I’ll start this week’s blog with the same words as last week’s: that was fun. The Midwest Regional in Cleveland gave us one good game, one epic blowout and one that bordered on an all-time classic – and… Read More »
CLEVELAND, OH – For the first time since 1979, the Fighting Irish are going to the Elite Eight, as 2nd-seeded Notre Dame pulled away in the second half to defeat 7th-seeded Wichita State 81-70 in a Midwest regional semifinal. Sophomore guard Demetrius Jackson paced the Irish with 20 points. Pat Connaughton added sixteen… Read More »
CLEVELAND, OH – It’s possible to make the argument that Notre Dame basketball is in the midst of the best two-week stretch in its history – only a run to the program’s one and only Final Four in 1978 comes close. It all started in Greensboro, where the Irish beat… Read More »
Well, that was fun. We had quite the time in Louisville on Thursday, with three one-point games back-to-back-to-back – until Kentucky got involved and stopped the streak. Saturday didn’t have the same late drama, but it was still a ton of fun with my man John Sadak. Now it’s off to Cleveland… What… Read More »
This week’s AutoZone “In the Zone” College Basketball Player of the Week is Fred VanVleet. Westwood One NCAA Basketball host Jason Horowitz filed this report: “Wichita State doesn’t get to play Kansas often – it was 22 years since the in-state rivals had met before Sunday’s clash in Omaha –… Read More »