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Irish Top St. John's on Senior Day; Wait for Big East Tourney

The Irish said goodbye to one of their more storied senior classes on Friday night and the team responded well with a 74-55 over St. John's.  St. John's, a team that upset the Irish back in early January, never was able to get into the game.  The senior quartet combined for 32 points on the night, with Ryan Ayers having another stellar game with 15 points on 5 of 8 shooting.  Junior Luke Harangody was the hot hand once again for the Irish, finishing with 31 points and 12 rebounds in his last regular season shot at Big East/NCAA postseason honors.  The Irish are looking forward to Tuesday when they face Rutgers in the first round of the tournament.  That game can be found on the Big East website, as it is not nationally televised.  The Irish are waiting on some Saturday Big East games to finalize the tournament field and there are a number of possibilities for the Irish.  We'll have more on the Big East bracket when it is finalized.

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Notre_dame_logo_medium_mediumI don't know what exactly Mike Brey is basing this off on, but here is his projection for how the team needs to play in order to get to the NCAA Tournament (from the South Bend Tribune):

Irish coach Mike Brey is adamant that two wins next week at the Big East tournament returns his team back in the discussion for an at-large NCAA tournament bid. Three wins, he believes, will make it interesting. Four, he said, and it's "over baby."

I have a different outlook on it.  I think the Irish need to win 4 to get back into the discussion and win all of the games to be a lock.  That is what an 8-10 record in your conference will get you.

Notre_dame_logo_medium_mediumLuke Harangody had his 21st double-double of the season and his 46th double-double of his career.  Hopefully we'll get the opportunity to say goodbye to him at senior night in a year's time.

Notre_dame_logo_medium_mediumThe Irish will finish 10th in the Big East standing after being picked 4th in the Big East preseason poll by the coaches.

Notre_dame_logo_medium_mediumKyle McAlarney only finished with 8 points for the night but recorded his 108th 3-pointer of the season, which ties his program record from last year.  Ryan Ayers made 81 3-pointers this season, good for 10th all-time.  Ayers' 3-pointers accounted for 67% of his made shots for the season.  I am actually surprised that is not even higher.

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we'll lose the big east Tourney

big-time. Juts my opinion. But we’re not coming back into any March Madness discussion.

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