The Connecticut Huskies and Notre Dame Fighting Irish women 's basketball teams are two of the more successful teams in women 's collegiate basketball . The UConn Huskies have won eleven national championships , while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have nine Final Four appearances , with two National Championships in 2001 and 2018 . Both teams formerly played in the Big East Conference , and appeared in the title game of the Big East Tournament multiple times , with UConn appearing 23 times between 1989 and 2013 , and Notre Dame appearing seven times in the same time period
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Notre Dame–UConn women's basketball rivalry