WBB: Irish Face Strong Competition as ACC Season Winds Down
The ACC season has been a bit more of a roller coaster than Irish fans are used to. For the first time since joining the conference, the team has lost two regular season conference games. [...]
Ice In Their Veins: An Epic Tribute to the 2018 WBB National Champions
Well, the good Lord certainly has a sense of humor. After migrating with the 18 Stripes crew to our current home 2.5 years ago, I am finally writing my first official article for this site...and [...]
WBB: Irish Move to 5-0 in ACC
This week the #1 Irish added wins over Wake Forest and Virginia Tech to move to 17-1 overall, and 5-0 in the ACC. They seem to have really hit their stride lately. While the ACC [...]
Shorthanded Irish Find a Way to Win Over BC
Playing only six players after losing two starters to illness and injury, Notre Dame found a way to win their first ACC game against Boston College. A few hours before the game, ND announced that [...]
Ogunbowale’s 30 Points Lead #1 Irish over #2 Louisville
The top ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish used a huge second half from senior Arike Ogunbowale to give previously undefeated #2 Louisville their first loss of the season. The senior guard scored 26 of her [...]
Irish Fall at Home to Syracuse 72-62
Despite a strong effort by the Irish, multiple scoring droughts doomed ND to a 72-62 loss to Syracuse. The Irish started strong, and led much of the first half. Notre Dame dominated inside as the [...]
Rex Pflueger Confirms ACL Tear
In his four years in South Bend, Rex Pflueger has been part of some amazing moments. His emergence as a defensive stopper was critical to ND's deep post-season run in 2016. He secured Notre Dame's [...]
Checking in on the Irish Hoops Newcomers
Through eight games, the Notre Dame hoops team has bounced frustratingly between spells of offensive incompetence and spurts of exciting, high-level basketball. Such is the struggle with a team dependent on young talent, a challenge [...]
WBB: Checking in with the Champs
So, the football team is 12-0, which is awesome. But don’t forget that a new season has begun for the reigning national champions (writing that will never get old) – the women’s basketball team. They [...]
Notre Dame Defeats Illinois 76-74 in ACC/BigTen Challenge
I promised myself I wouldn't do it. One of the fun things about writing about sports is projecting and predicting. We try to extrapolate future successes and failures out of single data points. We look [...]
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