The women’s college basketball season started this week, and No. 15 Notre Dame leads two local teams looking to return to the NCAA Tournament.

Here are five questions to consider for this season.

1. Will Hannah Hidalgo lead new-look Notre Dame to more?

The Irish have lost in the Sweet 16 in four straight seasons under coach Niele Ivey, including last year’s 71-62 loss to TCU , an obvious disappointment for a team that at one point ascended to No. 1 in the rankings.

The Notre Dame roster looks very different this year. Star guard Olivia Miles transferred to TCU , while forward Kate Koval left for LSU. Starters Sonia Citron, Liatu King and Maddy Westbeld were WNBA draft picks.

But Hidalgo, a preseason All-American and preseason ACC player of the year, is back. She averaged 23.8 poin

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