We weren’t officially supposed to tie a bow on the 2019-20 Notre Dame basketball season with everyone separated from each other, but that’s the reality of the world we’re living in. Typically, the year officially concludes when An Evening With Notre Dame Basketball is held on campus with every type of supporter imaginable in attendance. The latest edition would have happened Thursday in Rolfs Athletic Hall. Instead, Twitter was the forum for this year’s festivities.
The virtual fun began with some opening words from Mike Brey:
Coming to you right in the comfort of your own homes this year, @NDMikeBrey welcomes you to our 2019-20 ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น! pic.twitter.com/Gnxx6sZQno
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
From there, we got to the awards. We’ll let the tweets speak for themselves:
The stats speak for themselves ๐ @danegoodwin23 is this year's recipient of our ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ award!#GoIrishโ๏ธ https://t.co/4880h8o9Pc pic.twitter.com/Z5lQb3FX12
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
Fearless leaders. @rexpflueger and @Tempppp12 are this year's co-recipients of our ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐! ๐ https://t.co/mbaq7aquid pic.twitter.com/XPKyfXOgIO
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
Held us down on the defensive end.@JuwanDurham earned this year's๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ award! #GoIrish โ๏ธ https://t.co/KghBWhYwwn pic.twitter.com/ZtrrzLuoA8
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
That's our point guard ๐@PHubb_3 is bringing home our ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ award! https://t.co/FuFhvl2frR pic.twitter.com/ukZynK0DKk
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
The ultimate teammate.@NikolaDjogo does everything his team needs which makes him the clear choice for our ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ award โ https://t.co/FcOgokDgLJ pic.twitter.com/6JXSp8iw8T
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
When we needed him most, he always stepped up.
When the pressure was on, @natelaszewski always came through and that's why he's this year's recipient of the ๐ ๐ฅ. ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ award! https://t.co/wfrVm2SAxy pic.twitter.com/BkzMG163aE
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
When we needed him most, he always stepped up.
When the pressure was on, @natelaszewski always came through and that's why he's this year's recipient of the ๐ ๐ฅ. ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ award! https://t.co/wfrVm2SAxy pic.twitter.com/BkzMG163aE
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
During the night, we also got some parting words from Rex Pflueger and T.J. Gibbs.
A word to the #NDFamily from @Tempppp12 โ pic.twitter.com/ouQVGGcTJh
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
Oh yeah. We heard from John Mooney, too. He also got the biggest award of the night:
From the MVP himself, @jmoon32 โคต pic.twitter.com/odX0PKo6DF
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 9, 2020
Brey gave some parting words of his own, but we all know he’s not going anywhere (thankfully):
That's a wrap on ๐๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น โ thank you for being with us not only tonight but all season long!
Stay health, stay safe and as always, #GoIrish โ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/b9LK4pOHmt
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) April 10, 2020
Yeah, it would have been to see something more glamorous to send off this year’s Irish, but pomp and circumstance as we’ve come to know it must be on hold right now. Hopefully, by the time comes for the 2020-21 season to start, we’ll be back to normal to at least some degree. For now, stay safe so we can take a step back in the right direction.