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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 defeats Buffalo for second victory in as many games

The Irish gave the right amount of effort in the win.

(This story has been updated to correct a typo.)

A less experienced Notre Dame team might have panicked when a mid-major opponent was making a run. For a while, Buffalo was doing just that at Purcell Pavilion. But the Irish stayed strong, retook control and held onto it just long enough in an 86-77 win.

The Irish (2-0) saw their eight-point lead turn into a seven-point deficit in the first half. A Ryan Sabol 3-pointer in the final seconds gave the Bulls (2-1) a two-point lead going into halftime.

The Irish moved the ball much better at the start of the second half and tightened up their defense, going on a 24-2 run to begin the frame. But the Bulls whittled that 20-point lead down to seven more than once, so this game’s outcome was in doubt up until the final minute.

[autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag] capped his career-high 27-point night with four clutch free throws to create enough distance and ensure the victory, one in which the Irish couldn’t take their eyes off the Bulls for very long except for the hot start to the second half. Davis made 12 of 13 free throws during the game.

[autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] flirted with a triple-double, finishing with 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. He also registered a game-high three steals.

[autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] also scored 19 points and was the only Irish player to make two 3s on a night the team made only five of 20 attempts from beyond the arc. [autotag]Kebba Njie[/autotag] had 12 points with four of his five field goals coming on dunks.

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Micah Shrewsberry thinks Notre Dame has an elite defender this year

This would be great to see for the Irish

It’s going to be a big junior year for Notre Dame forward [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag] if his head coach [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] is correct.

The 6-foot, 9-inch and 208-pound front court player had a very good first year with the Irish after transferring from Seton Hall last year. Davis averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds last year, but that doesn’t tell the whole story about his impact for the Notre Dame basketball team.

Shrewsberry believes that Davis is one of the best defenders in the county, as he told CBS Sports Jon Rothstein. Not only that, the reporter believes that the Irish could make the NCAA Tournament this spring.

This will be a very important season for Notre Dame basketball, as Shrewsberry enters his second season at the helm after going 13-20 last year. If we see a jump like he had at Penn State from the first to the second season, the Irish should be dancing in March with an elite defender in Davis.

Feb 24, 2024; Syracuse, New York, USA; Syracuse Orange guard Quadir Copeland (24) tries to move the ball past Notre Dame Fighting Irish forward Tae Davis (13) in the second half at the JMA Wireless Dome. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports

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Jon Rothstein: Notre Dame ‘potential bubble team’ for NCAA Tournament

This would be huge.

Notre Dame is working its way back toward relevancy. While it’s not yet at the point where it can compete with the best in college basketball, all signs point to the program being on an upward trajectory. The Irish widely are expected to make some sort of progress during the 2024-25 season.

To that end, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein has been in contact with [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag]. Rothstein wrote on social media that Shrewsberry told him he has high defensive expectations for [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag], the former Seton Hall forward who is entering his second season with the Irish just like Shrewsberry is.

More importantly, Rothstein feels the Irish could make a run at a 2025 NCAA Tournament spot. To already be a bubble team in Shrewsberry’s second season would be a tremendous sign of progress.

Even if the Irish fell short of March Madness, that almost certainly would mean getting into the NIT, which would be a valuable experience for a team ahead of the top 2025 recruiting class in the country arriving.

While the women’s basketball team easily will have the better season, the future for the men is looking very bright.

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Jon Rothstein projects Notre Dame to finish 12th in ACC in 2024-25

Is this a fair ranking?

College basketball is a few months away, but that doesn’t mean predictions can’t be made now. Jon Rothstein has taken this to heart and written an early preview for how he things the new-look ACC will shape up during the 2024-25 season. With 18 teams to rank, Rothstein has the Irish finishing 12th, or the tail end of the conference’s middle tier.

Rothstein also highlights a couple of Irish players to watch. He lists [autotag]Matt Allocco[/autotag], who came over from Princeton, as one of 15 under-the-radar transfers. He also has picked [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag] as one of 10 breakout players with the stipulation that players who previously have averaged double figures in scoring are not eligible to be considered breakout players.

Both Allocco and Davis are projected to be starters on the Irish alongside returnees [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag], [autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] and [autotag]Kebba Njie[/autotag]. You won’t get much of an argument with that starting lineup right now. We’ll see how much, if at all, that changes once we’re through training camp.

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Panthers to re-sign LB Tae Davis on 1-year deal

The Panthers are bringing back LB Tae Davis.

The Carolina Panthers continued to solidify their special teams on Friday.

As announced this morning, the Panthers have agreed to terms on a new deal with linebacker Tae Davis. The one-year pact comes shortly after Carolina officially brought back both safety Sam Franklin Jr. and running back/return specialist Raheem Blackshear.

Davis, a University of Tennessee product, cracked into the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the New York Giants in 2018. Over his year and a half for Big Blue, he recorded 33 combined tackles, 2.0 sacks, five quarterback hits and a forced fumble in 18 games.

He’d then sign on with the Cleveland Browns after being waived in the middle of the 2019 campaign. Davis went on to rack up two stints for Cleveland, where he notched 12 tackles over 27 contests up until 2022.

The six-foot, 222-pounder began the 2023 season with the Atlanta Falcons, who released him in November. Davis was scooped up by the Panthers a week later and played each of his 143 snaps for them on special teams.

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Micah Shrewsberry, Markus Burton, Tae Davis talk after Notre Dame loss

It wasn’t going to happen, but a few folks said Micah Shrewsberry should have gotten consideration for ACC Coach of the Year. While he did get a few votes, that award is reserved for coaches who get results that really jump off the page. Finishing …

It wasn’t going to happen, but a few folks said [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] should have gotten consideration for ACC Coach of the Year. While he did get a few votes, that award is reserved for coaches who get results that really jump off the page. Finishing tied for 12th in a 15-team conference won’t do that, but that still was seen as better that what Notre Dame was expected to do in his first season at the helm.

Shrewsberry spoke after the Irish bowed out in the second round of the ACC Tournament with a 72-59 loss to Wake Forest. Joining him was [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag], the ACC Rookie of the Year who wrapped up an impressive season by leading all scorers with 21 points and dishing out a team-high three assists. Also talking to the media was [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag], who finished his season with a 16-point performance.

Here’s what the Irish had to say as they talked after a game for the final time this season:

Notre Dame’s season ends with ACC Tournament loss to Wake Forest

Still a good year all things considered.

Even with how well Notre Dame had played lately, even the most ardent members of the fan base knew this year’s team only could go so far. Getting to the second round of the ACC Tournament against Wake Forest was more than anyone could have hoped for at the start of the season. A year many will call a success ended with a 72-59 Irish loss to the Demon Deacons.

The Irish (13-20), never led in this contest or even tied it, but that shouldn’t have been a surprise. The Deacons (20-12), once considered a lock for the NCAA Tournament, now are fighting to get in and had a lot more to lose here. Losing in South Bend recently didn’t help their cause, and falling to the Irish again would have killed their March Madness dreams.

This game showed which team is more season right now, and you can see it in the various scoring stats. The Deacons held considerable advantages in points in the paint (38-14), fast-break points (15-5), second-chance points (16-7) and points off turnovers (15-7). All of that meant a team that knew how to hustle and find easy shots. The Irish might get there more consistently one day, but that wasn’t going to happen this year.

Kevin Miller led the Deacons with 17 points. Hunter Sallis, the ACC’s minutes leader, scored 12 of his 14 points in the first half. Andrew Carr achieved a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Cameron Hildreth added 10 points.

[autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] finished his ACC Rookie of the Year campaign with a game-high 21 points, which included make all 12 of his free throws on a day he shot 4 of 16 from the field. [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag] scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half, and [autotag]Carey Booth[/autotag] got nine of his 11 points, all in the first half, on three 3-pointers.

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Notre Dame falls short in regular-season finale vs. Virginia Tech

The Irish made it interesting until the end.

After being crushed by North Carolina in its last game, Notre Dame hoped for a better showing at Virginia Tech to close the regular season. That was the case, and the possibility existed that the Irish might steal a second game from the Hokies this season. That wasn’t the case with the Irish losing, 82-76.

While the Irish (12-19, 7-13) never led in the second half, they kept the Hokies (18-13, 10-10) on their toes until the final minute, never trailing by more than seven after halftime. It wasn’t until a layup, steal and then another layup by Sean Padulla in the final minute to put the Hokies up six that this game essentially was decided.

Although [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] brought the Irish within three with a layup and free throw after that, little time remained, and the Hokies only had to make their free throws to with the Irish forced to foul, which they did.

A few things could have made this game turn out differently. The Hokies held a considerable 15-5 advantage in offensive rebounds and used that to outscore the Irish in second-chance opportunities, 17-8. They also blocked six shots while the Irish got only one of those from [autotag]Carey Booth[/autotag]. It was a hard lesson to be learned for sure.

Pedulla led all scorers with 28 points. MJ Collins had the best all-around game with 15 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals. Off the bench, Tyler Nickel scored 15 points.

Burton scored 24 points, giving him 535 for the year and breaking [autotag]Troy Murphy[/autotag]’s Notre Dame freshman scoring record of 519. [autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag] scored 13 points, which included making all five of his free throws, and grabbed six rebounds. [autotag]Julian Roper II[/autotag] scored 11 off the bench, and [autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] added 10.

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Notre Dame annihilated by North Carolina in worst loss of season

Glad this one is over with.

North Carolina hopes to win a national championship, and it didn’t care how well Notre Dame played lately before Tuesday’s game. While the Irish weren’t expected to beat the Tar Heels, there was at least the hope that they could make it a game as they have every game for the past few weeks. Instead, the Tar Heels dealt the Irish their worst defeat of the season, 84-51, to clinch a share of the ACC regular-season title.

Even though the Irish (12-18, 7-12) never led, there was a brief moment in which it appeared they might actually go in front of the Tar Heels (24-6, 16-3). They kept it close during the first 11 minutes of the first half, culminating a potential go-ahead 3-pointer from Markus Burton. But Burton didn’t get the friendly roll, and the floodgates opened from there.

After Burton’s miss, the Tar Heels outscored the Irish, 23-9, before halftime. The break in the action did nothing for the Irish as the Tar Heels scored 16 unanswered points over the first five minutes of the second half. From there, it was just a big senior night party in Chapel Hill for the departing players who were playing their final home game.

Leading ACC scorer RJ Davis played his part with 22 points as well as a game-high six assists. Armando Bacot, the conference’s top rebounder, had 14 points and was one of four Tar Heels with five boards. Former Irish guard Cormac Ryan scored 14 of his own points, and two other Tar Heels off the bench also reached double figures.

[autotag]Tae Davis[/autotag] being the only Notre Dame player in double figures with 11 points said it all. Still, even if the Irish had made more than 18 field goals and shot better than 30.5% from the field, it’s unlikely they could have done much to stop the Tar Heels, who are on a level with the best teams in college basketball.

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