Spanning the Dome: 2/20/07

Lots of basketball links tonight after the bball team’s nice win over DePaul. The Irish looked pretty impressive in beating up on DePaul and set up a really nice showdown with Marquette on Saturday. The win also pretty much makes the Irish a lock for the tourney. As always, there are also a few links on Brady Quinn and the draft.  Today’s dome pic come froms Kyle.

• The USA Today has a good article on Quinn’s goal of being the first overall selection. Scott Wright of NFL Draft Countdown called Quinn a “potential franchise quarterback in the mold of (Cincinnati’s) Carson Palmer.”
• Meanwhile, MSNBC has an article stating that the Raiders should draft JaMarcus Russell with the #1 people. Maybe the Notre Dame detractors are right, NBC promotes Notre Dame just a little too much.
• BGI has a nice preview of all of Notre Dame’s draft prospects with some expert analysis on each. Rhema McKnight as a 4th or 5th round pick would be a very nice pick up for someone.
• Good post from Black and Green Irish Men’s Basketball blog on tonight’s win over DePaul as well as an overall look at Big East basketball from the last week.
• Rakes of Mallow has another good general overview of the bball team that they posted before tonight’s game. They also have a nice side by side of the coaches from tonight.
• Irish Round Table had a live blog during tonight’s DePaul game. A different look at tonight’s win.
• We also had a recap of tonights game from Ryan over on the main site here at UHND.
• Good article from Forde Minutes analyzing who will make the field of 65. Notre Dame is mentioned a number of times for its quality wins as well as its weak strength of schedule.
• One last basketball link tonight. IE had a nice article on Tory Jackson yesterday that I missed and figured I’d include today after his nice game tonight.
• BGS has a list of nine top plays from 2006 that just missed their top 10 which they’ll be releasing soon.