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Can new GM Pat Garrity catalyze a bounce back for Notre Dame's basketball programs?

Eric Hansenby: Eric Hansen08/04/25EHansenND
Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua and men's and women's basketball general manager Pat Garrity
Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua, left, speaks with Pat Garrity, Notre Dame men's and women's basketball general manager, during a men's basketball practice at Rolfs Athletics Hall on July 28. Michael Clubb/Imagn Images

It felt like Notre Dame women’s basketball had outgrown “rebuild mode” — maybe forever. And perhaps coach Niele Ivey’s fifth team since taking the reins from Hall-of-Famer Muffet McGraw won’t fit that profile either in the upcoming season. And maybe, with just three scholarship returning players from last year’s late-fading 28-6 squad, it’ll at least flirt with it.