IRISH NEWSLINK: Box Score: “Notre Dame 4 – Michigan 3” – NCAA Frozen Four
National semifinal, Notre Dame defeats Michigan 4-3 in final minute to advance to national championship game
Tag: Notre Dame
IRISH NEWSLINK: “Irish Meet Michigan At Frozen Four; Notre Dame takes on Wolverines in national semifinal Thursday, April 5 at 9:30 pm ET on ESPN2
“The University of Notre Dame hockey team makes its fourth appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four on Thursday, April 5, when the Irish take on Big Ten rival Michigan in a national semifinal game. The puck will drop at 9:30 p.m. ET from the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, home of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild. The contest can be seen on ESPN2 and WatchESPN, with the radio call available on 94.3 FM in South Bend and worldwide on UND.com. …”
IRISH NEWSLINK: “Irish Win 2nd NCAA Women’s Basketball Title; Ogunbowale last second three lifts Irish to 61-58 win”
“For the second time in program history, the University of Notre Dame women’s basketball team are your NCAA National Champions. The No. 1 seeded Irish (35-3) completed the second largest comeback in Final Four history to defeat the No. 1 seeded Bulldogs (37-2) 61-58. Arike Ogunbowale hit a three with 0.1 remaining to clinch the title for the Irish. It was 17 years ago to this date that Notre Dame won it’s first NCAA Championship. …”
IRISH NEWSLINK: “#NotreDame #FinalFour Run Tainted by #NCAA’s Scheduling on #GoodFriday and #Easter; #Catholic Institution Should Have Abstained From Participating” – SCW
The #NCAA has created an anti-#Catholic and anti-#Christian effect by scheduling a national semifinal (#FinalFour game) on #GoodFriday in women’s #basketball. Doing so violates the solemn nature of the day and subjects Catholics to having to play on a day when they are fasting, and when they are abstaining from meat. At least the game is not at 3 p.m., the hour that Christ laid down His Life on the Cross, yet it is in the evening. #NotreDame should have refused to play.
The movie “Chariots of Fire” featured an Olympic athlete who refused to compete on the Sabbath. Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax refused to pitch in a World Series game on Yom Kippur. Notre Dame should have refused to participate in the tournament if the Final Four was going to be on Good Friday.
Notre Dame Women’s Basketball has made yet another Final Four run, yet probably should have sat out the tournament when the NCAA drew up the bracket to force games on Good Friday and Easter, two of the most sacred dates on the Catholic Liturgical Calendar.
IRISH NEWSLINK: “No. 1 Irish Seek Program’s Second National Title this Weekend in Columbus Rivalry renewed in national semifinal vs No. 1 UConn” – UND
“All eyes of the NCAA Division I women’s basketball world are locked upon Columbus, Ohio, this weekend as the 2018 Final Four begins on Friday at Nationwide Arena. The No. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (33-3) will once again renew its rivalry with No. 1 UConn Huskies (36-0) in Friday’s second semifinal game, slated to begin at 9:30 p.m. ET ….”
[PDF] IRISH NEWSLINK: “UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PUBLIC INFRACTIONS DECISION, NOVEMBER 22, 2016” – NCAA
“… The agreed-upon violations in this case centered on multiple years of academic violations by a former student athletic trainer and football student-athletes …”
IRISH NEWSLINKS: “A Letter from the [University of Notre Dame] President on the NCAA Infractions Case” – NDedu
“We are deeply disappointed by and strongly disagree with the denial of the University’s appeal, announced today by the NCAA, of an earlier decision by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions to vacate Notre Dame’s 2012 and 2013 football victories due to academic misconduct by several student-athletes. Our concerns go beyond the particulars of our case and the record of two football seasons to the academic autonomy of our institutions, the integrity of college athletics, and the ability of the NCAA to achieve its fundamental purpose. I write this letter so that you can understand the underlying facts, the reasons we believe that the NCAA is in error, and how we intend to move forward. …”
IRISH NEWSLINK: “NCAA appeals committee upholds vacation of Notre Dame wins ” – NCAA
“Notre Dame must vacate all records in which football student-athletes participated while ineligible during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 football seasons, according to a decision issued by the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee. In the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions’ decision, the panel found a former Notre Dame athletic training student violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when she committed academic misconduct for two football student-athletes and provided six other football student-athletes with impermissible academic extra benefits. The panel prescribed the vacation of records, along with a probation period and a show-cause order for the former athletic training student. …”
IRISH NEWSLINK: Full speed ahead? There’s no happy medium for Notre Dame safety Alohi Gilman
IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame Accepts Citrus Bowl Invitation To Face LSU; Fighting Irish to play Jan. 1 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida (1 p.m. on ABC)”
