Basketball

Celebrating Our Own Success

It doesn’t feel like 40 years since Dwight Clay’s shot ended UCLA’s record 88-game winning streak and propelled Notre Dame basketball to the #1 ranking. But the calendar says it’s so, and Sunday afternoon at Purcell Pavilion, then Irish head coach Richard “Digger” Phelps was inducted into Notre Dame basketball’s Ring of Honor as the…

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Three Moments to Remember

Mike Brey and his Fighting Irish kicked off ACC play in memorable fashion, taking down seventh-ranked Duke 79-77. These three moments were punctuation marks in the victory, only the fourth in ND’s series against the Blue Devils, and are brought to you by the ACC Network. Tom Knight finishes an in-bounds play with a dunk…

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Getting Ready for the ACC

The ACC Digital Network continues its Countdown to Tipoff series with men’s basketball head coach Mike Brey, who talks about his expectations for the Fighting Irish as they get ready for their inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Bad Boys

Eric Atkins and Jerian Grant seem to have no problems acclimating themselves to the ACC. Watch the Irish backcourt duo offer their video rendition of “Bad Boys” while they dress the part for the Digital ACC Network, and be sure to check out the ACCDN site for a growing list of ND-related content as the…

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A Question of Priorities

Like most of you, the announcement yesterday of potential expansion / upgrade plans for Notre Dame Stadium caught me a bit by surprise. Given the efforts of our own NDRoman21 to do the same thing, it certainly wasn’t a foreign concept, but the desire to do something concrete certainly came out of the blue. There’s…

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