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Mar 23, 2025

Jessica Smetana and Notre Dame, Our Blogger's Andrew Smith join to discuss Niele Ivey's squad dominating the Wolverines to advance to their fourth straight Sweet Sixteen.

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Mar 19, 2025

Strap in for a deep dive on the upcoming NCAA Tournaments.

 

Segment 1: Jessica Smetana, Paul Coletti (The Irish Alert newsletter) and Alex Carson (The Green Nails Newsletter) discuss potential causes of Notre Dame’s late-season struggles and potential fixes that could lead to a deep tournament run.

 

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Mar 12, 2025

Celebrating Mike Brey, Jerian Grant and Pat Connaughton’s run to the ACC championship via the Duke and North Carolina games in Greensboro. Topics include Zach Auguste and Bonzie Colson vs Jahlil Okafor, ACC regional broadcasts, the excellence of Demetrius Jackson, sad Coach K, crafty Steve Vasturia, the 2015...


Oct 24, 2024

Notre Dame point guard Olivia Miles joins to talk about building chemistry with teammates, her excitement about the newcomers to the Irish roster, growing her game, the legacy of the program's success in the WNBA, hearing transfer rumors about yourself and much more.

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Mar 20, 2024

Hoops hoops hoops. Supersized episode to get you ready for the tournament and review the first season of Micah Shrewsberry's tenure.

Segment 1: Sabreena Merchant (The Athletic) on Notre Dame's chances and what she's most excited for this March.

Segment 2 (33:11): Jessica Smetana on storylines to follow, pre-tournament...