For the first time in their history, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball team sits at 4-0 in conference play. Mike Brey's team surged late to break the Miami Hurricanes' 22 game home winning streak. Following the pattern of the preceding three games, this one featured stretches of brilliance, periods of frustration, and clutch delivery [...]
Hello friends. What a start to 2017 for Irish hoops, huh? I was traveling all last week, so I wasn't able to watch the entirety of either Louisville or Clemson in real time. I'm finally got home and was digging in to KenPom numbers this morning. Both the Louisville and Clemson games are testaments to [...]
#7 Notre Dame advanced to 15-2 this week with wins over Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and Miami. After dropping their ACC opener to North Carolina State, this moves the Irish to 3-1 in conference play. Game Summaries & Observations The Irish started this week needing to bounce back from a surprising loss to North Carolina [...]
The cardiac kids did it again. It was seldom pretty on Saturday afternoon, but ACC wins are always a beautiful thing. Notre Dame took down the Clemson Tigers in yet another intense back-and-forth affair. It wasn't over until Matt Farrell knocked down an audacious NBA-distance 3 with 8 seconds remaining to give the Irish their 5-point [...]
You couldn't have dreamed a better start to ACC season for the Irish than this. Notre Dame is 2-0 after defending their home court on Wednesday night against the Louisville Cardinals. Much like Saturday's thriller in Pittsburgh, this was just a great college basketball game. Notre Dame led for all but about two minutes of [...]
The Notre Dame women's basketball team took fans on a bit of a roller coaster this week as they continued their lengthy stretch of road games. After a solid win over Chattanooga on Tuesday, the team lost to North Carolina State in their ACC opener on Thursday. Game Summaries & Observations The Irish hit the [...]
Wow. That was a heart-stopper. Notre Dame looked like they were going to lose today's ACC season opener about a dozen times. But they never quit, and led by Steve Vasturia in overtime, the Irish went into the Oakland Zoo and stole a game from the Pittsburgh Panthers. Oddly enough, it was Notre Dame's first win [...]
Notre Dame played their most recent games against Toledo and Michigan State, with just one day to rest in between. Fortunately, that didn't seem to bother the team and will be good experience for postseason play. Since these were the only two games in a two week stretch, I'm combining them into this single post. [...]
I don't really have much of a post-game recap in me after this one. Notre Dame is the best first half team in the country and, unfortunately, one of the worst in the second half of games. The Crossroads Classic was a major opportunity to pick up a resume-making non-conference win. Instead, the Irish blew it. [...]
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 [...]
The week got off to a rough start for the #2 Irish. The team lost to the #1 UConn Huskies for the sixth straight time. However, they did bounce back with a relatively comfortable win over a DePaul team that has given them some very close games in recent years. Game Summaries On Wednesday, #2 [...]
An old Big East match-up will be rekindled on Saturday when Notre Dame takes on the Villanova Wildcats. This game will be played as part of a doubleheader called the Never Forget Tribute Classic in Newark, NJ. The event will be held in partnership with the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, which benefits the children [...]
It was a busy week for the Notre Dame women's basketball team. Victories over Iowa and Valparaiso moved them to 8-0, a new member was added to the Purcell Pavilion Ring of Honor, multiple Irish players appeared on the watchlists for two national awards, and the Irish received a new verbal commitment for the class [...]
Mike Brey's Notre Dame program has always hung its hat on highly efficient offenses. This year appears to be no different. The Irish are currently the 8th most efficient offense in the nation per KenPom. Where the Irish have struggled is on the defensive end. Due to combination of the lack of athleticism, a lack [...]
Facing Iowa for what feels like the tenth straight season, the Irish used a strong second half to knock off the Hawkeyes 92-78. Although it got ugly at times, it's tough to complain too much about a double-digit win in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. As will be the case quite a few times this season, [...]
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