It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ­— but that’s just Sooner women’s basketball.

Oklahoma ended its roller-coaster season Saturday after the Sooners flamed out in the Sweet 16 with a lopsided 78-53 loss to Notre Dame.

The weekend low was preceded by a Sooner high when OU served up a 83-78 upset against the Miami Hurricanes.

The Sooners were up, down and all around the stat sheet this year, but there were a few storylines this season worth noting — especially with next season looming.

Robinson takes her final bow

When the Sooners needed a basket this season, it didn’t take long to figure out who would have the ball in her hands: senior guard Danielle Robinson.

Robinson will leave OU as a two-time All-American, and this season she became one of four women in college basketball to total 2,000 points, 700 assists and 300 steals.

“When I found her in that gym in Oregon and just saw this little fast kid, I don’t know that I saw a WBCA All-American and back-to-back Final Fours,” OU coach Sherri Coale said. “But once she got here and we saw her approach — her passion for the game — we quickly found out how special she was.”

Robinson led the Sooners this season with 18.3 points, 5.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game, but it is not just the point totals the Sooners will miss from the California native.

“Until you don’t have a kid whose hands you can put the ball in at the end of the game and say, ‘Go make a play,’ I don’t know if you can really value that as much,” Coale said.

OU will find a replacement for Robinson at point guard — a likely candidate is junior Jasmine Hartman — but Coale said it will be tough replace Robinson and this senior class’ intense work ethic.

From the bench to the boards

Freshman center Nicole Griffin began the season rubbing elbows at the back of the bench with the athletic trainer but ended the season with an 18-point performance as a starter.

“I thought she played valiantly in the final game against Notre Dame,” Coale said.

Despite the Sooners’ lackluster performance, Griffin led the Sooners in scoring and was one of the few Sooners who managed to find any offensive rhythm.

“She has great instincts. She finishes well around the basket,” Coale said. “She just learned — that’s probably the best thing I can say about her, and it’s a significant compliment.”

But that’s where the praise ends and summer begins.

“She’s got to get stronger and work on her endurance and change of direction,” Coale said. “I think it’s a pivotal spring and summer for her.”

Sooners bit by injury bug

Sophomore guard Whitney Hand was served a double-dose of the injury bug over the past year — suffering an ACL tear last year and having microfracture surgery in the fall.

Hand did not return until the Sooners’ 76-69 loss to TCU in January, and her play this season still was hampered off and on by her injury.

By the end of the season, another Sooner sophomore was down for the count.

Center Lyndsey Cloman spent the final three weeks of the season on the bench with a back injury. She had contributed significant minutes for the Sooners all season, Coale said.

Both players are coming back next year, and Hand gave OU fans a glimpse of the future during the postseason.

“I think what you saw in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament was vintage Whitney Hand,” Coale said.