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Micah Shrewsberry: Notre Dame showed ‘immaturity’ vs. North Dakota

Was he in the right to say these things?

Although Notre Dame barely trailed while beating North Dakota by 17, the game’s direction wasn’t made clear until early in the second half. Before that, the Irish let the Hawks hang around, and [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] didn’t hide his disappointment for that in his postgame news conference.

Shrewsberry said in his opening statement that the maturity the Irish displayed in their blowout win over Georgetown was replaced with “a lot of immaturity” against the Hawks.

Shrewsberry called out his team’s preparation and expressed dissatisfaction for their rebounding. Indeed, the Hawks won the offensive rebounding battle, 14-7, and ultimately outrebounded the Irish, 38-36. Six of the Hawks’ offensive rebounds came from Eli King.

In the Irish’s defense, they had little preparation time ahead of this game between traveling, a day off and classes earlier in the day. But Shrewsberry said such circumstances “can’t be an excuse” in college basketball. He promised a better showing for Friday’s game against Elon.

You can view Shrewsberry’s news conference in full here starting at 8:01 after words from [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] and [autotag]Julian Roper II[/autotag], two of the stars in this game:

Here’s hoping Shrewsberry won’t have to say these things after a win again.

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Notre Dame men’s basketball cruises over North Dakota to move to 4-0

Let’s keep this perfection train going.

The Notre Dame men’s basketball is as off to as good a start as it could have asked for. North Dakota put up a little more of a fight than Georgetown did in the Irish’s previous game, but it was not nearly enough. The Irish remain unblemished in this young season after a 75-58 victory.

While the Irish (4-0) led almost the entire game, the Hawks (2-2) hung around during the first half and were within five points early in the second. But that’s when the Irish took complete control via a 14-3 run and didn’t lead by less than 13 the rest of the way. Big baskets and timely defense were the main determining factors during that second half.

[autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] came within a basket of his career scoring high with 29 points, but he made a career-high 13 field goals. He also was one rebound short of a double-double and had a team-high three assists.

At 12 points, [autotag]J.R. Konieczny[/autotag] was the only other Irish player to score in double figures. [autotag]Julian Roper II[/autotag] set a career high with five steals.

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Notre Dame men’s basketball crushes Georgetown in Washington matinee

Terrific afternoon for the Irish.

Even with both teams in similar situation, the Notre Dame men’s basketball team’s game against Georgetown figured to be a real test. After all, the Irish frequently played the Hoyas when they were in the Big East, and this was their first opponent this season from a power conference.

Instead, the Irish came into Washington and did whatever they wanted on this Saturday afternoon en route to an 84-63 victory. It was easily their most complete game of the young season.

The Irish (3-0) went on a 13-0 run early in the first half and never looked back. Although the Hoyas (2-1) cut a 12-point Irish lead to four during that half, it proved to be a minor setback as more Irish runs would occur throughout the rest of the game. The offense was in sync throughout.

Not only did the Irish play tight defense, but they benefited from poor Hoyas shooting from the field at 31.4%. So it should come as no surprise that the Irish pulled away by shooting 59.3% from the floor:

[autotag]Matt Allocco[/autotag], who didn’t shoot a single field goal in the Irish’s win over Buffalo, scored 15 of his game-high 17 points in the first half, making four 3-pointers during that time. [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] scored 16 points, which included making all eight of his free throws, and [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag] flirted with a double-double with 13 points and eight rebounds.

[autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] added nine points, and Lehigh transfer [autotag]Burke Chebuhar [/autotag]scored nine off the bench by making all three of his 3-point attempts.

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Notre Dame opens six-game homestand with overtime loss to Georgetown

This one slipped away.

Notre Dame likely won’t have many more wins this season, so any close loss will feel like a missed opportunity. Beginning a six-game homestand against former Big East rival Georgetown, the Irish had a few opportunities for the game to end in their favor. Instead, it was the Hoyas celebrating a 72-68 victory in overtime.

A game in which both the Irish (4-6) and Hoyas (7-4) had earlier nine-point leads was tied at 60 in the final minute of the second half. [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] made a go-ahead layup with 8.7 seconds left, but that was enough time for Rowan Brumbaugh to make a basket with 1.2 seconds remaining.

Burton nearly made one of the most incredible buzzer beaters of all time from three-quarter court, but instead, free basketball was needed to decide this one:

An Ismael Massoud 3-pointer with 1:16 left put the Hoyas up, 70-68. Burton was fouled on the next possession but missed two free throws. The Irish made a defensive stop on the other end and called a timeout with nine seconds left to try and either tie or win the game.

Burton drove and dished out to [autotag]Kebba Njie[/autotag], whose game-winning 3-point attempt was blocked by Supreme Cook. [autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] was forced to foul Brumbaugh with 0.4 seconds on the clock, and Brumbaugh made two free throws to ice it for the Hoyas.

Drew Fielder came off the bench to lead the Hoyas with 16 points, most of which came on four 3-pointers. Brumbaugh scored 15 while making all six of his free throws, and Massoud had 13 points. Jay Heath and Dontrez Styles scored 10 points apiece

Burton was the game’s high scorer with 17 points despite making only six of 20 field-goal attempts. [autotag]J.R. Konieczny[/autotag] flirted with a double-double of 13 points and eight rebounds, and [autotag]Julian Roper II[/autotag] had a couple of highlight-reel moments while also scoring 13. Shrewsberry came off the bench to score 10.

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Micah Shrewsberry speaks after Notre Dame loss to Marquette

Here from the coach after the Irish were blown out.

MILWAUKEE – [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] knew Notre Dame had its work cut out for it against Marquette. That doesn’t make the Irish’s 78-59 road loss to the eighth-ranked team in the country any easier to take. While he certainly acknowledges that the Eagles are far and away better than the Irish, there has to be a feeling in the back of his mind that things could and should have gone better.

The competition doesn’t get any easier with former Big East foe Georgetown coming to South Bend right after final exams at Notre Dame are over. A little bit further out is the beginning of ACC play, and that’s when things really could get dicey. This game might have served as a dreary preview of what’s to come.

Fighting Irish Wire was on site for this game, and Shrewsberry spoke to the assembled media, which included other folks who cover the team regularly that made the trip to Milwaukee. Here is Shrewsberry’s opening statement and his answers to the two questions we asked him:

Rutgers set to face Georgetown in Gavitt Games

Rutgers basketball faces a big game on Wednesday against Georgetown.

On Wednesday night, Rutgers basketball will be looking to extend their winning streak to three games when they welcome Georgetown to Jersey Mike’s Arena. After losing to Princeton on opening night, Rutgers has recorded victories against Boston University and Bryant. However, they will be facing a Georgetown team eager to prove themselves.

Through two games, the Hoyas have posted a 1-1 record and struggled at times defensively. They will be tasked with stopping Rutgers stars Clifford Omuruyi and Aundre Hyatt, who are off to impressive starts. This game also has special meaning as it marks the beginning of the Gavitt Games.

 

Georgetown’s head coach, Ed Cooley, has been part of the Gavitt Game five times during his career and posted a 2-3 record. His only wins came over Wisconsin in 2021 and Illinois in 2015. As Cooley looks to add another Gavitt win to his resume, Georgetown will look to build on their past success against Rutgers.

In the all-time series, Georgetown holds a 29-16 edge. The Hoyas have also won 12 of the last 13 matchups between these two programs. However, this Rutgers team is eager to change the narrative.

So far this season, Rutgers is 2-0 at home and they are favored heading into this matchup. If the Scarlet Knights matchup continues to produce, it could be a long night for Georgetown.

Notre Dame offers four-star 2025 North Carolina recruit

Hope he picks the Irish.

As of this moment, Notre Dame does not have any commits for its 2025 class. While that seems like a long way off, that doesn’t mean [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] and his staff aren’t looking that far ahead.

To that end, Jackson Keith, a four-star small forward recruit and the third-ranked 2025 recruit from North Carolina according to 247Sports, has received an offer from the Irish. Keith himself announced the news on social media:

As one can see by this tweet, Shrewsberry had some assistance in recruiting Keith from associate head coach [autotag]Kyle Getter[/autotag]. Keith has gotten numerous offers from Division I programs over the past 15 months. Among them are Wake Forest, NC State, Virginia, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Xavier, Villanova, Georgetown, Illinois, Texas A&M and Tennessee.

Keith most definitely is going to be playing college basketball for a very prominent program. Hopefully, he eventually decides that the Irish are the way to go.

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Tennessee mourns passing of Tasha Butts

Tennessee mourns the passing of LVFL Tasha Butts.

Tasha Butts, former Tennessee basketball player and Georgetown women’s basketball head coach, passed away after a battle with cancer.

Butts was 41. Georgetown announced her passing on Monday.

“Our program is heartbroken to lose a member of our Lady Vol sisterhood much, much too soon,” Tennessee head coach Kellie Harper said. “Tasha was the type of person who connected with people everywhere she went. She had such a positive impact not only on our Tennessee family but on women’s basketball as a whole. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of her family and friends during this extremely difficult time.”

Butts, who was named Georgetown’s head coach in April, played at Tennessee from 2000-04 for head coach Pat Summitt. She appeared in 141 career games for the Lady Vols.

Notre Dame will not play Kentucky in 2023-24 after all

Bummer.

We previously wrote about some unofficial reports that Kentucky would be one of Notre Dame’s nonconference opponents in 2023-24. One day later, the Irish released their official nonconference schedule for the season.

Kentucky was nowhere to be found on the schedule. Therefore, the only conclusion to come to is that the Irish and Wildcats will not face each other during the year unless they meet in one of the postseason tournaments, which is unlikely given how bad this year’s Irish are expected to be.

It’s unknown why this game, which would have happened at a neutral site, won’t be played. Assuming one was supposed to be scheduled, this has to be disappointing for the players who were hoping for a shot against a blue blood. The closest they have to one on their released schedule probably is Georgetown, but that program has fallen on hard times like Notre Dame has.

All the Irish can do now is focus on the programs they do have scheduled. You only can beat who’s on the same court as you. After that, life goes on.

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Notre Dame releases nonconference schedule for 2023-24

Make your plans accordingly.

Notre Dame is in a transitional period for sure. There’s a new coach in [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag]. Almost the entire roster is different, and the few returning players barely have seen the floor in their careers.

Needless to say, this does not stand to be a winning season in South Bend. However, games still need to be played because how else are you going to gain experience?

To that end, the Irish have released their nonconference schedule for the 2023-24 season. They should earn a few wins simply because some of their opponents don’t come from power conferences. Such is typical in the early days of the college basketball season. The only way the Irish could lose out is if they have absolutely no talent, and these players are with an ACC program for a reason.

Here are the nonconference games for the season, not including the Legends Classic on Nov. 16 and 17 in Brooklyn that will feature the Irish, Auburn, Oklahoma State and St. Bonaventure. The first-round matchups for that will be determined at a later date. For everything else though, mark your calendar: