NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH RUMORS & GOSSIP
Notre Dame gets another year for Scott Martin
Notre Dame was unable to get a sixth year of eligibility out of the NCAA for their oft-injured star Tim Abromaitis, but they were able to get the same situation approved for forward Scott Martin (Valparaiso, Ind.). The Purdue transfer will return to play for the Irish in 2012-13.
Martin, who averaged 9.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in helping lead the Irish to a 22-12 record...
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15 days ago
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Irish's Scott Martin getting 6th season
Notre Dame forward Scott Martin has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA and will play again for the Irish next season.
Martin, who averaged 9.5 points last season as the Irish went 22-12, transferred to Notre Dame in June of 2008 following his freshman year at Purdue. After sitting out the 2008-09 season as a transfer, Martin missed the entire 2009-10 season with...
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15 days ago
Abromaitis loses bid for 6th year at Notre Dame
The NCAA has turned down Notre Dame star Tim Abromaitis' request for a sixth year of eligibility.
The school confirmed the decision Wednesday and said there were no plans to appeal.
Abromaitis was lost for the season Nov. 25 when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during practice. The 6-foot-8 fifth-year senior had played in two games.
Abromaitis averaged...
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25 days ago
Dragicevich leaves Notre Dame for other opportunities
By Anthony Caruso III
The Capital Sports Report
Owner/Managing Editor/Sr. Writer
Alex Dragicevich has decided to leave the Fighting Irish men’s basketball team.
Dragicevich, a sophomore, will be transferring to another school and has been released from his scholarship. Irish head coach Mike Brey said he was sorry to see Dragicevich go.
In addition, Brey said he supported...
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March 28, 2012
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March 28, 2012
Dragicevich to transfer from Irish
Sophomore Alex Dragicevich is transferring from Notre Dame.
The 6-foot-7 Dragicevich averaged 6.6 points in 34 games this season. The backup guard shot 39 percent from the field and 34 percent on 3-pointers. He scored in double figures seven times this season, including a career-high 22 points in a victory over Pitt in December.
Dragicevich, from Northbrook, Ill., averaged 5.2...
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March 27, 2012
No. 23 Notre Dame overcomes 20-point deficit to beat Villanova
Pat Connaughton scored 21 points, Jack Cooley had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 23 Notre Dame erased a 20-point deficit in a 74-70 overtime victory over Villanova on Saturday.
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February 18, 2012
Cooley Leads Notre Dame Past West Virginia, 55-51
Jack Cooley had a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead Notre Dame to a 55-51 win over West Virginia on Wednesday night.
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February 08, 2012
Connaughton, Notre Dame top No. 15 Marquette
Freshman Pat Connaughton had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Notre Dame made 11 3-pointers and beat No. 15 Marquette 76-59 Saturday.
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February 04, 2012
Notre Dame Basketball: Is Jack Cooley Finally Putting It All Together?
When Jack Cooley first stepped on campus in South Bend, many were shocked by Cooley’s shocking resemblance to former Irish great Luke Harangody. Cooley may look like Harangody, but his college game has been no where closer to the now Cleveland Cavalier.
Harangody will long go down as one of the greatest basketball players in Notre Dame history. In his four seasons in an Irish...
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December 13, 2011
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December 13, 2011
Tim Abromaitis Season-Ending Injury A Killer to Notre Dame’s Postseason Prospects
Already reeling after two straight losses, the Notre Dame basketball program got some more bad news on Friday when the school revealed that fifth-year senior and team captain Tim Abromaitis will miss the remainder of the 2011-2012 season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
The injury to Abromaitis took place on a morning team practice on Friday. Before the injury...
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November 26, 2011
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November 26, 2011
MAN DOWN
ND loses star forward for season
Notre Dame star forward Tim Abromaitis is done for the season after injuring his knee in practice. He averaged over 15 points per game last season.
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November 25, 2011
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November 25, 2011
Atkins Leads Notre Dame To 80-67 Victory Over MVSU
Eric Atkins scored a career-high 27 points as Notre Dame held off visiting Mississippi Valley State 80-67 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday. Atkins was 6 for 7 from the floor and 12 for 12 from the free-throw line, and contributed six assists and four rebounds.
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November 12, 2011
Notre Dame Will Be Tim Abromaitis’ Team This Season
Notre Dame basketball had an unexpected breakthrough season last year, even though it ended very poorly. They had the second best record in the Big East and were just one Big East tournament win away from probably securing a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Of course, there was the disaster upset to #10 seed Florida State very close to home at Chicago’s United Center. Still...
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November 03, 2011
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November 03, 2011
Notre Dame hoops counting on big man Cooley
Junior big man hopes better conditioning will keep him on court longerSOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Notre Dame basketball conditioning test requires players to run the length of the court four times in 22 seconds, and to repeat that 22 times. And for two years, Jack Cooley called a timeout around the 17th round of sprints, a breathtaking effort in all the wrong ways.
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October 26, 2011
SURFIN' U.S.A.
Mike Brey crowd surfs at Irish pep rally
The Notre Dame-USC game didn’t go the way the Irish football team had hoped. However, the mood before the game was quite electric. Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey took advantage of a pep rally to get students to come to a future Irish home basketball game. Brey was so fired up that he decided he wanted to try his hand at crowd surfing.
The emotion that Brey shows is...
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October 24, 2011
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October 24, 2011
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