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Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament: ’14-15 Irish Oust ’09-10 Irish

The top four seeds have been waiting around for a bit to get going in the Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament.

The top four seeds have been waiting around for a bit to get going in the Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament. The time to do so finally has arrived. The top-seeded 2014-15 Irish got the quarterfinals going with a come-from-behind 92-83 victory over the eighth-seeded 2009-10 Irish.

The ’09-10 Irish were in front for most of the first half, doing so by as many as eight points with two minutes left before settling on a six-point halftime lead. Midway through the second half, they still led by five, but the ’14-15 Irish went on a 7-0 run to take a two-point lead. The teams battled closely for a little longer until the game was tied at 74 with five minutes to go. V.J. Beachem then scored nine unanswered points on back-to-back 3-pointers and a three-point play, and the ’09-10 Irish never got closer than four points after that.

Jerian Grant was efficient and unselfish in leading the ’14-15 Irish with 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field and a perfect 3 for 3 from 3-point range, as well as a game-high seven assists. Pat Connaughton scored 17 points and had a game-high four blocks. Thanks to his late charge, Beachem ended with 12 points in nine minutes played. Zach Auguste scored 11 and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.

The ’09-10 Irish played only seven players, and that almost was enough. Tim Abromaitis paced them with a game-high 26 points to go with seven rebounds. Tyrone Nash scored 19, and Ben Hansbrough added 11.

Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament: ’09-10 Irish Superior to ’11-12 Irish

It took until the second round of the Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament, but we finally have a win for a higher seed.

It took until the second round of the Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament, but we finally have a win for a higher seed. Boy, did the victors here come out with a vengeance for all the higher seeds that didn’t get out of the first round. In the only second-round matchup that was predetermined, the 2009-10 Irish led the 2011-12 Irish wire-to-wire en route to an 85-59 win.

The ’09-10 Irish jumped out to an eight-point lead just over four minutes into the game and continued to build from there. After the lead was pushed to 11 with less than six-and-a-half minutes in the first half, it never fell below double digits again. No points were scored in the game’s final minute-and-a-half, but at that point, it had been garbage time for a while.

Four ’09-10 Irish starters scored in double figures, but Luke Harangody came off the bench and led everybody with 18 points. Ben Hansbrough and Tim Abromaitis came together and scored 17 points apiece while also make seven of their team’s 12 3-pointers. Tory Jackson scored, and Tyrone Nash had 10 while coming within one rebound of a double-double.

Jerian Grant led the ’11-12 Irish with 16 points. Jack Cooley scored 13 and was two rebounds away from achieving a double-double.

Shooting percentage made the difference here as the ’09-10 Irish held a 48.3-36.4 advantage from the floor.

Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament: ’05-06 Irish Upset ’08-09 Irish in Opener

The Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament already has an upset after one game.

The Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament already has an upset after one game. The 13th-seeded 2005-06 Irish squeaked by the 12th-seeded 2008-09 Irish, 68-65, to open the first round. Like all great college basketball games, this one came down to the wire.

After leading for much of the first half, the ’05-06 Irish fell behind by eight at halftime. From there, they came back to take the lead, but the ’08-09 Irish stayed on their tail to the point where the game was tied at 65 with over two minutes to play. The score stayed there until Kyle McAlarney was fouled with 52 seconds left and hit two free throws to make it 67-65. Torin Francis then tipped away a jump hook from Tyrone Nash on the other end, and Rob Kurz came up with it, allowing the ’05-06 Irish to burn some clock.

After Russell Carter missed a shot, Francis collected the offensive rebound and got the ball back to Carter, who was fouled and had a chance to ice the game with two free throws with eight seconds left. Carter made the first shot, but missed the second, and Luke Harangody got the rebound, giving the ’08-09 Irish one chance to force overtime. Harangody missed a straightaway 3 at the buzzer, and the oldest Irish team in the field was able to celebrate. They will play the fifth-seeded 2016-17 Irish in the second round.

Chris Quinn led the ’05-06 Irish with 17 points, and Carter was just behind him with 15. Francis just missed out on a double-double with nine points and 13 rebounds. Kurz came up short on double figures in both of those categories at eight points and nine boards.

Harangody’s 21-point, 17-rebound effort for the ’08-09 Irish went to waste, as did a 12-point game from Tory Jackson.