Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA Basketball News

Note: This is the tenth in a series of stories about the teams Syracuse will face in the Orange's first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

One of the best nonconference events is back once again -- and it's new and improved with the ACC adding Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame to the fold.

It may have been mentioned a time or 10,000 that Iowa's men's basketball nonconference schedule wasn't the stuff that dreams are made of last season.

Upside is one of the most common words used in association with the NBA draft. Athleticism is perhaps the key trait in this regard.

As a newcomer, Mike Brey plans to keep a low profile at the ACC spring meetings next month in Florida.

Notre Dame's Eric Atkins, right, drives around the defense of Louisville's Russ Smith during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Louisville, Ky.

With letters of intent in the books for most of the biggest names in NCAA basketball recruiting, the nation's top hoops prospects can look ahead and see what they're up against next season.