ND Women's Basketball: Simply business
The Irish weren't about to get caught looking ahead. Lindsay Schrader made sure of it.
The Irish weren't about to get caught looking ahead. Lindsay Schrader made sure of it.
Brian Kelly began to fill out the Notre Dame assistant coaching staff over the winter break, hiring five coaches and retaining one from the previous administration.
The Irish weren't about to get caught looking ahead. Lindsay Schrader made sure of it.
Irish sophomore receiver Michael Floyd received a citation for underage drinking after his involvement in a fight in Minneapolis on Jan. 8, according to police reports and the Chicago Tribune.
Semester break brought Notre Dame both a Shillelagh Tournament title as well as a fall to seventh-place in conference standings.
One word emanated from the players and resonated throughout the Guglielmino Athletics Complex Friday afternoon.
Notre Dame message boards have been a free-for-all for the past month, and perhaps none more than ND Nation — the final destination for disgruntled and often boisterous Irish fans to voice their opinions, especially in times of coaching transition. And with Friday's formal announcement that Brian Kelly would man the Notre Dame sidelines next year, the boards went haywire.
Charlie Weis is gone, Brian Kelly is here, but there are two groups of assistants and coordinators whose job situation remains uncertain.
Within minutes of news breaking that Brian Kelly would become Notre Dame's 29th football coach, students started talking about how the former Cincinnati coach represents a new hope for the Irish.
Brian Kelly comes to Notre Dame with more collegiate accolades and achievements than any other Notre Dame coach in recent history — at least in the last decade.
After weeks of rumors and speculation, Brian Kelly was officially introduced as Notre Dame's 29th head coach Friday.
Notre Dame will be home for Christmas — for the most part, anyway.
Ten days after the announcement of the dismissal of Charlie Weis, and still no one knows who will be Notre Dame's next coach. What is clear now, however, is that Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick and the Irish have only two possible results left in their search: Brian Kelly or bust.
Coming off of their first conference win, the Belles travel to Calvin today to take on the No. 19 Knights in the second MIAA match of the season. Saint Mary's defeated Calvin in each of the three contests between the two last season for the first time in school history. Saint Mary's (4-2, 1-0 MIAA) recently defeated conference foe Trine in its season opener Saturday.
Junior forward Becca Bruszewski led five Irish scorers in double figures with 18 points as No. 3/4 Notre Dame easily dispatched of IPFW 96-60 Tuesday at Purcell Pavilion.
Although expectations have never been high for the Belles, the team's core of young talent may lead the squad to its best ever finish in the MIAA. The team has never placed better than fifth overall, a pattern Belles coach Alicia Dombkowski would like to change this season.
Notre Dame will look to improve on its best start since the 2006-07 season and win its fourth game in a row when they take on IUPUI tonight in the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center.
The No. 5 Irish will play host to a struggling Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne team tonight at 7 in the Purcell Pavilion amid hopes that Notre Dame will be able to extend its winning streak to eight.
Despite not being shut out until this past weekend, Notre Dame's offense is the main culprit in the Irish (7-7-4, 4-4-4-2 CCHA) stumbling to a .500 record halfway through the season.
This was the right decision for Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate. It wasn't an easy one, and as these guys walk around campus over the next few days, they'll probably realize it wasn't a popular one. But it was the right one.