SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - We’re at the midpoint of October, and that means that college basketball is just a little over two weeks away.

On Tuesday, the Notre Dame women were ranked as the 15th best team in the country in the AP preseason poll despite having a lot of new faces on the roster this season.

Last year, Notre Dame made it to the Sweet 16 yet again, but only two players who played on that team return this year. This includes Preseason ACC Player of the Year and two-time First Team AP All-American Hannah Hidalgo as well as Cass Prosper. KK Bransford also returns after redshirting last year.

Other than that, the Irish added in five Division I transfers that will fill out the roster. And with that amount of turnover, the focus for the squad is on improving team chemistry in t

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