IB Nation Sports Talk: Red Hot Notre Dame Hosting NCAA Basketball Tournament

Irish Breakdown has plenty of Notre Dame football and basketball talk

Sean Stires | Mar 18, 2024

IB Nation Sports Talk: Red Hot Notre Dame Hosting NCAA Basketball Tournament /

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Today's show starts with March Madness. Sean Stires and Vince DeDario discuss Notre Dame women's basketball getting a No. 2 seed and hosting NCAA Tournament games this weekend. Marquette is one of the three teams that will visit South Bend for this weekend's tourney and they have a lot of Notre Dame connections we talk about.

There's more to discuss in Rapid Fire as well. See the list of topics below.

Rapid Fire topics include:

* Fill-in the blank…Jordan Faison’s brother Dylan Faison becoming Notre Dame’s first commitment in the 2026 recruiting class today is BLANK.

* Fill-in the blank…Notre Dame announcing a soccer friendly today between Celtic and Chelsea that will be played on July 27th at Notre Dame Stadium is BLANK.

* What non-college football sporting even would you like to see at Notre Dame Stadium?

* Fill-in the blank...The Chicago Bears trading Justin Fields to Pittsburgh for a 2025 6th round draft pick...that could turn into a 4th round pick....is BLANK.

* After being left out of the men’s NCAA Tournament...St. John’s, Pittsburgh and Oklahoma all declined NIT invitations. Do you Buy or Sell turning down NIT invites?

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that six days after being fired after 17 years Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson led the 49ers to three wins in three days to win the Big West tournament and the automatic NCAA bid that comes with it.

* Trev Alberts recently left Nebraska to become the Athletic Director at Texas A&M. Is it fair or foul that A&M and Nebraska have been paired up in the first round of both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments?

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Published Mar 18, 2024

SEAN STIRES

Sean Stires is a staff writer for Irish Breakdown, where he covers the Notre Dame Football beat. A long-time radio host at WSBT, Sean is also the host of the IB Nation Sports Talk Show on the Irish Breakdown channel. He is also the play-by-play announcer for the Notre Dame women's basketball team. Sean has also called games for the Fighting Irish baseball team. You can email Sean at seanstires@gmail.com. Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Follow Ryan on Twitter: @SeanStiresLike and follow Irish Breakdown on FacebookSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channelSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter