Author: Tom Noie, South Bend Tribune

Men’s basketball coach Mike Brey took Notre Dame to the NCAA Tournament last season. This year, it will be his last at Notre Dame

Notre Dame was supposed to be beyond what happened at home against Stanford. Instead of a fourth straight win, it was back to the drawing board.

There was no reason for Manti Te’o to let anyone outside his inner circle in, but he did Saturday back at Notre Dame, and it was pretty awesome

This year is different from any other for Dan Gavitt as the NCAA tries to do what’s never been done — host the tournament from one central location.

Ryan Ayers, a former Notre Dame men’s basketball assistant coach, was charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic battery.

Ian Book threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores in his final home game, leading No. 2 Notre Dame past Syracuse 45-21.

Irish moved to 9-0 overall, 8-0 and still in sole possession of first place in the ACC, following a 31-17 victory against No. 23 North Carolina.