Thursday, March 19, 2015
Know Thy NCAA Opponent: Butler Bulldogs
Butler beat Texas today -- contributing to a very poor start for the Big 12 in the NCAA Tournament:
- #3 seed Iowa State -- loss
- #3 seed Baylor -- loss
- #11 seed Texas -- loss
Butler was led today by Kellen Dunham who scored 20 of the Bulldog's 56 in their 12 point NCAA Tournament win over the Longhorns. Butler only played seven players today, two guards and five forwards -- holding Texas to their lowest point total of the season. Here's the game detail:
- Guard: Kellen Dunham, 6'-6" -- 20 points / 2 rebounds / 2 assists
- Guard: Alex Barlow, 5'-11" -- 7 points / 8 rebounds / 1 assist
- Forward: Roosevelt Jones, 6'-4" -- 6 points / 1 rebound / 4 assists
- Forward: Kameron Woods, 6'-9" -- 9 points / 9 rebounds / 1 block
- Forward: Andrew Chrabascz, 6'-7" -- 7 points / 5 rebounds / 3 assists
- Forward: Tyler Widemen, 6'-8" -- 0 points / 1 rebound / 1 steal
- Forward: Kelan Martin, 6'-6" -- 7 points / 0 rebounds / 0 assists
Here are the surprising numbers from today's game:
- Texas shot 34% from the field -- Butler shot 33%
- Texas had 12 offensive rebounds -- Butler had 5 offensive rebounds
- Texas made 8 free throws (8 for 12) -- Butler made 20 free throws (20 for 28)
- Texas had 15 turnovers -- Butler had 5 turnovers
- Texas was called for 24 fouls -- Butler was called for 13 fouls
- LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Ali Patberg Named Indiana's "Miss Basketball"
The future Notre Dame student-athlete was named Indiana's "Miss Basketball' yesterday -- here's her interview:
LINK: MISS BASKETBALL
Muffet's IRISH Talk NCAA Tournament Today
The Fighting Irish held their opening NCAA Tournament press conference today -- Muffet, Jewell and Lindsay -- answered the media's questions:
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
NCAA Tournament Credo: "JUST WIN BABY!"
Rankings, style points, seedings, etc., -- they don't matter anymore.
It's all about WINNING -- ugly, barely -- they all count the same!!!
Notre Dame's 69 - 65 win today was a perfect NCAA Tournament win -- because every win is PERFECT. Just ask fellow #3 seeds Iowa State and Baylor...
ON TO SATURDAY!
LINK: HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: GAME RECAP
NCAA Bans "Hardship Transfer" Waivers...
Fighting Irish fans will remember former "five-star" commit Eddie Vanderdoes who signed a National Letter of Intent --- then a few weeks later decommits -- and signs a National Letter of Intent to UCLA -- "transferring" out of Notre Dame.
The NCAA ruled Vanderdoes eligible to play -- immediately -- at UCLA
With this new NCAA decree -- I don't believe this will happen anymore.
LINK: NCAA RULE
NCAA Tourney Run Begins at 12:15 PM on CBS
The Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Champions (has a nice ring to it -- doesn't it) -- begin their NCAA Tournament run today against Northeastern at 12:15 PM ET.
The game will be televised on CBS!
One of the assistant's on the Northeastern coaching staff is former Notre Dame student-athlete Chris Markwood. Markwood played for Coach Brey for a couple of seasons before transferring to Maine to finish his college career.
Here's what you want to see -- to get you ready for today's game. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE NCAA FEATURE ON PAT CONNAUGHTON -- BOTTOM LINK!
LINK: COACH BREY TALKS NORTHEASTERN
LINK: PRACTICE UPDATE
LINK: PAT CONNAUGHTON INTERVIEW -- NCAA
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Coach Kelly Meets With Media After Practice #1
The Fighting Irish began Spring practice at 7:30 AM ET this morning -- inside -- the Loftus Sports Complex. After practice -- Coach Kelly met with the media -- and the folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media produced their first report:
LINK: COACH KELLY
LINK: PRACTICE REPORT #1
NOTRE DAME DAY 2015 -- Bigger, Better, WOW!
The folks at Notre Dame will be broadcasting LIVE over the internet and local cable TV in the South Bend market -- for 29 straight hours -- from 6:42 PM ET on Sunday, April 26th to Midnight ET on Monday, April 27th.
NOTRE DAME DAY -- is a global celebration of all things Notre Dame.
Some of the scheduled guests; Jon Bon Jovi, Dick Vitale, Tim Brown, Golden Tate, Manti Te'o, Nicholas Sparks, etc., -- a star studded affair -- along with great stories about students, faculty, staff and ALUMNI.
If you love Notre Dame -- you will love this event!
Here's a link to the COUNTDOWN CLOCK -- and Notre Dame Day info:
LINK: NOTRE DAME DAY -- 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Brian Kelly Talks Start of 2015 Spring Practice
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly -- wearing his green for St. Patrick's Day -- met with the media to talk about his football team and the start of Spring Practice.
Here's what he had to say:
LINK: SPRING PRACTICE -- OPENING PRESSER
Monday, March 16, 2015
Notre Dame Women's Road to the Final Four!
Here's who will likely be standing in the way of the Fighting Irish's FIFTH STRAIGHT FINAL FOUR!
BUMP #1 IN THE ROAD:
- Montana (not ranked)
BUMP #2 IN THE ROAD:
- Minnesota (not ranked) or DePaul (AP rank #26)
BUMP #3 IN THE ROAD:
- Stanford (AP rank #14) or Oklahoma (not ranked)
BUMP #4 IN THE ROAD:
- Baylor (AP rank #5) or Iowa (AP rank #18)
LINK: NCAA BRACKET
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