We continue our weekly looks at the #1 women's basketball team. After picking up two more wins this week, the Irish advanced to 6-0. They hold the top spot in both the AP and Coaches Polls by a narrow margin over perennial powerhouse UConn. Game Summaries The Irish's first win this week came in a [...]
Mike Brey likes to divide up his Fighting Irish basketball season into “segments.” If you listen to his comments to his team after their November 26th win over Chicago State, he asks them to finish this segment strong with a win over Iowa on Tuesday the 29th. Looking at the Irish schedule, he appears to [...]
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish haven't won an early season non-conference tournament since Ben Hansbrough's squad won the Old Spice Classic in 2010. On Tuesday night, that changed as after losing a double-digit second half lead, Matt Farrell converted a layup while getting fouled to retake the lead with just 14 seconds left. The Irish [...]
The 2016-17 Notre Dame basketball squad survived their first true test in the Legends Classic semifinal, withstanding a late Colorado charge to advance to the tournament's championship tomorrow night. The Irish started the contest furiously, feeding leading scorer Bonzie Colson early to grab a quick lead. Matt Farrell looked extremely confident running the Irish [...]
Basketball season has finally arrived! It's always exciting when this happens, but as we slog through this year's less-than-stellar football season I'm sure many of us were particularly ready for this change of pace. I'll be providing weekly updates on the women's basketball season, which is off to an exciting start as the team holds [...]
Facing two teams rated outside the top-250 of the KenPom rankings, the Notre Dame Men's Basketball team took care of business to improve to 3-0. On Wednesday night, ND blew out Seattle 92-49. Friday, the Irish beat Loyola-MD 83-48. With all caveats about the level of competition, the Irish looked as good as they could [...]
At long last, the Notre Dame hoops season has returned, and it got off to a fun start on Saturday afternoon with an 89-64 win over the Bryant Bulldogs. There were some encouraging signs, some questionable ones, and a couple of suspicions seemingly confirmed in the 25-point win. As a bit about the Bulldogs, KenPom [...]
Much has been made of Mike Brey’s “get old, stay old” philosophy guiding the Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball program. One only needs to look to the rafters of Purcell Pavillion to see the team’s first conference championship banner and consecutive Elite Eight banners to validate Brey’s approach. Those teams were dominated by veterans playing [...]
Welcome to exhibition basketball, where the scores are made up and points don’t matter. Mike Brey and his Notre Dame Fighting Irish squad opened the season with an exhibition versus D2 Mercy College Tuesday evening. The Mavericks were run out of the gym by Notre Dame, who piled up the 119-58 victory. Mercy sports a [...]
After much consternation over his recruiting and whether he could capitalize on his program's recent successes, Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey did what he normally does. He locked onto a coveted recruit early, stayed on him, and ultimately reeled him in. He did so with Demetrius Jackson, Matt Ryan, and TJ Gibbs in recent years. [...]
As you can see in the scholarship chart, Notre Dame is currently using 12 scholarships for the 2016-2017 season, leaving one wide open for the 2017 recruiting class. There will be two additional scholarships becoming available once VJ Beachem and Steve Vasturia graduate after this season. You probably did the math already, but we are [...]
For the last two weeks, Irish athletes took on the world's best at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Former and current Notre Dame fencers, rowers, runners, soccer players, and basketball players competed at the games as part of Team USA and for other nations. The performance by the Irish in Rio really showed off the strength [...]
The fall of Demetrius Jackson on draft night to the middle of the second round was simply a nightmare to watch unfold. He is the most purely talented player the Irish have had since Troy Murphy and was projected to easily be a first-rounder BEFORE a terrific combine circuit that saw him impress in interviews [...]
The NBA Summer League features a combination of exciting young talent with fringe players trying to work their way onto the end of an NBA bench. While the quality of play tends to leave something to be desired, it can be an intriguing spectacle for college hoops fans to catch up on some of their favorite [...]
In part 1 of our first 18Stripes basketball roundtable, we looked at the rising seniors and juniors. In this part, we try to break out our crystal ball and project performance for the younger end of Mike Brey's roster. The sophomore class of Rex Pflueger, Matt Ryan, and Elijah Burns had very different freshmen experiences. [...]
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