Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA Basketball News

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

Notre Dame played the way it needed to when it needed to against Long Beach State on Thursday.

One of the best pre-Christmas bargains for those who take college basketball seriously can be found in Anaheim next week.

The Goods: Memphis Matters FOXSports.com's Jeff Goodman says Memphis coach Josh Pastner is preparing his team with an eye towards the future.

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 scored 19 points in his Notre Dame debut and Luke Harangody added 19 points and seven assists, leading the Fighting Irish to an 86-65 win over North Florida Saturday in South Bend, Ind.

In recent years Notre Dame has had their share of sharp-shooters from behind the arc.

Visits from his parents were rare the past two years for Notre Dame junior Tim Abromaitis.

Luke Harangody had 27 points and nine rebounds and Notre Dame shot 56 percent to beat pesky St.

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

Everything about the hiring process at North Florida University was atypical for first-year men's basketball coach Matthew Driscoll.

The Irish men's basketball team opened the new Purcell Pavilion with a dominating performance, beating North Florida 86-65 Saturday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.

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.

Driscoll was hired as the fourth head coach in UNF history last spring after having been named one of the top 10 assistant coaches in the nation in a national survey of coaching professionals the year before while he was at Baylor .

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

Two big men who offer differing styles of play and two quick guards who can score are what Purdue needed to complete its roster for next season, coach Matt Painter said.

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

Those who remember the Jayhawks' title run two years ago probably wouldn't think Collins was one of the nation's top guards.

Jumping into the abyss of college basketballa TMs regular season this week can be a daunting, and for some, haunting proposition.

Purdue guard Chris Kramer and Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody, both members of the 2006 Indianapolis Star Indiana All-Star team, are two of the 30 finalists for the Lowe's Senior Class Award.