Mike Brey With Media After Big Win Over Miami!

Here is Coach Mike Brey with the media today after Notre Dame's 75 - 70 win over Miami.  Here he is in the locker room:

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Go Inside the Notre Dame Locker Room Today

The #12 ranked Fighting Irish continue to impress!  Today it was a big win over a Miami Hurricanes team that had yet to lose on the road this season...

That's Fr. Ralph Haag, C.S.C., -- Rector at St. Ed's Hall -- in the black clerics with his back to the camera.

Here's Coach Brey with his team -- at halftime and after -- as the IRISH roll over Miami!

LINK:  INSIDE THE IRISH

Notre Dame Ring Of Honor Ceremony Today!

Notre Dame's all-time leading rebounder Tommy Hawkins -- was enshrined today in ND's Ring Of Honor.

Here's the video:

LINK:  RING OF HONOR

Another Big Win For the "Small Ball" IRISH!

#12 Notre Dame played much of the game today against Miami with a line-up feature "five players" all under 6' - 7" tall and the Fighting Irish came out victorius 75 - 70 to go 17 - 2 on the season!!!  This was Miami's first road loss of the season.

Miami came into the game having beaten #4 Duke (Tuesday) at Cameron Indoor Arena by the score of 90 - 74 -- after, Coach K called the Miami back court -- "the best in the ACC..."

Well, there's a "BACK COURT IN SOUTH BEND" who might disagree!

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  ESPN RECAP

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#12 Notre Dame on ESPN2 Today @ 2 PM ET

Mike Brey's (16 - 2) Fighting Irish take on the (12 - 4) Miami Hurricanes this afternoon at Purcell Pavilion in front of a national TV audience.

The game will be telecast on ESPN2 -- beginning at 2 PM ET.

The Hurricanes a are coming off of a HUGE win Tuesday night at #4 Duke  90 - 74!  Going to be a very tough test for Notre Dame today!


LINK:  GAME NOTES

Former ND Assistants -- "Returning Home"

The news first broke a week ago -- but, it became official last night in Seattle, that Jim McLaughlin was leaving the University of Washington to return to Notre Dame to lead the women's volleyball program -- replacing the Fighting Irish's all-time wins leader Debbie Brown.

It's obvious, the University of Notre Dame allowed the University of Washington to break the news of McLaughlin's departure -- first.  A class move. 

Jim and his wife Margaret (Jarc) '93 are "both" former Notre Dame assistant coaches!

Jim was an assistant on Brown's 1996 coaching staff and Margaret is a former Notre Dame student-athlete and assistant coach with the women's soccer program.  Quite the homecoming!

McLaughlin led the Washington Huskies to a National Championship in 2005 and he led the USC men's team to a National Championship in 1990.  He's the only head coach in NCAA history to accomplish this feat.

He leaves a Huskies program that he built into one of the TOP TEN programs in the country.

Welcome home VIDEO FROM ND 

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LINK:  MCLAUGHLIN BIO