Well, they won their first game over Michigan State -- advancing them to the FINAL FOUR, where they beat the #1 seeded Illinois Men's Team in SUDDEN DEATH DOUBLE OT -- to advance to the Championship game. See winning free throw below...
The Fighting Irish just won the National Championship -- beating Wisconsin 38 - 30!!!
You will meet the NATIONAL CHAMPS on NOTRE DAME DAY -- April 25th!
The moment Notre Dame advanced. pic.twitter.com/Vkb7cIMtOB
— Manager Games (@ManagerGames_) April 1, 2022
Douglas Road will be closed from Twyckenham to Ironwood beginning April 14th -- it was just announced today (April 1st).
Please know this -- you can still access Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course during this time -- just access the entrance straight north of Twyckenham for the Men's & Women's Golf Indoor Training Center and follow the signs to the parking lot / clubhouse.
This road will definitely be closed for the Garth Brooks concert and possibly the Billy Joel concert...
You've been warned!
My daughter Kara and son-in-law Conor are proud graduates of St. Bonaventure University -- and their BONNIES are playing tonight at Madison Square Garden vs. Xavier in the N.I.T. Semifinals!
That's our granddaughters; Clare and Kinley (L to R) already dressed to cheer on their "2nd favorite" college team!
The game will be televised on ESPN beginning at 7 PM ET!
GO BONAS!
LINK: GAME STORY
KK Bransford will be playing for the WEST team in the 6:30 PM ET game and J.J. Starling will be playing for the EAST team in the 9:00 PM ET game.
Notre Dame Fencing just won it's 12th National Championship -- the most for any sport in the 179 history of our University! They now have "back to back" National Championships!
They say there’s no place like home.
— The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) March 27, 2022
But there’s really no place like winning a national championship at home.@NDFencing | #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/imjEgKcEnz
National. Champions.#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/CFuCsdto8T
— Notre Dame Fencing (@NDFencing) March 27, 2022
Here are the two teams talking with the media after today's disappointing loss against #1 seed North Carolina State...
Move the video foward to these time stamps:
Both head coaches and some players met with the media on Friday to talk about Saturday night's NCAA Tournament game in Albany, NY -- which faces off at 6:30 PM ET on ESPNU.
Go Irish!
Both teams met with the media on Friday to discuss Saturday night's NCAA Tournament game between our Fighting Irish and the Wolfpack...
The game tips off at 11:30 AM ET on ESPN.
Go Irish!
SATURDAY -- March 26th
SUNDAY -- March 27th
Here are the 40 Yard Dash times reported so far:
You can watch this LIVE on PEACOCK from 12:30 PM ET to 2:00 PM ET.
Good luck to the Irish!
Folks, if you were watching the Notre Dame vs. North Dakota NCAA Hockey Tournament game tonight -- you saw what looked like the game winning goal with 0.5 seconds left on the clock.
The photo above shows the game clock with time left when goal was scored!
The TV clock showed that -- as did the "green light" (video below) that went off showing the goal was scored in regulation time...
Here was Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson talking about the referee's call:
“I just based it on what was on the scoreboard and they’re telling me there’s two different clocks? We’re playing to the scoreboard, not to a clock that’s not visible to anybody,” Jackson explained. “When the green light went on I assumed there was still time on the clock. At least that’s the way it is in the NHL.”
Well, the referees called it a NO GOAL -- forcing OT, which Notre Dame fortunately prevailed.
But, what if they had not?
It will be interesting to see if the NCAA releases a statement later tonight or tomorrow on why they disallowed the goal...
Watch green light behind goal…
— Barstool Irish (@BarstoolIrish) March 25, 2022
pic.twitter.com/RVSsQdiVEq
Notre Dame begins the presser at the 3:30 mark -- please advance the video.
.@GrahamSlaggert. Called. Game.
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) March 25, 2022
The senior scores less than two minutes into OT and the Irish 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚!
See you Saturday.#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/yveUB1WqLa
🤫#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/aeXynoEeRl
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) March 25, 2022
The #3 seeded Fighting Irish of Notre Dame take on the #2 seeded Fighting Hawks of North Dakota tonight at 6 PM ET on ESPNU in the 1st Round of the NCAA Hockey Tournament in Albany, NY.
Go Irish!
One sleep.
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) March 24, 2022
🆚 North Dakota
📍 NCAA Tournament First Round
⏰ 6 p.m. ET
📺 ESPNU#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/7Y97MevyMp
NCAA Tournament ready #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/1uvilv0Yn5
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) March 24, 2022
Truly impressed with how Oklahoma's head coach handled the media after this difficult moment for her team at home...
Advancing Notre Dame to the SWEET SIXTEEN!
As far as all-time NCAA records:
As far as all-time Notre Dame records:
My attention will now be turning to St. Bonaventure Men's Basketball -- as they have moved on to the ELITE EIGHT in the N.I.T. after beating Oklahoma last night.
They now play Virginia Tuesday night -- with the winner moving on to Madison Square Garden for the Final Four...
Go Bonnies!
Here's the press conferences for both teams leading in to tonight's NCAA 2nd Round game at 6 PM ET on ESPN2.
FYI: It is a home game for Oklahoma...
The Fighting Irish gave us FIVE GREAT DAYS -- it's a shame it had to end...
Now, we wait to see how many of our seniors decide to come back for their COVID YEAR -- all will have that option if Coach Brey extends it to them.
Thank you to the SENSATIONAL SEVEN -- you gave us all you had these last 3 games. It was fun to watch and if you come back, I think you've all learned we can win playing a little more to the basket on offense and we can play some defense!
Just need to hit the weights a little harder, work on driving to the basket, hanging on to the ball and finishing. And, wouldn't it be nice if we added a few more players to the rotation next season.
Oh, would we all have loved seeing you guys take on Duke...
Next year!
THANK YOU!
Can't wait until 7:10 PM ET tonight on TBS -- the Fighting Irish play the Red Raiders for a spot in the SWEET SIXTEEN.
Go Irish!
This is the replay of the media sessions today for the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament in San Diego, CA. You're going to want to advance the video to the following marks:
The Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament has not seen anything like this for 9 years...
LINK: FRAN BELBI'S DUNK
SATURDAY, MARCH 19th
SUNDAY, MARCH 20th
Next up for our Fighting Irish is the #3 seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders this Sunday (7:10 PM ET). Best way to describe them; experienced, tough, physical, big and they play DEFENSE...
Texas Tech is ranked (#11) in scoring defense in the country. Two teams Notre Dame has played rank higher in this category than Texas Tech; Virginia (#7) and Saint Mary's (#9).
Here's how Notre Dame fared against those two teams:
STARTING LINEUP:
KEY RESERVES:
LEADING SCORERS:
STATISTICAL MATCHUP: Texas Tech vs. Notre Dame:
Everything is dropping for Cormac Ryan. @NDmbb
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 18, 2022
🔥 2️⃣7️⃣ points 🔥 pic.twitter.com/2wBNhxhrBm
The only fitting way to welcome back @NDmbb. #goirish #wearend pic.twitter.com/xf5luMyUSl
— ND Band (@NotreDameBand) March 19, 2022