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, [...]
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 [...]
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