have played Davison just once in 1981, winning the contest 85-37.
Florida will be under the tutelage of first-year head coach Tammi Reiss, who spent the last seven seasons at Rhode Island and led the group to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996. Of Florida’s 13 players, 10 are new transfers. Jade Weathersby is the only returner, and she made zero starts last season.
Davidson returns 10 players from last year’s roster, but the Wildcats lost their best player in Charlise Dunn. Drafted 36th overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft, Dunn became the program’s first WNBA Draft selection after leading Davison with 15.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game last year.