Follow along as Senior Sports Writers Douglas Farmer and Eric Prister watch Notre Dame prevail in a terribly sloppy Big East tournament quarterfinal game.
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Lee will headline a major boxing event Sept. 16 at Notre Dame
CARSON, Calif. – Three-time Bengal Bouts champion Mike Lee dominated yet another fight Saturday night with a third-round knockout victory over Michael Birthmark at the Home Depot Center.
Fighting on the undercard of the World Lightweight Championship between Urbano Antillon and Brandon Rios, Lee (6-0-0) recorded his fourth career knockout with a powerful right jab that sent his opponent to the floor for the third and final time.
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Follow along as Observer beat writers Chris Masoud and Andrew Owens blog live from Notre Dame Stadium at the 82nd annual Blue-Gold Game.
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Notre Dame may be in enemy territory for its Frozen Four game against Minnesota-Duluth in Saint Paul,Minn., but the Irish hockey nation is alive and well here in the North Star State
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Observer sports writers Laura Myers, Chris Masoud, Meaghan Veselik, and Andrew Owens blogged live throughout Notre Dame's heartbreaking 76-70 loss to Texas A&M in the national championship game.
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Five of the eight games in the Dayton region have taken place today, with Notre Dame-Utah, which begins in half an hour, the last until tomorrow. Here at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, No. 7-seed Temple just finished off No. 10 Arizona State 63-45.
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Notre Dame 69, Akron 56
Second-seeded Notre Dame rode 15 points from senior guard Ben Hansbrough and 14 more from fourth-year forward Tim Abromaitis to a 69-56 victory over No. 15-seed Akron Friday.
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It is obscenely early in the morning and I'm sitting at the Cleveland airport, drinking coffee and waiting for a plane to whisk me away to sunny, exotic Utah. I'm also thinking about the Dayton region of the tournament.
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Predicting what happens in the NCAA tournament is a silly exercise. But we're going to try it anyway. Disclaimer: We're a little biased towards Notre Dame. Still investigating the source of said leanings.
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Sans research or even second thoughts
As soon as CBS announced Duke as the fourth No. 1-seed in this year's NCAA tournament, the primary question for Notre Dame fans became, which No. 1-seed would the Irish be paired with?
The answer: Kansas – quite possibly the last of the four most Notre Dame fans wanted to see.
But, perhaps the regional is still tilted in favor of the Irish
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If any Notre Dame fans are having trouble believing the Irish could be a legitimate national championship contender, don't take it from me:
"At this moment, give me Ohio State, Duke, Notre Dame and Kansas State to reach the Final Four, with the Fighting Irish winning it all.
And I can't believe I just typed that sentence.
But I'll stick with it at least until tomorrow morning."
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Douglas Farmer, with a brief appearance from Eric Prister, keeps up with Notre Dame's 83-77 overtime loss to Louisville in the Big East semifinals Friday night.
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With only 5.1 seconds remaining in the 2001 Big East championship game, Connecticut legend Sue Bird caught the inbounds pass, traveled down the length of the floor and hit a buzzer-beating jumper to lift the No. 2 Huskies over No. 1 Notre Dame to win the conference title.
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Irish senior forward and leader Becca Bruszewski had to exit last night's 71-67 victory over No. 9 DePaul with just under four minutes remaining after taking a hard hit to her ribs. She was unable to reenter the game.
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The quest for an elusive Big East tournament championship, a feat that has evaded Notre Dame (24-6, 13-3 Big East) throughout its membership in the conference, begins tonight against Louisville (20-11, 10-6).
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The Big East quarterfinals are underway, with four games to be played today, including No. 3 seed Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame will meet Duke on Feb. 20 to start 2011 campaign
In exactly two months, No. 7 Notre Dame will get its shot at revenge when it takes on No. 4 Duke in the 2011 season opener on Feb. 20
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Notre Dame used a late goal from an unilkely source to top the Buckeyes 1-0 and advanced to the NCAA National Championship.
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No. 3/4 Notre Dame defeated No.8/9 Santa Clara Friday night. The 1-0 victory brought the Irish record to a perfect 3-0. Read through the live analysis and updates sports writers Chris Masoud and Allan Joseph provided throughout the top-ten clash.
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Duke defeated unseeded Notre Dame, 6-5, for the NCAA Title in an overtime heartbreaker on May 31.
Reporter Allan Joseph spoke to Irish coach Kevin Corrigan about the loss and where it leaves the Irish lacrosse program following the whirlwind 2010 season.
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