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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Column: There are questions, dozens of them, about the current state and the future of @NDmbb. Here are six as the Irish embark on their first "game week" of the 2026-27 season with a trip to Dayton coming at week's end. Here: tinyurl.com/3jn5cbtu

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Column: "What the #$&@ are you doing?" Do some of the play calls of @NDFootball offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock bother you? They bother him too. Here: tinyurl.com/mxwvvhcr

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Column: Quietly, subtly, Notre Dame added an "OR" to the top running back spot on the depth chart this week. What did that say? That sophomore Nolan James is RB1 for what he's done the first three weeks. Here: tinyurl.com/368p2nvh

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This sophomore running back has been a revelation for Notre Dame football

Everyone talked up every other running back except Nolan James in August, but the sophomore has been the talk of the 2026 season's first three weeks.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Column: Why your basketball brain might just blow up when you see a three-game, 11-day stretch for the 2026-27 Notre Dame basketball schedule, which is now official. Here: tinyurl.com/29dn3j96

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Why the early part of the 2026-27 Notre Dame basketball schedule should grab you

For too long, Notre Dame basketball has not been good because it hasn't been good at home. The Irish have a chance to change that narrative in 2026-27.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Listen: Notre Dame football has finished fall camp and has started Wisconsin prep. We have thoughts. About this team, about this head coach, about this season. Here: tinyurl.com/bdfr9kuj

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Talking Notre Dame football as 2026 season opener vs. Wisconsin nears

Expectations abound for Notre Dame football in 2026, a season that many believe the Irish can win their first national championship since 1988.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Our Notre Dame basketball chat returns Thursday, August 13 at 8:30 a.m. We've seen the Irish practice. We've spoken with the head coach and the roster core. We took July off. Time to talk hoops. Queue's open. Leave question or comment now. Here: tinyurl.com/5n6fjz6n

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Leave question, comment for our next Notre Dame basketball chat. Now.

It's a complete teardown and rebuild for Notre Dame basketball in 2026-27. Can that help the Irish finish with a winning season for first time since 2022?

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

We interrupt Notre Dame football camp for our latest Notre Dame basketball chat. Thursday, August 13, 8:30 a.m. Queue's already open. Leave a question. Leave a comment. Talk hoops. Here: tinyurl.com/5n6fjz6n

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Leave question, comment for our next Notre Dame basketball chat. Now.

It's a complete teardown and rebuild for Notre Dame basketball in 2026-27. Can that help the Irish finish with a winning season for first time since 2022?

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Column: Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr insists he's not that big of a deal, even though the position he plays certainly is. On Carr and his quest to be one of the guys. Here: tinyurl.com/5bwk9m57

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CJ Carr doing his best to just be one of the guys

Relationships built through real experiences off the field can help Notre Dame football quarterback CJ Carr excel on it when the moments most matter.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Column: Leave No Doubt served its purpose for Notre Dame football in winter and spring and part of the summer, but its time for something else. Time for the Irish to go to work. On 2026. Here: tinyurl.com/yuyfpyha

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This is the best way for Notre Dame football to navigate 2026 season

Coming close again is not an option for Notre Dame football, which seemingly has all the pieces and players to make a run at a national championship.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Column: @NDmbb opened its practice doors on Monday for the media. We saw basketball. We have thoughts. Several, including one about leaky roofs. Here: tinyurl.com/mjf95rkf

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Sights and sounds from a Notre Dame basketball summer practice

Here's what we saw while watching the Notre Dame basketball team roll through an hour and 40-minute workout on Monday.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Column: Say @NDmbb went the way of @FIFAWorldCup and had specific jersey numbers for specific positions. What are the top five (six) most sacred jersey numbers in @NDmbb history? Seems easy, but is it? Here: tinyurl.com/yc4c96uj

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These five Notre Dame basketball jersey numbers would be must-wears

Say that Notre Dame basketball went the way of the World Cup and had players wear position-specific numbers. What five Irish numbers would be must-wears?

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We're already off and running this steamy Wednesday morning in Northern Indiana with the June version of the @NDmbb chat at #NDInsider. Swing on by and ask a question, leave a comment, talk some hoops. Now. Here: tinyurl.com/4a38ep2t

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Join today's live Notre Dame basketball chat. Now.

Year Four under head coach Micah Shrewsberry is in progress with the start of summer school. You have questions and comments. Let's get them answered.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Column: From next to now with @ndwbb legend Muffet McGraw, who has found a certain freedom in life after college basketball. An exclusive sit-down with the candid/carefree former coach. Here: tinyurl.com/5hcw76tb

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The new normal for Notre Dame women's basketball legend Muffet McGraw

For 33 seasons, Muffet McGraw always worried that she wouldn't win enough, wouldn't do enough. Now, the worries are few and far in between.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

.@ndmbb had a home exhibition game against Butler penciled in for October, until the opportunity to be a part of this matchup materialzed. Irish are headed back to Dayton and matchup with Flyers for first time since 1995. "Sit Down Digger!" Here: tinyurl.com/592c8jjx

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Notre Dame basketball to visit an old Independent friend for exhibition

Notre Dame basketball will unveil a rebuilt and retooled roster on the road with an exhibition game to begin the 2026-27 college basketball season.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

With transfer portal season basically done for @NDmbb, seems like a good week to talk all things Irish hoops. Thursday, April 30. 9 a.m. at NDInsider and SBT. Queue's open now for all questions, comments. Here: tinyurl.com/2rewf4kw

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Leave question, comment now for this week's Notre Dame basketball chat

Where is all of this headed for Micah Shrewsberry and Notre Dame basketball? Somewhere? Nowhere? Talk Irish hoops with Tom Noie on Thursday, April 30 at 9 a.m.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Column: Who was the best @NDmbb teammate of the last 30 years? We asked five former Irish. Then five more and five more after that. An enlightening exercise. And response from 35 former Irish players, coaches, managers. Here: tinyurl.com/ap2tnzc8

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Ranking the best Notre Dame basketball teammates of the last 30 years

Who have been the best teammates at Notre Dame basketball? We asked 35 former players, coaches and staff. Here's their answers.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Column: New @NDmbb commit @iso_ebo knows well of the glory days of Irish basketball, and that right there would have been enough. But there's more. A lot more as to why guard Ethan Roberts fits this Notre Dame program for 2026-27. Here: tinyurl.com/y2tpcj6a

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The real reason Notre Dame basketball added another graduate transfer

Ethan Roberts was just a kid when the 2015 Notre Dame basketball team had a season to remember, and he remembers. That's why he's now a part of it.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Column: This @NDFootball secondary doesn't just want to be good. It wants to be great. Elite. National championship defense elite. They won't always talk about it, but they know. Watch out for them this fall. They're that good. Maybe the best. Here: tinyurl.com/2y6a25pf

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This Notre Dame football group has all the makings to be the best

It's one thing to talk about being the best, but when it comes to the Notre Dame secondary, they're about more than just talk. Watch them work.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

If you hope to feel better about the current state of the @NDmbb program, this column isn't for you. If you want a sobering view of the current state of the @NDmbb program (and the transfers to come), read on. Here: tinyurl.com/nupmen5b

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Roster turnover for Notre Dame basketball may finally open some eyes

Notre Dame basketball has not been good for three seasons under head coach Micah Shrewsberry, but the administration also could afford to do more.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This @NDmbb offseason might be anything but, so why not have an NDInsider hoops chat to talk it through? Next one is Thursday, March 26, but the queue's open now for questions/comments. Be nice. Here: tinyurl.com/ym3pwknz

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Talk Notre Dame basketball with NDInsider Tom Noie

Another Notre Dame basketball season featured more losses than wins. You have to have questions. You have to have comments. Leave them here. Now.

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Tom Noie @tomnoie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Column: Of course, this is the way it was going to go for @NDmbb to end the regular season. Another opportunity to take a step toward the ACC Tournament, another opportunity lost in another home loss. Here: tinyurl.com/2kamaers

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No surprise that this is where Notre Dame basketball is at with one game to go

On a night when Notre Dame basketball could have taken a step toward the ACC Tournament field, it took another step back in a season filled with them.

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