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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Location: South Bend, Ind. | Founded: 1842 | Enrollment: 11,311 | Colors: Blue and Gold
Coach: Mike Brey | Home Court: Joyce Center | Capacity: 11,418
Record: (17-7, 6-5 Big East)
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Fighting Irish report: Getting inside
 
Feb. 9, 2010
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Getting inside · Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel
 

 

Notre Dame is not going down without a fight.

Which may be why they are known as the Fighting Irish.

Notre Dame is making a push for an NCAA Tournament and while nothing is coming easily, they have won their last two games, easing the pain of an upset loss to Rutgers.

Coach Mike Brey told the South Bend Tribune that he felt his team needed to finish at 9-9 "to be in the discussion" for a tournament bid. Even at 6-5 after beating South Florida on Feb. 7, the road is filled with land mines in the Big East.

A run to the tournament would center around All-American Luke Harangody, who is now a senior. The Irish would like to win for him and if they do win it will probably be because of him.

In beating Cincinnati on Feb. 4 he scored 37 points with 14 rebounds, a marked turnaround from the first game with the Bearcats this year when he hit only 5 of 20 shots and scored 17 points.

Against Cincinnati and against South Florida on Feb. 7, Notre Dame got tough with its inside game.

"We've been a little soft," Harangody said.

"We've had some intense practices," senior tri-captain Tory Jackson added before going out and scoring 18 with four assists against South Florida. "Guys have been getting after each other. Guys got hurt more in practice than we did in games."

It is that intensity that Brey hopes to build upon down the stretch run toward the tournament.

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jravasio23
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Key Stretch after treading water
As this year's Irish squad fights through the Big East schedule, the upcoming 3 games are critical.  Everyone points to the big games, the marquees, road trips at Nova and UConn, and top ten matchups.  Yes, those are great opportunities.  But, as we learned last year with an 8-10 league finish, it's the winnable games that you HAVE to get.  We've just completed a rough stretch ...(more)
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yosemikesam
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eating leather consistently while others watch
ND continues to try to take it to the basket weakly against shot blockers and get it rejected 99% of the time. Dejuan Blair showed us how to take it strong to the basket against 7 footers like Thabeet last year and he is only 6'6" tall. You have to keep them off-balance by keeping your body on them and not let them get their feet set so they can elevate and stretch out to get a paw on th ...(more)
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Gizmonot
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Syracuse Game
I like the teams effort but they continue to get man handled on the boards. Ben H is ok but he doesn't have much ability. He doen't make mistakes but he doesn't create a whole lot either. Scott is too weak to go up against most of the big men in the Big East. Here is who I would start. This probably wouldn't help. Brey really needs to recruit some rebounders.

PG  Tory Jackson
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yosemikesam
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Important road trip to Villanova and Rutgers.
 If the irish want to be considered for an at-large bid this year they need to at least get a split this week. A win at Rutgers would help them get to that 20 win plateau which would go a long way to securing a bid. A win at Villanova would be fantastic but unlikely. The irish only need 5 more wins to get to 20 for the season and I think that would keep them from having to settle for a&n ...(more)
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Harangody
I guess today against Cincy Luke felt he was the only one who should be shooting. When he left in the second half around the 5 minute mark we came down and moved the ball and scored on both possesions. Whenever Harangody gets the ball he thinks one thing, SHOOT!!!  He would be so much more dynamic if he would ever pass out of the double and triple teams, but he constantly tries to get the sho ...(more)
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yosemikesam
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7-man rotation?
Coach, what are you doing to your players? Didn't we learn anything from last year? This is how you blow 22 point leads. WVU played 11 guys and we played 7. I refuse to believe we cannot sub 4 or 5 guys at some point off the bench during a game even without Carleton Scott. These freshmen have contributed when asked as well as others. Don't make these young men so tired at the end of the game that ...(more)
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Conference Vote-Off

There are several "Vote-Offs" going on over on the NCAA Basketball Message Board. We want to make sure everyone who wants to , has a change to join in the fun.

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yosemikesam
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1st big east road win at USF
Any win on the road in the big east is a good win. Also this was the 1st true road win as the chicago tourney against St. Louis was a neutral court site. Big 3 game stretch coming up and we will get a good guage of where we stand against the upper echelon of the conference. Could be a make or break portion of the schedule in terms of team confidence. 
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devinewv
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Worst case of home cooking I have ever seen
Notre Dame, you should not be proud of tonights effort, when your team shoots like 24 foul shots compared to WVU's 4, what a joke of a game.  Can't wait to see this team on our court and only hope that you get treated the same.  Pitiful and everything that is wrong with college sports today.
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Merry Christmas Fighting Irish
To all Fighting Irish,

May the New Year bring success, happiness, prosperity, and joy.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
(insert alternate greetings as applicable)
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midnite24
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December 4, 2009 9:19 pm
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How Good is this team?
Just curious  on how good a team people think the Irish are. I actually thought they would be undefeated at this point, but they have looked Sluggish at times and haven'e put away some of the weak teams they have played. Gody is one of the best and Hanbrough has looked good for the most part, but i thought we'd see more out of T Jackson. They'll really need to step it up when Conference play ...(more)
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Tory Jackson should not shoot!
Tory is a good ball handler but he should not be allowed to shoot the rest of the year.  The Irish have scorers and he is not one of them.  Let anyone else shoot.  Over four years he has proven he is not a shooter.  Keep passing Tory and the team could be good.  His shots will keep losing games.
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jthunders
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10-0
looking at their pre-Big East schedule, the Irish absolutley must be 10-0 when UCLA visits South Bend Dec. 19.otherwise, it's going to be a struggle getting back to the tournament...
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Notre Dame Season Preview
http://sportstoliveby.blogspot.com/
2009/11/notre-dame-fighting-irish-b
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This one's in under the wire with your tipoff in 29 minutes.  It probably isn't as well put together as the others.  But here's my Notre Dame preview.  Enjo ...(more)
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Harangody Coming Back

As a Notre Dame fan, I'm excited about Luke coming back.  As a bsketball fan, I can't understand the lack of interest by NBA teams.  The guy has performed against good talent in the Big East and more than held his own against the likes of Thabeet and Blair.  I look at the mock drafts and see guys like Heytveldt and no Harangody.  Luke can eat Heytveldt's lunch!  Come on ...(more)

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