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From the Archives: Muffet McGraw’s March Madness successes at Notre Dame

Thomas Dobbs | Monday, April 3, 2023

From hiring to hoisting the trophy: Muffet McGraw’s March Madness successes at Notre Dame  August 27, 1987 | Observer Staff | April 2, 1997 | Joe Cavato | March 17, 1998 | Bill Hart |  April 2, 2001 | Andrew Soukup | Researched by Thomas Dobbs As Notre Dame women’s basketball team returned to the

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Irish fall to Terrapins in Sweet Sixteen

Olivia Schatz | Saturday, March 25, 2023

The Fighting Irish traveled to Greenville, South Carolina to take on the second-seeded Terrapins. After a season plagued with injuries, the Irish were determined to prove their worth. However, it was Maryland who would ultimately pull ahead and win 76-59. The Terrapins got out on an early lead, with a 5-0 run. Junior forward Maddy

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Irish ready for high-stakes rematch against Maryland in Sweet 16

Andrew McGuinness | Friday, March 24, 2023

Triumph was in the air Sunday afternoon after the final buzzer sounded. Notre Dame had not only just knocked off Mississippi State in a 53-48 nail-biter to reach their second straight Sweet 16, but also chalked up yet another victory at Purcell Pavilion. Winning in South Bend has almost felt like a guarantee ever since

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One convincing, one close victory bring Irish to Sweet 16

Andrew McGuinness | Tuesday, March 21, 2023

One year ago, Notre Dame women’s basketball suffered a heartbreaking loss in the Sweet 16. The Irish literally and figuratively threw away their chances at reaching the Elite Eight with a last-second turnover that sealed a 66-63 loss to North Carolina State. It was the type of loss that sits with a team long after

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NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament primer: Upsets, dark horses and title picks

Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is generally less prone to upsets than the men’s tournament. But as the depth and talent in the field increase the parity of the event, upsets are beginning to happen with more frequency. Just last year, four teams sitting on the 11 and 12-seed lines won their opening game. Two

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Thomas: NCAAB power-6 conference tournament picks

Aidan Thomas | Tuesday, March 7, 2023

With the start the women’s basketball conference tournaments last weekend, March Madness entered full swing. Prior to spring break, it’s time for my Annual Extremely Accurate Definitely Won’t Be Wrong March Madness Predictions (trademark pending). Let’s start with a look at the Power-6 conference tournament brackets, where teams seek conference glory, higher seeds or even

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Moller: Top 10 March Madness storylines

Nate Moller | Monday, April 4, 2022

With March Madness officially coming to an end with the National Championship between North Carolina and Kansas on Monday, it’s time to look back at the tournament and analyze the biggest surprises of the tournament. Here are the biggest surprises I took away from the tournament. 10. The collapse of the Big Ten (again) This

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A special thank you to our men’s basketball team

Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 28, 2022

To the Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Team: Coming into the year, nobody knew what the season was going to look like. Following a weird year without fans due to COVID, many people didn’t know what to expect. But as students, we were itching to pack Purcell to support you. What better way to start that

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Fresh off historic blowout, Irish prep for Sweet 16

J.J. Post | Friday, March 25, 2022

Notre Dame women’s basketball will play their first Sweet 16 game since 2019 on Saturday when they square off with the North Carolina State Wolfpack in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  The game is of no small significance for second-year head coach Niele Ivey and her young squad. The Irish are making sure to both enjoy the experience

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Kalemkerian: Avenging my busted bracket

John Kalemkerian | Thursday, March 24, 2022

After the agony of busted brackets and our men’s team making a bittersweet exit from the tournament on Sunday night, we have a moment to catch our collective breath before the Sweet 16 starts…today! After three long days off, the shrunken field will battle it out through both rounds this weekend to claim the coveted

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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