I have to say I'm a little disappointed with it. When the best out of conference home games are Eastern Michigan (?) and maybe North Florida (?) and two of the best in conference home games (West Virginia and Connecticut) are over winter break, it doesn't give the students a whole lot to cheer about. On the bright side, it looks like we have a very good opportunity to extend our record winning streak at home.Over the summer, Coach Mike Brey spent several days in Iraq coaching a charity basketball tournament with the troops. In a speech at the beginning of the school year, Brey described one of his more memorable experiences from the trip:
Brey climbed into a black hawk helicopter to experience flying with the army when the pilot, a 2000 ND alum, took off his helmet and replaced it with an Irish ball cap. While they were in the air, they had a conversation that went something like this:
Pilot: "Coach, can hear me (through the microphone system)?"
Brey: "Yeah, loud and clear."
Pilot: "I just have one question I need you to answer."
Brey: "What's that?"
Pilot: "What happened in the Winthrop game?"
Suddenly feeling the pressure of being thousands of feet in the air and at the mercy of this ND fan, Brey apologized for the loss and promised it wouldn't happen again. Good thing for us basketball fans that Brey is a man of his word: expect nothing less than an undefeated season this year. Go Irish! Beat (uh.. what is St. Ambrose's mascot again?)
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hey old guy, there's only one thing on the schedule and that's for tommorow, like the eagle looking at two rabbits......
b-ball wtf???
Consider this a 'bonus post.' Obviously I am more concerned about our upcomming game against PSU than the far off start of our basketball team, but the releasing of the schedule still demands at least one post.
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