OKLAHOMA CITY – Baylor point guard Niya Johnson has had a year to think about a season-ending loss to Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament.

She hasn’t forgotten the frustration of that Elite Eight loss to the Fighting Irish.

Johnson and the No. 2-seeded Lady Bears (33-3) will have their chance to make amends for last season’s disappointment when they again face the top-seeded Irish (34-2) in the Elite Eight tonight – this time in the neutral setting of Oklahoma City rather than in South Bend, Indiana.

“We still talk about that to this day,” Johnson said. “We’re just hoping to go out there and attack because we don’t remember the wins, just the losses.”

Last year Notre Dame – fueled by a raucous crowd of 8,774 – reached its fourth straight Final Four with a convincing 88-69 win over Baylor.

Several of the key players, including Baylor’s Odyssey Sims and Notre Dame’s Natalie Achonwa, have moved on to the WNBA.

However, that didn’t stop these two traditional powers from eyeing a possible rematch – with Lady Bears’ standout Nina Davis admitting “that was probably the first thing that popped in our minds” when the bracket was revealed.

Led by Davis, the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, Baylor enters Sunday confident it’s improved and become more balanced. Notre Dame is supremely confident, riding a 20-game winning streak following an 81-60 win over Stanford on Friday.