On Saturday, on the road against No. 3 USC in Los Angeles, Hidalgo and Miles were the best two players on the court as the Irish won 74-61. Hidalgo piled up 24 points, eight rebounds, six assists and five steals, while Miles stuffed the stat sheet with 20 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals.

If you take the bait and bring a nationally ranked Notre Dame women’s basketball team to your building, maybe even put it on national television and/or primetime, you’re playing right into the Irish hands. And, likely, playing your way into a loss.

Everyone wanted to see the Notre Dame and USC women's basketball teams play each other. The biggest reason was to see Hannah Hidalgo and JuJu Watkins go up against each other. We got the first of what will be at least two meetings between the teams Saturday in Los Angeles,