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Good News!

A surgeon walked into a hospital waiting room to meet with his patient’s family. “I have good news,” said the doctor. “All but one of your father’s organs are healthy enough to be transplanted into other patients.” Similarly, all but one of the Notre Dame basketball teams we saw throughout the 2015-16 season is good…

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Trust The Process

The final home game is a time for many things – time to honor the seniors and their families, time to thank the fans, time to make a final push in the conference standings, and time to reflect… time to reflect on the season’s goals and re-dedicate to achieving them, time to reflect on the…

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What Went Wrong?

Two weeks ago, Fighting Irish fans were excited about an eight day span that included home victories over North Carolina and Louisville and a road win at Clemson. A free pass to the ACC Tournament quarter-finals seemed certain, and Head Coach Mike Brey talked about finishing in first place for the regular season. Notre Dame…

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Very Interesting

On February 5th, Notre Dame had 15 wins and 7 losses, 6 wins and 4 losses in the ACC. It wasn’t a bad season at that point. There was a reasonable path to the NCAA tournament, but there was work to do; and if the Irish could eliminate some repeating failures from the early part…

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The Voices Are Back

The voices have returned. So far they are asking questions instead of commanding me to do their bidding. What is the appropriate response when an opponent runs to a 15 point lead? In Purcell Pavillion, it’s DanceCam. Is there a number of opponent losses that makes rushing the court inappropriate? I’m sure there is, and…

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