Miles was a star at Notre Dame but never reached the Elite Eight. After one year at TCU, she’s reaching new heights.
Miles was a star at Notre Dame but never reached the Elite Eight. After one year at TCU, she’s reaching new heights.TCU guard Olivia Miles smiles after her team defeated Virginia in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Olivia Miles let out a yell of excitement, knowing she was going to be playing in her first Elite Eight. After falling short during her three years at Notre Dame, Miles reached a regional final in her first season at“Happy about that,” Miles said of reaching the Elite Eight. “That’s just another bonus as to what I wanted to do here. Ultimately, I wanted to find my joy back. That’s very broad and can happen in a lot of different ways, but I truly feel like the people around me have helped me to love basketball again.” As soon as the final buzzer sounded, Miles wrapped a TCU flag around her back. The Horned Frogs reached the Elite Eight for a second consecutive season.Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington's A La Carte.The senior All-America guard transferred to TCU from Notre Dame after playing 101 games for the Irish She’s played with a sense of urgency and renewed excitement, upping her play in the NCAA Tournament. Miles is averaging 19.3 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in three games.Whether it’s no-look or behind-the-back passes or one-handed layups, Miles is always putting on a show. “I think just being around coaches growing up who have allowed me to be me and be creative and try things,” she said. “I said this before, but luckily I haven’t run into a coach that’s like, ‘Girls can’t do one-handed layups or girls can’t make one-arm passes.’ My coaches have always been like, ‘If I see you do it in practice, go ahead and do it in a game.’”Miles also enjoyed bantering with the crowd during the Virginia game. She ended up getting the last laugh. “I think they were telling me that I can’t go left and I can’t make a lefty layup,” Miles said. “So it just makes me laugh because ultimately we’re the ones out there playing and if it were the reverse, I don’t know if they could kind of take my place and do what I’m doing out there.”“It just kind of makes me laugh. but I love banter like that,” she said. “It gets me going. It’s part of the game. Fans are going to be passionate. They’re going to want to win. so I love making them upset at the end of the day.”
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