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Joseph Monardo | Friday, February 28, 2014
Notre Dame hosts its final regular-season contest of the season Saturday in what will be the last game in Purcell Pavilion for a quartet of Irish players. Senior guard Eric Atkins, senior center Garrick Sherman, senior guard Patrick Crowley and graduate student forward Tom Knight will lead the Irish (15-14, 6-10 ACC) against a Pittsburgh
Joseph Monardo | Saturday, February 22, 2014
What was for most of the night a gritty performance from the Irish turned into a debacle in the final minutes and the most recent chapter in what has been a disappointing season for Notre Dame. Tied with the Irish with just more than 11 minutes to play, host Virginia embarked on a 25-point run
Joseph Monardo | Sunday, February 16, 2014
Irish junior guard/forward Pat Connaughton had spoken about Sunday’s game against Boston College as a sort of homecoming for himself. But come game time, the reality was Boston College would reserve the home-court advantage for itself against a Notre Dame team still seeking its first road win of the season. But Connaughton started off feeling
Joseph Monardo | Tuesday, February 11, 2014
It took a pair of overtimes, but Notre Dame secured the win over Clemson it seemed to have wrapped up 10 minutes earlier. Behind a double-double from sophomore forward Zach Auguste, the Irish (13-12, 4-8) secured the 68-64 victory for their second win in the last seven outings. “It felt like everybody was
Joseph Monardo | Monday, February 10, 2014
To “travel the world” is a grand sentiment, one common in the stated desires of teenagers, young adults and aimless middle-aged individuals. The statement is an acknowledgement of one’s own limited experience with foreign cities and cultures. From an individual perspective, the world can at times seem infinite. With the Winter Olympics bringing international diversity
Joseph Monardo | Monday, February 3, 2014
The Irish were looking to piece together a new winning streak to salvage their season, but the momentum from Saturday’s overtime victory over ACC bottom-feeder Boston College was not enough to propel Notre Dame past the country’s top team. Notre Dame (12-11, 3-7 ACC) threatened to pull off the road upset, but eventually fell to
Joseph Monardo | Friday, January 31, 2014
After dropping six of their last seven contests, the Irish look to break out of their slump Saturday when they host a Boston College squad in the midst of a similarly difficult season. Notre Dame (11-10, 2-6 ACC) committed a season-high 20 turnovers Tuesday in a 68-53 loss to Virginia on the way to its
Joseph Monardo | Monday, January 27, 2014
At about 9 p.m. on Dec. 21, things were looking pretty good for the Irish. By 9:30 on the same night, however, the outlook was decidedly less rosy. After blowing an eight-point lead in the final minute against then-No. 3 Ohio State in Madison Square Garden, things have only continued to get worse for the
Joseph Monardo | Saturday, January 25, 2014
Notre Dame’s most recent ACC contest followed the script that has become all too familiar on the road for the Irish. Down for most of the game, the Irish threatened to steal the decision in the final minutes before falling short, this time 65-58 to Wake Forest. Irish graduate student center Garrick Sherman made
Joseph Monardo | Tuesday, January 21, 2014
After securing a much-needed win Sunday and halting a three-game skid, Notre Dame will look to pull its conference record to .500 with a trip to Florida State tonight. The Irish (11-7, 2-3 ACC) defeated Virginia Tech, 70-63, in the Purcell Pavilion their last time out to improve to 2-1 in home-conference contests. Meanwhile, Notre