You may or may not be aware that there is currently one former Notre Dame basketball player on an active NBA roster.
What you need to know is that the owners of the best record in the NBA right now are the team that employs that one former Notre Dame cager.
Coincidence?
I think not.
Pat Connaughton was an absolute beast for Mike Brey’s Fighting Irish, starting the second half of the season his freshman year and never looking back.
As you remember he was a very-key piece on the 2014-15 ACC Tournament Champion team that went to the Elite Eight and nearly knocked off unbeaten Kentucky and with a Final Four bid on the line.
Connaughton decided to follow the NBA route after the Portland Trail Blazers drafted him in 2015, opting for basketball instead of baseball where the Baltimore Orioles selected him previously as a pitcher.
Connaughton is still in the league and playing for the Milwaukee Bucks where he’s averaging over 17 minutes per game this season.
His biggest highlight to date in a Bucks uniform came Monday night as he did his best Vince Carter impression against the Chicago Bulls.
PAT CONNAUGHTON JUST DID THAT 😱 pic.twitter.com/Kz9jqAfmxi
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 31, 2019
The Bucks wound up winning the contest 123-102 to improve their league-best record to 30-5.