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John Shurna scored 25 points and Michael Thompson added 20 as Northwestern upended 23rd-ranked Notre Dame, 72-58, at the Chicago Invitational Challenge.

Valparaiso cut a 16-point second half deficit to five on Tuesday evening, but ran out of time to complete the comeback, dropping its first game of the season 71-64 to Ball State at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Ind.

The 23rd-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish close out a five-game homestand to start the 2009-10 season, when they welcome the Kennesaw State Owls to South Bend, as part of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.

Common sense could check out when the scorera s table becomes a revolving door of players during another lopsided Notre Dame mena s basketball non-conference game.

Luke Harangody scored 32 points, making all 10 of his free throws, to lead Notre Dame to a 91-72 victory over Liberty on Sunday in the Chicago Invitational Challenge.

A 2-0 record is nice, and all. But one might as well toss out wins against Alaska-Anchorage and Pepperdine when it comes to evaluating Coach Dan Monson's Long Beach State men's basketball team.

Ben Hansbrough got off to quick start at Notre Dame. The 6-3 guard, a transfer from Mississippi State and brother of Indiana Pacers rookie forward Tyler Hansbrough, had a career-high five 3-pointers and scored 19 points to spark the host Fighting Irish to an easy 86-65 victory over North Florida on Saturday.

Familiar Notre Dame names that are easier to pronounce often dominate the opponenta s scouting report, something that suits junior Tim Abromaitis.

He was a freshman feeling his way through college basketball who watched a former Notre Dame guard live a dream senior season.

Right arm fully extended and his hand waving as if hailing a cab in some big city at rush hour, Notre Dame senior guard Ben Hansbrough called for the ball early and often Saturday against North Florida.

A steady bass beat of the latest hip hop hit - boom, boom, boom, boom, boom! - rides shotgun as Notre Dame junior forward Ty Nash steers his car toward Purcell Pavilion.

One high school game last December was all Notre Dame coach Mike Brey needed to see to feel good about the future of his teama s most important position.

Notre Dame filled a need for the future on the first day of the early signing period for basketball.

Luke Harangody should get used to being on top of lists. The senior forward from Notre Dame was the leading vote-getter Monday on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team, and if he has the type of season he usually does, he will become the leader for his school and conference in scoring and rebounding.

Four Irish players scored in double figures and preseason first-team All-American Luke Harangody notched a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds as Notre Dame topped Quincy, 75-54, in exhibition play inside Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center Friday night.

Scoreboards on each end of the basement basketball court indicate that practice starts in 151413 minutes, but Notre Dame senior shooting guard Ben Hansbrough already is lathered and loose.

In the spring of 2001, following Mike Brey 's first season as the coach at Notre Dame, Troy Murphy , the team's star junior forward, decided to forego his final season in college and declare himself eligible for the NBA draft.

As Notre Dame power forward Luke Harangody and his 6-foot-8, 246-pound frame descend after a two-handed dunk, the old basketball stanchion creaks and groans in protest.

New look to the arena, same old look to the Notre Dame mens basketball box score Sunday against Division II Lewis University.

Notre Dame coach Mike Brey and Luke Harangody want to improve upon last season's diastrous end in which the Irish lost 10 of their final 15 regular-season games.