This is the second in our series of season kick-off round tables for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball season. In Part 1, we covered hot topics from the off-season. In Part 2, we run down the Irish roster and look at how the piece parts might fit together for Mike Brey and his staff. [...]
The 2017-18 Notre Dame Men's Basketball Team tips off their second exhibition game Friday evening at 7PM Eastern. It will be the first opportunity for Irish fans unable to make it to the JACC to see the Irish play. The game will be streamed on ACC Extra, which is typically available on the ESPN streaming [...]
College basketball fans might want to mark down September 26th 2017 as a day that will go down in infamy. Ten individuals, including 4 active assistant coaches were indicted on federal corruption charges Tuesday. Accused of perpetuating a system that funneled blue-chip basketball recruits to certain programs, agents, and footwear companies, these 10 men likely [...]
Mike Brey has had a hell of a run in the ACC so far. The Irish have won 43 regular-season ACC games, 37 of those over the last 3 years. Notre Dame owns 6 ACC post-season victories in our short history, again, all over the last three years. In those same three seasons, Brey's team [...]
Player movement is part of big-time college basketball. Already this off-season, both Virginia and Duke have seen players leave programs with eligibility remaining. Irish fans will recall both Alex Dragicevich and Cameron Biedscheid departing early. Tuesday evening, the Notre Dame Men's Basketball twitter account posted a statement from Coach Mike Brey indicating that current sophomore, Matt [...]
Scheduling the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for a noon tip the day after St. Patrick's day is a bit of cruel irony. Irish fans clearing their heads after a few Friday pints were hopeful the luck would carry in to Saturday. Sadly, it didn't and Bob Huggins' West Virginia Mountaineers ended Notre Dame's season with [...]
There's a saying in golf that goes: "There are no pictures on the scorecard." Whatever it takes to get the ball in the hole. Mark down your score and move to the next hole. Mike Brey and his Fighting Irish earned exactly zero point zero style points as they opened the NCAA Tournament Thursday. If [...]
In Part 1 of our 18Stripes roundtable, we examined the tournament overall. In part two, we tackle how we think our beloved Irish will fare in the big dance. Will Mike Brey's squad make an early exit or finally reach the promised land? Who will be the guy who breaks out? Who is most important [...]
Selection Sunday is behind us, and the best 3 weekends in sports are about to be upon us. To get you warmed up for all the upsets and buzzer-beaters, the 18Stripes basketball readers weighed in on various NCAA tournament topics. You know what they say about opinions: everybody has one. Share yours in the comments. [...]
If you had a time machine and could send me back to the preseason to whisper in my ear that I'd have to write a heartbreaking recap after ND lost a thrilling ACC Champoinship game - I'd have taken it on the spot. Now that I'm here, however, it doesn't feel all that great. Let's [...]
Notre Dame will play for its second ACC Championship in 3 years on Saturday night. Let it sink in. Notre Dame is making a trip back to the ACC Tournament Final. It wasn't always pretty Friday night. Despite carrying a double digit lead for most of the evening, matters were still in doubt until nearly [...]
For the third consecutive year, Mike Brey's Notre Dame Fighting Irish earned a double-bye in the ACC Tournament. Late Thursday night, for the third consecutive time, his team advanced to the semi-finals. This recent run of Irish success has been filled with stirring firsts, and Thursday was no exception. Brey hadn't beat Tony Bennett, and [...]
Our friend Chris W. (@rakesofmallow) started an "ACC Fury Road" meme this year. It was an apt analogy for the deepest and most talented conference in the country. The Irish not only survived, but thrived, as they traversed the ACC gauntlet. They emerged with an impressive 12-6 record, exceeding media and fan expectations. After a [...]
Mission number one on Wednesday night for the Fighting Irish basketball team was to secure their 12th ACC victory. Mission number two was to send off seniors Steve Vasturia, V.J. Beachem, and Patrick Mazza in style. Check and check. The Irish defeated Boston College 82-66. The comfortable margin allowed Mike Brey to insert Patrick Mazza, [...]
You guys know I'm a little obsessive about basketball coaching. In-game operations and the X's and O's of the game fascinate me. I love taking something as beautiful and chaotic as basketball and breaking it down. Pile on love for my dear alma mater, any you have a recipe for obsessiveness. Let's apply that obsessiveness [...]
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