The NFL held their first ever "Veteran's Combine" for NFL free agents still looking for a team to play for this season -- and Fox broadcaster Brady Quinn was on the field looking to impress a scout or two...
LINK: VETERAN'S COMBINE
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Brady Quinn One of the Domers in Phoenix
The NFL held their first ever "Veteran's Combine" for NFL free agents still looking for a team to play for this season -- and Fox broadcaster Brady Quinn was on the field looking to impress a scout or two...
LINK: VETERAN'S COMBINE
Inside Look at Notre Dame's Win Over Butler
You'll enjoy this great inside access to Notre Dame's OT win last night over Butler:
LINK: INSIDE THE IRISH
Two FOUR GUARD Teams to Meet in Sweet 16!
Notre Dame will be playing Wichita State Thursday night at 7:15 PM ET in Cleveland -- in a match-up of two teams who start "four guards and a forward."
Wichita State -- a #7 Seed -- rolled over #2 Kansas tonight -- wasn't even close in the second half.
We've got our hands full! Here's what we know about Wichita State:
STARTERS:
- Guard: Tekele Cotton -- 6'-3" Senior / 9.6 pts / 4.1 rebounds
- Guard: Evan Wessell -- 6'-4" Junior / 4.1 pts / 3.4 rebounds
- Guard: Ron Baker -- 6'-3" Junior / 15 pts / 4.5 rebounds
- Guard: Fred VanVleet -- 6'-0' Junior / 13.1 pts / 4.4 rebounds
- Forward: Darius Carter -- 6'-7" Senior / 11.1 pts / 5.4 rebounds
BENCH:
- Center: Bush Wamukota -- 6'-11" Junior / 1.1 pts / 1.5 rebounds
- Forward: Rashard Kelly -- 6'-7" Freshman / 3.0 pts / 3.0 rebounds
- Forward: Zach Brown -- 6'-6" Freshman / 3.2 pts / 1.4 rebounds
- Forward: Shaquille Morris -- 6'-7" Freshman / 5.0 pts / 2.7 rebounds
LINK: HIGHLIGHTS OF WIN OVER KANSAS
Full Game Replay: Notre Dame vs. Butler
If you didn't get enough of this game last night -- here's the full-game replay of Notre Dame's 67 - 64 OT win over the Butler Bulldogs:
LINK: FULL GAME REPLAY
The Media the Mornin' After a "Sweet" Victory
The news of the passing of Betty Brey -- Coach Brey's 84 year-old Mom -- put a damper on any post game celebrating for the Fighting Irish. Betty, a former world-record holder in the 100 Fly and 1956 US Olympian -- died of an apparent heart attack yesterday morning.
The OT victory over Butler was a HUGE win for Notre Dame as they get back to the SWEET SIXTEEN for the first time in 12 years -- here's the media's post game reports:
LINK: INDY STAR
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: SPORTING NEWS
LINK: ESPN
LINK: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
Prayers for Coach Mike Brey's Family Tonight...
Mike Brey's Mom passed away Saturday morning at the age of 84 from a heart attack...
Now I understand the emotional hug Jack Swarbrick gave to Coach Brey at game's end.
Coach Brey will head to Orlando today to be with his Dad and siblings -- to mourn the loss of his Mom -- will be back at Notre Dame on Monday.
PRAYERS.
LINK: COACH BREY TALKS ABOUT HIS MOM
LINK: BETTY BREY
LINK: FULL POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
SWEET SIXTEEN BABY!!! HUGE OT WIN!!!
It wasn't easy -- but WOW!!!
Notre Dame beat Butler 67 - 64 in OT in a game that we will not soon forget!
Steve Vasturia was HUGE all game long -- Jerian Grant made a GREAT left handed layup late -- Pat Connaughton made a HUGE THREE -- Zach Auguste grabbed some HUGE rebounds and Demetrius Jackson -- led HIS team...
It's now on to Cleveland to play the winner of Kansas vs. Wichita State -- Thursday night.
The ACC already has three teams of the eight teams in the SWEET SIXTEEN -- Notre Dame, North Carolina and North Carolina State. Duke, Virginia and Louisville play tomorrow for three more spots.
The ACC is 9 - 0 in the NCAA Tournament.
LINK: GRANT'S HUGE LATE GAME LAY-UP
LINK: CONNAUGHTON'S HUGE OT THREE POINTER
LINK: VASTURIA'S HUGE THREE POINTER IN OT
LINK: CONNAUGHTON LAST SECOND BLOCK IN REGULATION
LINK: NCAA GAME RECAP
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Montana's Mascot "Monte" Visits Notre Dame
If you were at last night's NCAA game between Notre Dame and Montana -- you would have been entertained by MONTE -- the Grizzlies' mascot...
Enjoy!
LINK: MONTE
Notre Dame Lacrosse's Corrigan and Ossello
My brother Jay -- who lives in Denver -- sent me a text this morning that I needed to put this interview up on the ND GO IRISH BLOG...
GREAT SUGGESTION -- you must see this!
LINK: CORRIGAN AND OSSELLO
On to Round Two of the NCAA Tournament!!!
Notre Dame beat Montana 77 - 43 last night in their opening game of the 2015 NCAA Championship. A game where the Fighting Irish just "did their thing" -- nothing out of the ordinary.
Up next -- the DePaul Blue Demons -- a team that feels they should have beat Notre Dame earlier in the year as they lost to the IRISH by one point 94 - 93 IN OT in a game where DePaul was 12 for 29 from the foul line...
How do we get an opponent like this in the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament?
LINK: JEWELL INTERVIEW AFTER GAME
LINK: NCAA HIGHLIGHTS
Notre Dame in Pittsburgh: Practice & Press
Here's what the Fighting Irish did yesterday in Pittsburgh -- as they prepare to take on the Butler Bulldogs tonight at 9:40 PM ET on TBS!
LINK: NOTRE DAME
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
Butler Coach Talks Notre Dame NCAA Game
Butler's head coach Chris Holtmann met with the media yesterday to talk about tonight's match-up with the Fighting Irish -- click on the link below:
LINK: BUTLER COACH
LINK: NEWS STORY
LINK: NCAA PREVIEW
LINK: CAMPUS INSIDERS
Friday, March 20, 2015
NCAA TV TIMES: ND Men & Women
Fans of the Fighting Irish should have quite a weekend of TV -- as both the Men & Women should be on national television the next three days:
FRIDAY NIGHT:
- #1 Notre Dame vs. #16 Montana -- 7:30 PM ET on ESPN2
SATURDAY NIGHT:
- #3 Notre Dame vs. #6 Butler -- 9:40 PM ET on TBS
SUNDAY NIGHT:
- #1 Notre Dame vs. #9 DePaul -- 9:00 PM ET on ESPN
Thursday, March 19, 2015
All Three of Muffet's Recruits "Gatorade POY"
Muffet's three incoming recruits; Ali Patberg, Arike Ogunbowale and Marina Mabrey -- all play the guard position and they've all swept the top awards available in women's high school basketball in the country and in their respective states:
- McDonald's All-Americans --- ALL THREE
- Gatorade Player of the Year for their state -- ALL THREE
- State Champion -- ALL THREE
- Miss Basketball -- PATBERG & OGUNBOWALE (I don't think New Jersey has the award)
Arike Ogunbowale Named "Miss Basketball!"
The state of Wisconsin's "Miss Basketball" this season is none other than future Notre Dame student-athlete Arike Ogunbowale!
Arike -- who scored a state record 55 points in a semi-final game last week -- led her high school to the Wisconsin state championship!
Congrats Arike!
LINK: MISS BASKETBALL
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
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