Notre Dame women's basketball carrying on green nail polish tradition at the NCAA Tournament Birmingham Regional. Coach Niele ...

The Notre Dame women's basketball team has continued a tradition of painting their nails green for the NCAA Tournament, a ritual that began in 2001. The team won the national championship that ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Prior to the 2001 NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame women's basketball players, including a fifth-year guard named Niele Ivey, came together for a team-bonding activity: painting ...