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Elizabeth Greason | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
No. 3 Notre Dame’s seven-game road trip is officially in full swing, as the Irish emerged victorious at the Gulf Coast Showcase after coming out on top in the tournament’s finale Sunday, which featured a marquee matchup against reigning national champion South Carolina. The Irish (6-0) began their trip to the final against East Tennessee
Alex Bender | Monday, September 4, 2017
With six games now under its belt, Notre Dame is getting into a rhythm, as it had encouraging weekend at the Notre Dame Invitational, suffering a close loss against No. 11 South Carolina on Friday before bouncing back in a big way Sunday to pick up the 4-1 win over Santa Clara. Friday evening, Notre Dame
Alex Carson | Monday, March 27, 2017
There was no “Cinderella” this year, right? No. 12 seed Middle Tennessee was a good contender, but the Blue Raiders fell out of the tournament in the second round. Princeton, also a No. 12 seed, had a shot to become a tournament darling, but its final-seconds shot to beat Notre Dame was off-target. Many had
Ryan Klaus | Friday, March 24, 2017
As college basketball dives into the second weekend of March Madness, I’m still having an tough time coming to terms with a small, yet undeniably significant, detail regarding the tournament’s first weekend, and specifically South Carolina, the team that pulled off arguably the most astonishing upset so far. While the seventh-seeded Gamecocks certainly deserve credit for
Benjamin Padanilam | Monday, March 21, 2016
For most teams, a 95-61 win in the first round of NCAA tournament is a great start in the pursuit of a national championship. Not for No.1 seed Notre Dame. Irish head coach Muffet McGraw said as much in her postgame press conference following Notre Dame’s win over North Carolina A&T: “I thought we played
Brett O'Connell | Thursday, October 15, 2015
Every so often you see an example of sport as a transcendent form of culture — an instance where the game surpasses its surface meaning as a simple competition. This past weekend, the LSU football program produced one such moment via its treatment of the situation surrounding its “away game” against South Carolina. For those of us who follow
Greg Hadley | Monday, April 6, 2015
TAMPA, Fla. — You may think you’ve seen this game before. Dec. 10, 2014. April 8, 2014. April 7, 2013. Every time, the same storyline and the same result. Despite a flurry of pregame hype, favored Connecticut defeats underdog Notre Dame by a comfortable margin. But while from the outside, the two teams might appear
Mary Green | Monday, April 6, 2015
TAMPA, Fla. — Down by one with five seconds left, South Carolina’s Tiffany Mitchell dribbled out to the left wing and took a step outside the arc. Jewell Loyd and Hannah Huffman trapped her back with a double-team, just like the Irish had planned. Mitchell fired the throw, and the ball met Huffman’s extended right
Greg Hadley | Monday, April 6, 2015
TAMPA, Fla. — Her defensive stat line is hardly overwhelming: 0.2 blocks, 0.8 steals, 1.03 defensive rebounds per game. She has never started a game for Notre Dame, and she saw the court for just five minutes Sunday night. But when it came down to it, Irish head coach Muffet McGraw called Hannah Huffman’s name
Mary Green | Monday, April 6, 2015
TAMPA, Fla. — The bench made the difference in Sunday’s game, but it wasn’t the bench we thought would come up more. Before tip-off, we thought No. 1 seed South Carolina’s reserves might be the X-factor — after all, they accounted for 48.7 percent of the team’s points throughout the season and outscored the starters