Avalanche of Bad Breaks Lands Notre Dame in the NIT
It wasn't supposed to be like this. This was the Golden Era of Irish Basketball. The run of success that started in 2015 would continue. Last year, the Irish were a mis-timed rolled ankle from [...]
Irish Knocked Out By Duke, Await Tournament Fate
After a thrilling comeback Wednesday night to keep their tournament hopes alive, Notre Dame ran into a buzzsaw on Thursday night. The Duke offensive juggernaut handled the Irish with relative ease and ended their too-brief [...]
Historic Irish Comeback Sets Up Play-In Game Against Duke
For about 30 minutes last night, the Irish continued their terrible play from Tuesday afternoon and looked about ready to bow out of the ACC Tournament and straight into the NIT. But out of nowhere, [...]
Irish Escape Pitt, Advance to Second Round Against Virginia Tech
Phew. Luckily for the Irish, their all-important ACC Tournament kicked off against one of the worst power conference teams in the history of college basketball (only a slight exaggeration). Notre Dame played, to be quite blunt, terribly [...]
Weekly WBB Recap: Irish Fall to Louisville in ACC Tournament Final
The story line leading into this year's ACC Tournament was Notre Dame's shot to get revenge on the Louisville team that embarrassed them on national television earlier this season, but the happy ending was not [...]
Previewing the Irish in the ACC Tournament
Saturday marked the end of Notre Dame's fifth ACC regular season. In a hard-fought battle, Mike Brey's squad attempted to claw to 9-9 in the league. Sadly, the Irish fell short and top-ranked Virginia prevailed [...]
Weekly WBB Recap: Another Year, Another ACC Title
The Irish won games against Virginia Tech and North Carolina State this week to finish out the regular season. This brought them to a 15-1 conference record and a tie with Louisville for the regular [...]
Weekly WBB Recap: Olympics Edition
Let me begin by confessing that I am obsessed with the Olympics. Winter, summer, any of the sports – I love it all. However, I took breaks from my very busy schedule of Olympics-viewing for [...]
Men’s Hoops: Notre Dame vs. Boston College
Between the injuries and losses piling up and less than artful offense in the wake of it, this season has been a slog. It started as a promising victory lap for the best 4-year run [...]
Weekly WBB Recap: #5 Irish Defeat Georgia Tech, Regular Season Winds Down
After a well-deserved bye on Thursday, the Irish returned to action when they hosted Georgia Tech on Sunday. Notre Dame came away with a comfortable win over the Yellow Jackets. The Irish will play two [...]
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