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Dec 7, 2023

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The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant joins to talk Hannah Hidalgo, early thoughts on this Notre Dame, where they fit into the ACC hierarchy, Jackie Young being awesome and where the sport of women's hoops sits after a big year. 

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Mar 16, 2023

Getting you prepared for the start of the tournament and beyond with an all-star lineup:

  • Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic breaks down Notre Dame's corner of the bracket and their chances at making it to a second straight Sweet Sixteen.
  • Then, Chantel Jennings of The Athletic stops by to talk about her great profile of...


Jan 11, 2023

Let's chat about a good basketball team and also a bad basketball team. First, Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic (2:07) joins for a fun talk about Niele Ivey's top ten women's squad and Irish alumnae in the WNBA. Then our friend Sam Werner hops on (38:45) to discuss the rough situation on the men's side and the likely...


Dec 9, 2022

Notre Dame basketball head coach Niele Ivey joins to talk about the big win over UConn, her relationship with Muffet McGraw, coaching Olivia Miles, the joy of fast breaks, the Mabrey sisters and her experience at the NBA Draft.

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Jan 31, 2022

Sam Werner joins to talk about the Notre Dame men's basketball team as they prepare for their biggest week of the season. After that (30:44), Paul Rigney talks about hanging out on campus with Jerome Bettis as The Bus returns to finish his ND degree. Watch the Today Show story on Bettis