Olivia Miles doesn’t remember when she realized she was good at basketball. What she remembers is when other people realized she was good at basketball, which happened almost as soon as she started playing in fifth grade.
“People were just telling me that I had the ability,” she said.
It was as obvious to anyone watching then as it has been so far in the N.C.A.A. tournament, where Miles, Notre Dame’s 5-foot-10 point guard, has already made history by becoming the first freshman in either the women’s or men’s tournaments to record a triple-double. In her first tournament game, an 89-78 victory over Massachusetts, Miles had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.