How Notre Dame Secures an ACC "Double Bye"

Here's what we'll know about Notre Dame's ACC Tournament schedule somewhere between 4 PM ET and 10:30 PM ET Saturday night:

Beat Louisville -- the Fighting Irish will finish in either a tie for first with North Carolina (if they lose to Duke) -- or, finish all alone in 2nd place.  Notre Dame earns a double-bye!

Lose to Louisville -- for the Irish to earn a double-bye, one of these things need to happen:

• Miami beats Florida State -- Irish earn a double-bye
• North Carolina beats Duke -- Irish earn a double-bye

If Louisville, Florida State and Duke win tomorrow -- the Fighting Irish lose out on the ACC tie-breaker formula (ND will have one more loss in their overall record then the other three teams) -- and will end up the #5 seed...

LINK:  ACC TIE-BREAKER SCENARIOS

LINK:  ACC MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS

ND vs. Louisville -- Saturday Doubleheader!

The Fighting Irish Women & Men's basketball teams will take on their respective counterparts at Louisville tomorrow on national television:

• NOON ET on ESPN2 --- Notre Dame Women vs. Louisville
• 2 PM ET on CBS -- Notre Dame Men vs. Louisville

Muffet & Players Talk Tourney Win Over Virginia

Virginia Coach & Players Talk Loss to ND

Updated National Rankings: Notre Dame Teams

Here's a looking at the latest national rankings of the Notre Dame teams currently in season:

#3:  Notre Dame Women's Basketball

#3:  Notre Dame Women's Fencing

#4:  Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse

#4:  Notre Dame Men's Fencing

#8:  Notre Dame Women's Lacrosse 

#12:  Notre Dame Hockey

#19:  Notre Dame Men's Basketball

#19:  Notre Dame Men's Swimming 

#24:  Notre Dame Women's Swimming

#27:  Notre Dame Women's Tennis 

#29:  Notre Dame Men's Tennis

#30:  Notre Dame Women's Softball


*Please note that the national rankings for Women's Rowing have yet to be released.  The Fighting Irish are expected to be ranked in the Top 20. 

Here's a Look at 2017 NFL Rookie Contracts

The folks at Sportrac do a great job of laying out what each NFL team can spend on their upcoming 2017 Draft Picks. 

Big money drops based on where you're selected!

LINK:  ROOKIE SALARY CAP

Kizer Not a Lock for 1st Round -- Latest Mocks

Took a lap around the NFL media "experts" to see what they're thinking as it relates to DeShone Kizer and his draft position -- along with the expected "first" NFL contract amount.

I found SEVEN MOCK DRAFTS -- and only ONE has KIZER going in the FIRST ROUND, it's linked below.

Now, all of this could change over the next couple of days as Kizer meets in person with all of the NFL teams...

LINK:  #13 TO ARIZONA -- $13.4 MILLION CONTRACT

LINK:  MOCKS THAT DO NOT HAVE KIZER GOING IN FIRST

Lindsey Allen -- ACC's All Time Assist Leader!!!

Quite an honor for Notre Dame senior guard Lindsey Allen!!!

Lindsey broke the Atlantic Coach Conference record during today's ACC Tournament game against Virginia.  The Fighting Irish beat the Cavaliers 76 - 59 with Lindsey leading the way with 12 points and 10 assists!

LINK:  BOX SCORE

Notre Dame's Bengal Bouts on ESPN3 Tonight!

The FINALS for the University of Notre Dame's 87th annual Bengal Bouts are tonight at 7 PM ET -- and if you can't be at Purcell Pavilion in person -- you can watch it LIVE on ESPN3 (link below).

Here's a look at each of the FIGHTS tonight!

LINK:  TONIGHT'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS

LINK:  WATCH IT LIVE HERE

VP Pence to Speak at ND's Commencement

The story broke this afternoon that the Vice President of the United States of America -- and former Governor of Indiana -- will be Notre Dame's Commencement speaker this May...

LINK:  STORY

NFL Combine Measurables -- the QB Position

The NFL invited 15 former college QB's to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis  -- here's what we know about the height, weight, hand size, etc., -- from the top three prospects:

1. DeShone Kizer
2. Deshaun Watson
3. Mitch Trubisky

Notre Dame's First ACC Tournament Opponent

The Fighting Irish beat Virginia (1/29/17) at home 82 - 74 -- in a game where Notre Dame led by 8 at half time and the Cavaliers played us even the last 20 minutes...

TOUGH GAME TOMORROW!

LINK:  LAST GAME'S BOX SCORE

ACC Women's Hoops Tournament: Hype Video!

Kind of shocking that the ACC would do a hype video for the women's basketball tournament and the THREE TIME DEFENDING champs do not get a single video clip of this year's team in the highlight package... 

Another ACC Title for Notre Dame Fencing!

An ACC THREE-PEAT for the Fighting Irish!

Muffet's Irish Start Tournament Play on Friday

The top seeded Irish begin ACC Tournament play tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM ET against Virginia...

This is a very difficult first round game!

LINK:  WHERE TO WATCH THE GAME ON TV

49ers GM on Kizer: "He Blew the Doors Off..."

The San Francisco 49ers met with former Notre Dame QB DeShone Kizer last night.  Here's what their GM had to say about the session...

LINK:  LYNCH ON KIZER

ESPN's Scott Van Pelt Interviews Mike Brey

The Notre Dame Family Expands By One Today!

Landon James Tabor -- was welcomed to this world at 12:55 AM ET this morning (March 1, 2017)...

Landon is the beautiful son of Emily and Brandon Tabor.  Landon's dad has worked with me for nearly five years here at the University of Notre Dame!

"Baby Tabor" luckily has his Mom's good looks and his Dad's blonde locks...

Congratulations!

President Trump Talking About ND Student

Notre Dame sophomore Megan Crowley '19 -- was celebrated last night by President Donald Trump in his speech...

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

DeShone Kizer -- NFL Combine Week in Indy!

With DeShone's NFL Combine beginning this week, hear why NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah believes Kizer has "all the tools"

👀@MoveTheSticks pic.twitter.com/db7qGERQN5

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) March 1, 2017

The former Notre Dame QB is getting plenty of "love" prior to his time in Indianapolis this week for the 2017 NFL Combine -- football's beauty pageant for NFL scouts...

QB's were scheduled to arrive today in Indy -- here is their schedule...

LINK:  NFL NETWORK'S MAYOCK ON KIZER

LINK:  PODCAST -- REAL GM