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...
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...
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:
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:
Saint Mary's 62 -- Notre Dame 59
Notre Dame 69 -- Virginia 65
Here's what we know about Texas Tech:
26-9
Finished 3rd in Big 12
Wins over ranked opponents: Tennessee, Kansas, Baylor (2 wins) , Iowa State and Texas (2 wins)
In their losses the opponents scored: 72 (Providence), 69 (Gonzaga), 51 (Iowa State). 62 (Kansas State), 94 (Kansas 2 OT), 70 (Oklahoma), 69 (TCU). 52 (Oklahoma State) and 74 (Kansas)
They have gone 4-3 their last 7 games -- coming into the game with Notre Dame
Our Fighting Irish arrived in San Diego a little more than 24 hours ago (4:30 AM PT) to take on the #6 seeded Alabama Crimson Tide. The NCAA Tournament game will tip off TODAY at 4:15 PM ET and will be televised on TNT.
Notre Dame's #1 ranked college baseball team won their first home game this week vs. Valparaiso. The Irish are now 12-1 on the season heading into a great weekend series that begins today vs. Louisville (13-4).
Here is the baseball schedule for this weekend in Louisville:
Friday: 4 PM ET
Saturday: 1 PM ET
Sunday: 1 PM ET
All the games are available on the ACC NETWORK's streaming service: ACCNX
The first thing that surprised me when I looked into the Alabama Men's Basketball Team was this -- they enter the NCAA Tournament on a THREE GAME LOSING STREAK.
In fact, Bama is 6 - 7 their last 13 games. They earned their #6 seed with some impressive wins in December & January over; Gonzaga, Houston, Tennessee, LSU and Baylor.
Anyway -- here's what we should expect from Bama; they are a fast, athletic, guard oriented offensive attack.
St. Patrick's Day has become a day that Notre Dame Football has decided it will "own" on a recruiting basis. Today -- the Fighting Irish will be offering scholarships to the top HS players in the country who will be graduating in 2024...
#22 Notre Dame Women's Basketball will play the A-10 Champion UMASS Minutewomen in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this Saturday in Norman, OK. Here's what we know about UMass:
Notre Dame continues to win weekend series vs. ACC foes -- this weekend it was #17 North Carolina State as the Fighting Irish are on a 9 game winning streak!
Here's some information about the Rutgers' basketball team -- the highlights above are of the Scarlet Knight's 84-74 loss to the eventual Big Ten champs Iowa Hawkeyes. We play them Wednesday night at 9 PM ET in Dayton, OH.
The Michigan Wolverines finally beat Notre Dame in hockey -- after losing all four games to the IRISH this season -- and SEVEN IN A ROW at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor...
We'll now await where Notre Dame is seeded and who they will play in the NCAA Tournament come next Sunday night -- March 20th.
Our 3rd ranked Fighting Irish had to go 12 innings tonight to beat the 17th ranked NC State Wolfpack in Raleigh, NC. It was a come-from-behind win as Notre Dame was down 4 - 0 before scoring their first run in the 7th.
The Irish pitching staff struck out 15 -- shutting the Wolfpack down over the final 9 innings to take the team's record to 10-1 on the season.
This was Game 1 of a three game series this weekend.
Members of the 2022 Class started their orientation visits to Canton this week. They were greeted with a warm welcome from the HOF Staff.#PFHOF22pic.twitter.com/z0YP2C0IeX
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) March 7, 2022
Former Notre Dame All-American Bryant Young will be given the greatest honor in his sport this August when he's formally inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Yesterday, Bryant and his wife Kristin (also a Domer) took a trip to Canton, OH -- site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- with all of the other greats who will be immortalized this year...
The #3 ranked Notre Dame Baseball completed their three game sweep of the Big Ten this weekend in Minneapolis -- beating Illinois (6-1), Michigan State (2-1) and Minnesota (3-1) to win the Cambria College Classic.
The bottom line from the three (3) game series with the Big Ten opponents -- Notre Dame pitching dominance!