Everything you need to know about Notre Dame’s 76-58 loss to Iowa State in its NCAA Tournament opener can be summarized in the final 5.2 Seconds of the first half. The Irish played a terrible first half thanks primarily to 14 turnovers that began with their first possession. Nevertheless, Jack Cooley grabbed an offensive rebound…
I’ve lived in the Chicagoland area for most of my life, and the lessons of my sports formative years not imparted by Notre Dame came from there. Growing up, I watched Walter Payton run for the Bears, Carlton Fisk catch for the Sox, and Denis Savard and Jeremy Roenick skate for the Hawks. I’m led…
How Notre Dame would exit the NCAA Tournament has been more predictable than when it would exit even though when has been awfully consistent over the last decade. The blueprint was always established during the regular season. Take, for example, the 2010-11 team that was the #2 seed in the Southwest region. The Irish entered…
We knew Notre Dame would be in the NCAA Tournament field. It was only a matter of who, where, and when the Irish would play. The answers are, in order, Iowa State, Dayton, and approximately 9:45 PM EDT on Friday. If the Irish are fortunate enough to win Friday evening, they will play the winner…
If I have learned nothing else about the 2012-13 Fighting Irish basketball team, I know to let them play through bad starts. They scored only 11 points in the first 13 minutes vs. Cincinnati in the conference opener before winning the road game by 6. They played poorly and trailed halftime vs. USF in Tampa…