A for Effort

A veteran, intense Irish squad handled dangerous Long Beach State at the Purcell Pavilion last night   Full Story

Our post-game recap of each Irish player's performance vs. the athletic Long Beach State 49ers.   Full Story

IrishEyes player-by-player review of the Irish performance vs. St. Francis.   Full Story

IrishEyes' previews tonight's contest vs. potential mid-major sleeper Long Beach State.   Full Story

Each day at CollegeBasketballNews.com, we will be looking at the top performers of the day. Five Top 25 teams played Monday night during this early season play.   Full Story

Notre Dame fought off a blistering 3-point performance by the Red Flash of Saint Francis (PA) before pulling away in a 23-point victory tonight in the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center.   Full Story

Kansas duo Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich, Luke Harangody of Notre Dame, Willie Warren from Oklahoma and Ohio State's Evan Turner make up the College Basketball News' preseason first team All-American squad.    Full Story

Irish regulars work out kinks, handle Lewis in season’s first exhibition outing.   Full Story

In a short practice of about an hour, Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill and cornerback Marcus Trufant made rare appearances on the practice field Tuesday.   Full Story

Irish head coach Mike Brey met with the media Thursday to discuss the upcoming basketball season.   Full Story

Harangody, Jackson and Peoples named as Irish Hoops captains.   Full Story

The Notre Dame basketball program took a pre-season hit, losing junior transfer Scott Martin for the 2009-10 season.   Full Story

UCLA and the Chicago Invitational Challenge serve as preparation for another competitive Big East slate   Full Story

Harold Swanagan has been named Notre Dame's Coordinator of Men's Basketball Operations   Full Story

The promotion of Martin Ingelsby was an easy choice for Irish head coach Mike Brey.   Full Story

Luke Harangody's return for his senior season provides a lift for Irish fans as well as the program.   Full Story

Fifty-five players who had declared as early entry candidates for the 2009 NBA Draft have withdrawn. There are 39 collegiate and 10 international prospects that remain early entry candidates. The 2009 NBA Draft will be held on Thursday, June 25 at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden.    Full Story

Irish Forward Luke Harangody has withdrawn from the 2009 NBA Draft to return for his senior season.   Full Story

Next up for NBA hopefuls is the 2009 NBA Draft Combine that will be held in Chicago at the end of this month. Here is the current list of invitees.   Full Story

Notre Dame junior forward Luke Harangody announced on Thursday afternoon that he is entering the NBA Draft. But Harangody does not plan to hire an agent, giving him the option to return to Notre Dame for his senior season. Updated story includes quotes.   Full Story

Sales System defeated Portsmouth Partnership 80-78 to advance to the Portsmouth Invitational championship game.   Full Story

Notre Dame's 2008-09 season that started with such high expectations, ended with a 67-59 loss to Penn State in the NIT Final Four on Tuesday night.   Full Story

No. 2 Notre Dame faces off with No. 2 Penn State in the second game of the NIT Final Four on Tuesday night. The Notre Dame-Penn St. game and the San Diego State-Baylor game before it can be seen on ESPN2 starting at 7 p.m.   Full Story

Notre Dame defeated Kentucky 77-66 on Wednesday night to advance to the NIT Final Four. The Irish got 30 points from Luke Harangody and had to survive a late scare led by Kentucky's Jodie Meeks to hang on for the victory.   Full Story

No. 2 Notre Dame (20-14) will play No. 4 Kentucky (22-13) tonight in the quarterfinals of the NIT. The winner of the game will play No. 2 Penn State in New York in next week's NIT Final Four. The game can be seen at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.   Full Story