You know the player who logs starter minutes without being a regular starter? Call ’em a sixth man or sixth woman or whatever you want, but, in essence, the simplest description is the first or second person who comes off the bench and gives a team everything it needs and more on both ends of the floor.

At 12-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, Notre Dame stands six victories away from being the first team to complete a clean sweep in the ACC regular season. Ever.

Hannah Hidalgo is one of 15 players who has been named to the watch list for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year. The nature of that award speaks for itself. Sonia Citron is a finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award. This is given to the player the Basketball Hall of Fame deems the best small forward in the country.