Muffet's IRISH Now Ranked #2 in the Country!

Notre Dame is #2 in the latest AP Poll -- behind the unanimous #1 UCONN.

The Fighting Irish played at UCONN back in December without Brianna Turner -- in a game won by the Huskies 91 - 81.  Here's some of the key take-aways from the game:

• UCONN only led 45 - 43 at the half
• UCONN outscored the IRISH by 14 in the 3rd Quarter
• ND outscored UCONN by 6 in the 4th Quarter
• 81 points is the most given up by UCONN all season -- UCONN is the #1 defensive team in the country giving up 49.2 points per game
• ND shot 49.2% from the field against UCONN
• ND shot 65% from the 3 point line against UCONN
• ND shot 60% from the free throw line against UCONN
• UCONN made 13 more free throws than ND -- the key stat of the game
• Even without Turner -- UCONN only out rebounded ND by 4 rebounds

Let's hope they meet each other again in Indianapolis on Tuesday, April 5th for the National Championship!

LINK:  LATEST RANKINGS

An Inside Look at ND's Win Over Louisville!

Mike Brey's Fighting Irish Jump Up to #18 / #19

Three big wins in a row over North Carolina, Clemson and Louisville apparently caught the attention of the college coaching community as Notre Dame jumps from being "un-ranked' to 18th in the latest USA Today / Coaches Poll and #19 in the latest AP Poll.

LINK:  RANKINGS

Top Four Teams in ACC: Remaining Schedules

Here's what the balance of the ACC regular season looks like for the TOP FOUR teams.  In all honesty -- the Fighting Irish have the easiest path to the ACC Regular Season Championship. 

Here's how many games each team has left against teams expected to be selected to play in the NCAA Tournament:

NOTRE DAME:  1 game
North Carolina:  5 games
Miami:  4 games
Virginia:  2 games, plus Louisville

REMAINING SCHEDULE:

1:  North Carolina (10 - 2)

• Duke  (19 - 6)
• #12 Miami  (20 - 4)
• @ North Carolina State  (13 - 12)
• @ #7 Virginia  (20 - 5)
• Syracuse  (18 - 8)
• @ Duke  (19 - 6)

2:  Miami  (9 - 3)

• Virginia Tech  (13 - 12)
• @ #9 North Carolina  (21 - 4)
• #7 Virginia  (20 - 5)
• #13 Louisville  (19 - 6)
• @ Notre Dame  (18 - 7)
• @ Virginia Tech  (13 - 12)

3:  Virginia  (9 - 4)

• North Carolina State  (13 - 12)
• @ #12 Miami  (20 - 4)
• North Carolina  (21 - 4)
• @ Clemson  (15 - 10)
• #13 Louisville  (19 - 6)

4:  Notre Dame (9 - 4)

• @ Georgia Tech  (13 - 12)
• @ Wake Forest  (10 - 15)
• @ Florida State  (16 - 9)
• #12 Miami  (20 - 4)
• North Carolina State  (13 - 12)

PHOTO: Domer Kyle Rudolph's Wedding

The wedding took place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Here is a photo of Kyle and his wife Jordan.

Domers Dunne & Veihmeyer Make AT&T Cut!

Jimmy Dunne '78 and John Veihmeyer '77 will be playing in today's final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -- after making the cut!  Only the top 25 teams made the cut this year -- Dunne and Reed got in on a scorecard playoff.

Veihmeyer and his professional playing partner Phil Mickelson are at -18 for the tournament and are tied for 17th place.  Dunne and his professional playing partner Patrick Reed are at -17 in a tie for 21st.

In the video above -- John Veihmeyer '77 is the first to give Phil a "fist bump" after his chip in -- and then you'll see Jimmy Dunne '78 getting ready to putt say something to Phil.

There are three teams tied for the lead at -23

Condoleezza Rice '75 and her professional playing partner Jason Bohn had a great third round scored of 64 -- but, they ended up at -13, four shots below the cut line.

Veihmeyer is in for a pretty special day.  His playing partner Phil Mickelson -- just happens to be leading the professional tournament.  So John will be playing in the last group on Sunday at a PGA Tour event -- WOW!!!

FYI: John is the Global Chairman of KPMG -- Mickelson's long-time sponsor...

Jimmy will be playing in a foursome with his playing partner Patrick Reed and two other PGA Tour players Kevin Streelman and Tyler Aldridge.  I wouldn't be surprised if Dunne beats one of them straight up -- last year Jimmy carded a 69 at Pebble Beach in this tournament.

TV COVERAGE begins:

• Golf Channel:  1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET 
• CBS:  3:00 PM ET to 6:30 PM ET

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Mike Brey Talks Big Win Over #13 Louisville