The Notre Dame seniors left their mark on Fighting Irish basketball -- leading us to our first ever Conference Title in 110 years...
Friday, April 17, 2015
Tribute Videos for Connaughton and Grant
The Notre Dame seniors left their mark on Fighting Irish basketball -- leading us to our first ever Conference Title in 110 years...
ND Hoops Parents Talk About Their Daughters
Seniors Whitney Holloway and Markisha Wright walked away from Notre Dame basketball having lost only 10 games in their four years playing for the Fighting Irish -- here's a video of their parents...
Blue & Gold -- A Little PRIMER For Tomorrow!
Notre Dame football returns tomorrow -- if only for a couple of hours -- but that will do for us Fighting Irish fans...
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Incoming Domer Named Max Preps POY!
Ali Patberg -- an incoming student-athlete for Notre Dame's women's basketball team was named the MAX PREPS National Player of the Year today!
LINK: PATBERG
Texas at Notre Dame in 2015 -- In Prime Time!
NBC just announced that Notre Dame's home game with Texas -- September 5, 2015 -- will be played "under the lights" at Notre Dame Stadium!
LINK: NBC ANNOUNCES
Jewell Loyd Drafted #1 Overall in WNBA Draft
Former Notre Dame student-athlete Jewell Loyd was just drafted by the WNBA's Seattle Storm as the #1 pick in the 2015 Draft.
LINK: JEWELL LOYD STORY
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Trying to Justify Why Leave Early for WNBA?
I'm guessing Jewell Loyd and her advisers are banking on this happening tomorrow (Thursday) night at the 2015 WNBA Draft:
- She's drafted #1 overall by the Seattle Storm
- A phone call soon follows from a China area code
- And, a second phone call from a Russia area code
The WNBA team that drafts Jewell will pay her a max of $49,500 -- the rookie salary cap -- for its four-month season. But, professional teams in Europe and Asia are paying much more -- for their four month seasons;
- Britney Griner, #1 overall pick in 2013 made $49,440 this past year in the WNBA and $610,000 playing in China...
- Diana Taurasi, #1 overall pick in 2004 made $1.5 million this past year playing in Russia -- she's decided not to come back this season to play in the WNBA
- Candace Parker, #1 overall pick in 2008 made "close to $1 million" this past year -- playing for the same team in Russia as Taurasi
I'm guessing Jewell Loyd will make $400,000 to $500,000 or so -- assuming she plays overseas -- her first year away from Notre Dame... Now, would she have made similar annual income waiting to go in next year's draft?
It's obvious an agent got to Jewell and her family and showed them that going #1 overall this year -- versus going #2 overall next year, behind Breanna Stewart -- would severely impact the bargaining power of Jewell's first professional contract in Europe or Asia.
It's not about the WNBA.
Here's hoping Jewell goes #1 to Seattle tomorrow night -- and the Chinese and Russians take notice. She's rolled the dice...
LINK: WNBA STARS LEAVING AMERICA
Brian Kelly With Media After Practice Today
Had the great pleasure of attending Notre Dame's football practice today -- along with the media session after.
I did ask a question of Coach Kelly about his "fu mancho" mustache he's been showing off the last week or so...
If you were concerned -- I am hoping you were not -- he let us know it will not be his sideline look for the 2015 season.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Muffet Doesn't Mince Words About Jewell Loyd
WOW -- here are Muffet's comments concerning Jewell Loyd's decision to leave school early.
Jewell did not attend the team's season ending banquet...
LINK: MUFFET ON LOYD'S DEPARTURE
Must See TV Tonight at 6:30 PM ET on NBCSN
The documentary "ONWARD NOTRE DAME" will air this evening at 6:30 PM ET on the NBC Sports Network.
Local TV Coverage of ND Hoops Celebration
Mike Brey's Fighting Irish put the "ribbon" on a season (last night) that will be talked about forever in the annals of Notre Dame basketball.
Monday, April 13, 2015
High Praise for Incoming Notre Dame Hoopster
Rex Plueger -- a 6'-6" guard from Mater Dei HS in California -- was listed as one of the top incoming college basketball players on the radar screen of NBA teams -- see link below.
You'll see him at around the 45 second mark of this DUNK video above --- wearing uniform #1!
LINK: PFLUEGER
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Notre Dame Baseball Completes Sweep of FSU
WOW -- Mik Aoki's Fighting Irish just sent the #7 team in the country back to Tallahassee losing THREE STRAIGHT at Notre Dame!
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Coach Kelly Talks to Media After Scrimmage
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly -- met with the media today after their Saturday scrimmage.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Notre Dame Baseball Beats #7 Florida State
It's the first win -- over a team ranked this high in the national polls -- in the last seven years for Notre Dame baseball!
NBC's "Onward Notre Dame" -- Sneak Peak
This documentary on Notre Dame Football will be broadcast for the first time on April 14th at 6:30 PM ET on the NBC Sports Network.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Way Too Early Top 25 Hoops Poll for 2015-16
Mike Brey's Fighting Irish are ranked 8th in this "way too early" Top 25 Men's College Basketball rankings for the 2015-16 season...
Take a look:
LINK: FIRST HOOPS POLL
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Brian Kelly With Media After Football Practice
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today -- after football practice -- to talk about the progress of the Fighting Irish.
Notre Dame Football Spring Practice Coverage
Here's the latest practice report from the Fighting Irish Digital Media team...
We Gave it a GREAT RUN -- Hats Off to UCONN
I'm somewhere over northern Florida at about 35,000 feet -- flying back to Notre Dame -- after watching our Fighting Irish play UCONN for the National Championship last night...
All I will say is this -- our girls gave it everything they had and more. Everytime we got close -- UCONN seemed to knock down a three-pointer...
We're going to get them -- mark my words!
Monday, April 6, 2015
Muffet and Her Fighting Irish Talk UCONN Today
The Notre Dame women's basketball team met with the assembled media today at the FINAL FOUR in Tampa.
LINK: NOTRE DAME PRESS CONFERENCE
UCONN's Auriemma & Players Talk Notre Dame
The UCONN Huskies met with the media today to talk about tomorrow night's National Championship game against Notre Dame...
LINK: UCONN PRESS CONFERENCE
Good Read: History of the ND Football Pant
Thought you'd enjoy this story written by Eric Murtaugh (One Foot Down) on the history of the Notre Dame Football pant...
LINK: A LOOK BACK
Post Game Press Conferences: Both Teams
Here's the replay of both teams with the media -- after Notre Dame's 66 - 65 win last night over South Carolina to earn a spot in Tuesday night's National Championship game!
LINK: POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCES
Sunday, April 5, 2015
On to National Championship Game -- Again!
For the third time in the last four seasons -- Notre Dame's playing in the National Championship game.
Enjoy the highlights!
Instant Replay: Madison Cable's Game Winner!
What though the odds be great or small...
WOW -- the Fighting Irish -- the team too young to go this far, is in the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!
Can you believe it!!!
Hey Notre Dame Nation -- Be First on the Tee!
Our friends at Under Armour will be selling golf shoes -- for the first time ever -- starting tomorrow morning at 10 AM ET.
If you want to get an invite to the private sale -- follow @UAGolf on Twitter!
LINK: CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW @UAGolf
Muffet's Irish Enjoying This Final Four Weekend
This was not expected -- no seniors in the starting line-up -- coming off of a team that saw two stars drafted in the first nine picks of the WNBA Draft...
It's a Final Four Easter Sunday for Notre Dame
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will be facing the Gamecocks of South Carolina -- in the first Final Four game on ESPN at 6:30 PM ET.
Video of Notre Dame's Final Four Open Practice
It is one of the cool traditions of Final Four Weekends...
#1 Notre Dame Stops Duke's Home Win Streak
Kevin Corrigan's top ranked Fighting Irish went down to Durham and beat Duke in dominating fashion -- ending their 21 game home winning streak!
Saturday, April 4, 2015
OT: That School in Ann Arbor's Spring Game
Michigan's football coach Jim Harbaugh met with the media after their Spring Game today. He was asked why the two Michigan offenses put up a grand total of 7 points...
The Michigan QB's must have been seeing GOLD HELMETS out there on the defensive side.
The Michigan media is in for a rude awakening with Harbaugh -- especially if they struggle this Fall...
LINK: THE ENTIRE PRESS CONFERENCE
Notre Dame's Final Four Press Conference
Jewell Loyd, Lindsay Allen and Muffet McGraw met today with the media -- prior to tomorrow's Final Four game against South Carolina.
Notre Dame Fans Descending on Tampa...
ABC57 News - See the Difference Michiana
The Notre Dame FAN BASE will be well represented in Tampa this weekend!
The Notre Dame FAN BASE will be well represented in Tampa this weekend!
Fighting Irish "Preparing" for Final Four Game
It looks like the Fighting Irish are enjoying the fruits of their labors this season -- FINAL FOUR WEEKENDS are as good as it gets for student athletes...
NYT: Notre Dame "Doubles Down on Mabreys"
The Fighting Irish are in Tampa this weekend for their fifth straight FINAL FOUR. The national media is taking notice -- here's a New York Times story today about the Mabrey sisters...
LINK: MABREY SISTERS
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