By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor It was a foregone conclusion after the SEC Championship Game on Saturday, but it became official Sunday night as No. 1 Notre Dame will meet No. 2 Alabama for the BCS National Championship Game Jan. 7, 2013, at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. Brian Kelly’s 12-0 Irish will be a decided underdog […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – With every defensive stop, Ball State appeared closer to beating Butler for a second straight year. There was an unexpected twist. A sophomore walk-on helped the Bulldogs avenge last December’s loss, and then some. Alex Barlow played 18 minutes in the second half and sparked a 26-4 run […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent How strong is the Atlantic 10? The conference placed 12 teams in the top 100 of the latest KenPom.com ratings. Only the Big East (13) had as many. The A-10 still does not have a team ranked in the AP Top 25 or USA Today Coaches Poll. With such overall quality, […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor NOTRE DAME, Ind. ” The way things are going for Notre Dame these days, it’s surprising someone with Irish ties didn’t win the mega-jackpot in last night’s Powerball drawing. Perhaps the two winners do indeed have Notre Dame ties, but they haven’t come forward yet. You’d have to have […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame has a huge test Thursday night. The Irish, 6-1 overall, entertain the defending national champions in John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats in the second annual SEC/BIG EAST Challenge. The game will tip at 7 p.m. and be televised by ESPN2. It goes without saying that this is a […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS” Roosevelt Jones gathered the opening tip and lobbed to Khyle Marshall for a crowd-pleasing jam. The rest of the night came nearly as easily for Butler. Marshall and Rotnei Clarke scored 19 points apiece to lead the Bulldogs to a 97-73 rout of Division III Hanover on Tuesday. Butler […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor We don’t know a whole lot about Mike Brey’s veteran Fighting Irish basketball team seven games into the season. Other than its a team that would be undefeated if it weren’t for a late second-half meltdown against St. Joseph’s in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, we simply don’t know […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As North Carolina prepares to play IU tonight in Assembly in one of the biggest games of the young college basketball season, you have to wonder if we’ll see the Tar Heels more frequently in Big Ten country in the very near future. There’s plenty of legit talk circulating […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame continued to pad its record by beating lesser competition on Saturday afternoon, but give the Irish a break teams get fat on cupcakes this time of the year. The latest cupcake the Irish consumed was Saint Francis of Pennsylvania. Notre Dame improved to 5-1 on the season […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame did what no one thought it could. It finished the football season undefeated thanks to a 22-13 win at USC Saturday night. Yes, the top-ranked Irish, who began the season unranked and ended it 12-0 for the first time since 1988, are relevant once again. So relevant […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Atlantic 10 is popping open eyeballs nationwide after a week of upsetting ranked teams. Butler mostly pummeled North Carolina. VCU toppled Memphis on Thanksgiving. And Saint Joseph’s knocked off Notre Dame. Late on Black Friday, despite an upper-tier as stuffed as a kitchen fridge with leftovers, it’s time for […]
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