@PaulPabst Once had a neighborhood mom tweet about her daughter's team that they were "all GOATs" which is bad enough, except it was after they finished 4th in a tournament so they weren't even the GOAT team...
@TomZwiller@irishillustratd season long struggles not having a true playmaker caught up to them. could mask it with dodging, speed and 1 on 1 play, but can’t today. FOGO struggles and not winning ground balls killing them. Defense not playing as stellar as usual. Ricciardelli is lights out but not enough.
Was not ready for Eric Church to deliver the best commencement speech I’ve ever heard.
Six guitar strings. Six pillars of a life.
Faith. Family. Spouse. Ambition. Community. You.
Tune them when you’re whole, not just when you’re broken.
Watch the whole thing.
All 11 defensive starters from Ohio State's CFP title game win over Notre Dame, 15 months later, have become NFL draft picks, none going lower than the fifth round. And that doesn't count Arvell Reese, who was rotating in as a backup.
#NFLU
The final averages for Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo from one of the best seasons not just in Fighting Irish program history but in the history of the sport:
25.3 points
6.9 rebounds
5.6 steals
5.2 assists
She's the only player this century to average 25/5/5/5.
Special.
In the last 30 seasons, there have been three NCAA Tournament games (men's or women's) where a player has recorded 20+ points, 8+ rebounds & 8+ steals.
@HannahHidalgo has all three ... this year.
(via @OptaSTATS)
Over the last 30 seasons, there have been two NCAA Tournament (women's or men's) or NBA/WNBA playoff games in which a player recorded at least 20 points, eight rebounds and eight steals.
They were both by Hannah Hidalgo in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
@HoltzHeroes We had a class together as Freshman. One day I came to class after injuring my hamstring in a semifinal dorm hoops game. Ray said he would help me play in the final. Ray was stuck after practice treating an injury. Came to the Rock & taped me up himself to play. Phenomenal dude.
Notre Dame women’s basketball has 77 all-time NCAA Tournament wins. Niele Ivey has been with the Irish for 70 of them. Carol Owens for 72. Michaela Mabrey for 26. Charel Allen for 12. Carlos Knox for six.
Elite coaching staff.
Not once, but twice! 🌎
Arike Ogunbowale followed up her game winner against UConn with another to win the national title against Mississippi State, forever cementing her place in history 🤩
#WFinalFour
@irishillustratd How can there not be one for when Mentock pronounces it "Eck-specially", eckspecially when it seems to be his favorite word and used in every other sentence?