Thursday, March 15, 2012

To Get You Fired Up for Spring Practice!


The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media spent some time with the IRISH at a winter workout...

With the official start of Spring Practice -- just six days away -- thought this would get NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL fans excited.  Enjoy!

LINK:  WINTER WORKOUT FOR THE IRISH

2012 ND vs. Michigan -- UNDER THE LIGHTS!


The University of Notre Dame announced today that their game on September 22 with the University of Michigan, will be played UNDER THE LIGHTS -- in prime time on NBC.  Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM ET.

All other games at Notre Dame Stadium will have a 3:30 PM ET kick-off this season.  The Shamrock Series game between Notre Dame and the University of Miami will be a 7:30 PM ET kick-off at Chicago's Soldier Field.

Amir Carlisle: NCAA Ruled ELIGIBLE TO PLAY!


Amir Carlisle, who transferred into Notre Dame for the spring semester from the University of Southern California -- was ruled ELIGIBLE to play this fall for the Fighting Irish!

Here's a link to highlights of USC's win over Colorado this past season -- a game in which Amir had 90 yards rushing and  31 yards receiving:

LINK:  AMIR CARLISLE


Notre Dame: Tee Shepard Headin' Home...


News just broke that Tee Shepard, one of Notre Dame's top rated recruits -- who had enrolled early -- has left school to return home to Fresno, CA.  This was just announced by university spokesman, Brian Hardin.

LINK:  WNDU STORY

Graduation Success Rate: NCAA Men's Teams


Did some homework as to how well the 64 teams in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship -- graduate their student-athletes.  The NCAA has been reporting the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of every athletic team at every member school since 2004 -- you'll find the results below.

Seven schools in this year's NCAA Tournament scored a PERFECT GSR SCORE, graduating 100 percent of their student-athletes;  University of Notre Dame, Duke University, Davidson College, Brigham Young University, Harvard University, Creighton University and Belmont University.

Thirteen (13) schools in this year's NCAA Tournament GRADUATE LESS THAN HALF of their student-athletes in the NCAA Tournament -- they are:
  • UCONN:  graduates 25%
  • New Mexico State:  graduates 28%
  • Mississippi Valley State:  graduates 35%
  • University of Florida:  graduates 38%
  • Southern Mississippi University:  graduates 42% 
  • University of Colorado:  graduates 43%
  • Norfolk State:  graduates 43%
  • Temple University:  graduates 43%
  • University of South Florida:  graduates 44%
  • University of Michigan:  graduates 45%
  • Long Beach State:  graduates 45%
  • Iowa State:  graduates 45%
  • Indiana University:  graduates 47% 

Here's a "re-seeding" of each NCAA Tournament Region -- by GSR:

SOUTH REGION
#1:  Duke -- 100 GSR
#2:  Notre Dame -- 100 GSR
#3:  Xavier -- 93 GSR
#4:  Wichita State -- 92 GSR
#5:  Lehigh:  85 GSR
#6:  Kentucky:  69 GSR
#7:  UNLV:  67 GSR
#8:  VCU:  67 GSR
#9:  Baylor:  56 GSR
#10:  South Dakota State:  50 GSR
#11:  Indiana:  47 GSR
#12:  Iowa State:  45 GSR
#13:  Colorado:  43 GSR
#14:  Mississippi Valley State:  35 GSR
#15:  New Mexico State:  28 GSR
#16:  UCONN:  25 GSR

WEST REGION
#1:  Davidson:  100 GSR
#2:  BYU:  100 GSR
#3:  Marquette:  91 GSR
#4:  LIU Brooklyn:  91 GSR
#5:  Michigan State:  82 GSR
#6:  Missouri:  67 GSR
#7:  Saint Louis:  67 GSR
#8:  Colorado State:  64 GSR
#9:  New Mexico:  57 GSR
#10:  Louisville:  56 GSR
#11:  Murray State:  56 GSR
#12:  Memphis:  55 GSR
#13:  Virginia:  50 GSR
#14:  Long Beach State:  45 GSR
#15:  Norfolk State:  43 GSR
#16:  Florida:  38 GSR

EAST REGION
#1:  Harvard:  100 GSR
#2:  Vanderbilt:  93 GSR
#3:  Loyola (MD):  92 GSR
#4:  West Virginia:  83 GSR
#5:  Montana:  75 GSR
#6:  Gonzaga:  73 GSR
#7:  Florida State:  67 GSR
#8:  Texas:  67 GSR
#9:  St. Bonaventure:  65 GSR
#10:  Ohio State:  57 GSR
#11:  UNC-Asheville:  57 GSR
#12:  Cincinnati:  56 GSR
#13:  Syracuse:  54 GSR
#14:  Wisconsin:  50 GSR
#15:  Kansas State:  50 GSR
#16:  Southern Mississippi:  42 GSR

MIDWEST REGION
#1:  Creighton:  100 GSR
#2:  Belmont:  100 GSR
#3:  Kansas:  91 GSR
#4:  North Carolina:  89 GSR
#5:  Detroit Mercy:  89 GSR
#6:  Vermont:  86 GSR
#7:  Saint Mary's:  82 GSR
#8:  North Carolina State:  80 GSR
#9:  Ohio:  79 GSR
#10:  Georgetown:  70 GSR
#11:  Alabama:  67 GSR
#12:  San Diego State:  62 GSR 
#13   Purdue:  50 GSR
#14:  Michigan:  45 GSR
#15:  South Florida:  44 GSR
#16:  Temple:  43 GSR

LINK:  NCAA GSR DATABASE