Notre Dame Basketball: Fighting Irish Team Preview and Season Prediction 2018-19
Irish counting on freshmen to propel NCAA run
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Mike Brey has made getting his team old and keeping it old a work of art. He’ll have to paint outside the lines in 2018-19.
Injuries to Bonzie Colson (foot), Matt Farrell (ankle) and D.J. Harvey (knee) sabotaged the 2017-18 season. Now Colson and Farrell — both first-team All-ACC-caliber players when healthy — are gone, as is 6'10" Martinas Geben, who averaged 11.1 points and 8.0 rebounds per game while shooting 60 percent from the field and 85 percent from the line.
The first week of the NCAA Tournament has come and gone, and we have cut down the field to the Sweet 16. Northern Iowa, Stephen F. Austin and Middle Tennessee tried their best to play the role of Cinderella, but the clock has struck midnight on the mid-majors, as the Sweet 16 has turned into a battle of the college basketball big boys — including a record six ACC teams.