Mission number one on Wednesday night for the Fighting Irish basketball team was to secure their 12th ACC victory. Mission number two was to send off seniors Steve Vasturia, V.J. Beachem, and Patrick Mazza in style. Check and check. The Irish defeated Boston College 82-66. The comfortable margin allowed Mike Brey to insert Patrick Mazza, [...]
The Notre Dame men's lacrosse team pummeled the previously undefeated Michigan Wolverines 16-5 on a cold afternoon at Arlotta Stadium. As we had hoped, the Fighting Irish did #Rememberthe6, and added five more for good measure. We can now stop hearing the gobbledygook about the B1G and Michigan being undefeated. Before we get to the [...]
The Notre Dame lacrosse team plays Michigan this Sunday at 2:00 pm, Arlotta Stadium, ESPN3. In the lacrosse world, Michigan is a very new program, somewhat underachieving, but deserving of some credit for trying to hack it in the very difficult Big 10. This year they begin the season with a 4-0 record, feeling good and [...]
Notre Dame men's lacrosse team beat Georgetown 16-10 to win he 2017 Patriot Cup in Frisco, Texas. The Irish looked strong in their first outing of the year, and one thing we know for certain: this is a much different team that the 2016 vintage. Notre Dame opened with a lineup that was somewhat unexpected, [...]
Coming off of their most impressive win of the season against Florida State, the Notre Dame hoops team traveled to Boston for the first of their two annual matchups against the Eagles. It was supposed to be the beginning of a much easier stretch for the Irish, who have faced the most difficult conference strength [...]
Just when it looked like this season was going to slip away from Notre Dame, it certainly seems like the Irish are back. They capped off the great week with a comfortable win Saturday night over Florida State, 84-72. The Irish had lost 5 of their last 7 entering Saturday, but they started to look [...]
It’s no secret that the Notre Dame hoops team has been taking its lumps lately. Four consecutive losses took the Irish from a team with a top-15 ranking nationally to a team unsure if they could finish above .500 in the ACC. This drastic downturn left Tuesday’s home game against Wake Forest, perhaps an inconspicuous-looking [...]
Coach Kevin Corrigan of the USILA #4 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team released what may be the most difficult schedule in the country Thursday on Lax Sports Network. There are no cupcakes on this slate, with the Irish playing the 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 14, 17, and 18th ranked teams. The tilt against Michigan will be the only [...]
The Notre Dame men's lacrosse team, after a week of practices and sundry in sunny Florida, played the US National Lacrosse Team this past Saturday. The Irish played very well against the best lacrosse players in the world and expectations for this squad are rising steadily. With stalwarts Matt Landis, Matt Kavanagh and Ed Glazener [...]
As I mentioned last week, I spent a portion of my holidays charting 111 Wake Forest defensive plays from 2016 games against Clemson, FSU and Temple. In the previous post we looked at the base alignment incoming Notre Dame defensive coordinator Mike Elko uses (link here). This time we are going to take a look [...]
Over the holiday season, I took on a little project. I decided I would take a look at the scheme incoming Notre Dame defensive coordinator Mike Elko employs. I charted 111 defensive plays from games against Clemson, FSU and Temple. Through this I was able to get a good sense of how Elko coordinates a [...]
It took a while to get this death star operational but here we are with the return of our beloved Five Wide Fullbacks. Wipe away your tears of joy and continue reading the internet’s best 5-question article. 1. Who is the real MVP of this map of the United States with each state's most Googled [...]
Heading into tomorrow's Crossroads Classic match-up against Purdue, one of the prevailing pre-game questions has been one that is fairly familiar to Irish squads of the past couple of years: how can they handle a team with incredible length? It is no secret that Notre Dame's calling card for the past few years has been their devastating [...]
Great fight to the final minute. We are just getting started. pic.twitter.com/JOZQ69solW — Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) December 10, 2016 There are no ties in basketball, and there isn’t a column in the standings for moral victories. The University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish now stand at 9-1 on the 2017 season after falling 66-74 [...]
This weekend, Notre Dame will host ‘The Echoes’ awards banquet. In addition to some top uncommitted prospects being in town, a large chunk of Notre Dame’s committed class will be in attendance. This event serves as a popular weekend for post-regular season official visits. It should serve as a fun, yet pivotal couple days for Notre [...]
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