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Notre Dame Schedule Thrown for Loop After Clemson Game Postponed

Suddenly, Notre Dame is scrambling to find a new opponent for Wednesday.

Suddenly, Notre Dame is scrambling to find a new opponent for Wednesday. That’s because of a positive test for COVID-19 within Clemson, the program that was supposed to come to Purcell Pavilion. The subsequent quarantining and contact tracing has forced the game’s postponement. This comes less than a day after the Irish earned their sixth ACC win in their past eight games against Miami.

Per Tom Noie of the South Bend Tribune, Mike Brey says the Irish exploring other avenues to fill the void. North Carolina, which currently does not have a game scheduled for Wednesday, initially was seen as an option. However, the Tar Heels are choosing not to travel this week, so that’s off the table. It’s looking increasingly likely the Irish will have to look outside the conference if they want to fill that void.

If the Irish can’t find a new opponent quickly, they’ll have to wait almost a week between games. Their next schedule contest is Saturday at Syracuse. Having that long of a layoff at a time when the team has been gaining some serious momentum lately could be damaging. This is the last thing it needs to have happen.

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Blake Wesley Will Stay in South Bend, Signs Letter With Notre Dame

Blake Wesley won’t have to go far for his next basketball venture.

Blake Wesley won’t have to go far for his next basketball venture. The recruit out of Riley in South Bend has signed a National Letter of Intent to join Notre Dame next season. Tom Noie of the South Bend Tribune was on hand when Wesley made his announcement Friday:

Mike Brey had this to say about the consensus four-star recruit:

“We have been watching Blake work on his game since middle school and he has developed himself into a complete guard who has great length with court vision – and is a big-time defender. He has a natural ability to score the basketball. To welcome in another local basketball talent is exciting not only to our program, but the South Bend area.”

Wesley, who was the area’s leading scorer with 26.0 points a game last season, is the second South Bend product in two weeks to sign a letter of intent with the Irish. J.R. Konieczny of St. Joseph was the first. Clearly, there will be a strong local presence for Notre Dame basketball in the near future. And at least with this particular signing, that’s just fine with former Irish star Demetrius Jackson, who met Wesley at the program’s summer camp years ago:

Blake Wesley Will Stay in South Bend, Signs Letter With Notre Dame

Blake Wesley won’t have to go far for his next basketball venture.

Blake Wesley won’t have to go far for his next basketball venture. The recruit out of Riley in South Bend has signed a National Letter of Intent to join Notre Dame next season. Tom Noie of the South Bend Tribune was on hand when Wesley made his announcement Friday:

Mike Brey had this to say about the consensus four-star recruit:

“We have been watching Blake work on his game since middle school and he has developed himself into a complete guard who has great length with court vision – and is a big-time defender. He has a natural ability to score the basketball. To welcome in another local basketball talent is exciting not only to our program, but the South Bend area.”

Wesley, who was the area’s leading scorer with 26.0 points a game last season, is the second South Bend product in two weeks to sign a letter of intent with the Irish. J.R. Konieczny of St. Joseph was the first. Clearly, there will be a strong local presence for Notre Dame basketball in the near future. And at least with this particular signing, that’s just fine with former Irish star Demetrius Jackson, who met Wesley at the program’s summer camp years ago:

REPORT: MSU will open season against Notre Dame at Breslin Center

We may finally know how the 2020-21 Michigan State basketball season will begin — and fans should be pretty excited.

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We may finally know how the 2020-21 Michigan State basketball season will begin — and fans should be pretty excited.

Tom Noie of ND Insider reported on Friday that Michigan State will host Notre Dame on Nov. 28 as the potential 2020-21 season-opener for both the Spartans and Fighting Irish. This report comes one day after MSU head coach Tom Izzo hinted at a potential rivalry match-up with Notre Dame when meeting with local media.

It was also announced on Thursday that Michigan State will head to Virginia as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Spartans confirmed on Friday that game — which pits brothers Joey Hauser of MSU and Sam Hauser of UVA — will be played on Dec. 9.

Mix in that MSU is still expected to play Duke in the Champions Classic, and that’s three of the seven non-conference games in place against ACC foes. So it appears we are finally getting an idea of what the Spartans schedule is going to look like for the upcoming season. It is expected that the other four games will be filled in by local or in-state opponents but don’t be surprised if Izzo adds another big game into the mix.

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