Notre Dame Basketball
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Tuning Up At Season Start
After three exhibition tuneups that simply allowed Irish players to get comfortable under game conditions again, Notre Dame men’s basketball officially began their season with a pair of victories. As…
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Notre Dame Basketball: 2017-18 Roster Looks Strong
Even though most Notre Dame fans are focused on the school’s football season that gets underway in a couple of months, the men’s basketball team is trying to make sure…
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Juwan Durham Will Impact Notre Dame Basketball Immediately
Even though practice for the Notre Dame men”s basketball team won’t begin for another four months, the program made big news on June 10 when Connecticut transfer Juwan Durham announced…
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Bonzie Colson’s NBA Decision Will Shape Notre Dame Basketball for Years
Maybe this headlines is a bit hyperbole, but I don’t think it is. Bonzie Colson’s NBA decision will shape the future of the Notre Dame basketball program for the next…
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Notre Dame Basketball Ranked #18 Program of All-Time
The AP rolled out a fun list of their top 100 college basketball programs of all-time yesterday and Notre Dame found itself firmly in the top 25 at #18. …
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Likely Notre Dame Basketball Starter Matt Ryan Transferring
Notre Dame had a disappointing end to its 2016-2017 with a 2nd round loss to West Virginia two weekends ago, but with a solid nucleus slated to return, expectations for…
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Notre Dame Pressed Out of Tournament Early by West Virginia
In a matchup of opposing forces, one team imposed their will on the other and forced them to play out of their comfort zone for 40 minutes. Unfortunately for Notre…
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R-E-L-A-X: Close 1st Round Calls Are Nothing New for Notre Dame
Notre Dame fans weren’t too thrilled that Thursday’s 1st round win over Princeton came down to the buzzer and nearly ended the Irish’s pursuit of a third straight Elite 8…
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Notre Dame Basketball Survives Scare from Princeton
In what’s quickly become a March Madness tradition for Notre Dame basketball fans, the Irish emerged with a tense victory following a first round scrum. The 2017 edition of this…
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Of Course CBS Ranks Notre Dame as Tournament’s Best #5 Seed
CBS ranked the best team and each seed for this year’s NCAA Tournament and surprise, surprise they have Notre Dame as the Tourney’s best #5 seed. They don’t specifically say…
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Notre Dame vs. Princeton: NCAA Tournament 1st Round Preview
Taking two steps forward before going one step back is an apt description of the Notre Dame weekend at the ACC Tournament. Wins against Virginia and Florida State were followed…
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Notre Dame’s Final 4 Path: Breaking Down the West Bracket
Getting to Phoenix is the goal for all 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament, yet only four of them will end up making the trip. For Notre Dame, their presence…
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Notre Dame Basketball Used to Being Disrespected, Won’t Slow Them
When the brackets were released on Sunday, the Notre Dame men’s basketball program had to be a little disappointed in their 5th seeding after the season they had, but they…
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Notre Dame Screwed by Selection Committee, Joke’s on Them
Notre Dame plays in the toughest conference in America, won 25 games this year, and took #2 seed Duke down to the wire last night in the ACC title game.…
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Notre Dame Goes Cold, Falls to Duke in ACC Tourney Title
Temperatures in Brooklyn on Saturday night were hovering in the 20’s. The only thing colder than the temps outside the doors of the Barclays Center was Notre Dame’s shooting from…
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Notre Dame Edges Florida State, Advances to ACC Tourney Final!
Notre Dame advanced to its second ACC Tournament Championship game in three years on Friday night by winning their rubber match with Florida State 77-73 at the Barclays Center in…
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Notre Dame Basketball Solves UVA Riddle, Advances in ACC Tourney
Notre Dame had not beaten Virginia since 1981 heading into the ACC Tournament causing some consternation among Irish fans when it was likely the two would cross paths in the…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Trouble Awaits Irish in ACC Tourney
The final matchups of the regular season marked another mixed bag for the Irish men’s basketball team as they split their two contests last week. A home win over Boston…
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VJ Beachem Shines, Notre Dame Beats BC on Senior Day
Notre Dame continued their winning ways on Wednesday night as the Irish sent their seniors off in style and sent the Boston College Eagles home with their wings clipped. Beachem…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Moving Back Up the Polls
Having virtually the entire week off, the Notre Dame men’s basketball game was refreshed enough on Sunday night to knock off the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 64-60, which helped improve…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Head Into “Bye” On a High
Last week was another successful one for the Irish men’s basketball squad, with two road victories at Boston College and North Carolina State that boosted the team’s ACC mark to…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Back in Top 25!
After seeing their season on the verge of collapse, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were able to get back on track last week with two big wins, thereby improving their…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Tumbling, Fall Out of Polls
Another disastrous week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has them reeling, with five defeats in their last six games. Holding a 6-5 conference mark within the 15-team ACC, Notre…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish At Mid-Season Crossroad
In a week best forgotten by fans of the Fighting Irish, Notre Dame sustained a pair of defeats that were delivered in different ways, yet both proved to be just…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Keep Climbing Polls
A mixed bag last week for the Notre Dame men’s basketball team helped send them into a three-way tie for the lead in the ACC with the North Carolina Tar…
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