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Vol XXXIV No. 3

Thursday, August 24, 2000

  New hoops coach settles into role as leader
Brey begins to find niche with players
Kathleen O'Brien
Associate Sports Editor

Sitting in his new office in the Joyce Center, first-year head basketball coach Mike Brey whipped out a National Championship ring from his days at Duke University. Uh-oh. Would Notre Dame find itself in the same situation as it had in ... [more]


New hoops coach settles into role as leader
Newcomer adjusts to life on, off campus
Mike Connolly
Outside Looking In

Amid the sea of 18-year-old faces wandering the quads, looking lost during freshman orientation, you could find another 41-year-old face looking just as lost. ÒI took part in all the freshman orientation programs,Ó new menÕs basketball coach Mike Brey said. ÒI ... [more]


Sears ranks student athletes second
Erin Piroutek
Sports Writer

Although fall sports teams are just beginning to amass victories, Notre DameÕs student-athletes have already earned academic honors. Among the top 25 athletic programs according to the Sears Directors Cup which ranks overall success of athletic programs based on a point ... [more]


Irish ÔsetÕ for season opener
Preseason poll slates team No. 1 once again
Sports Writer

The Notre Dame volleyball team prepares to start the 2000 season with the Big East preseason poll slating the Irish to finish No. 1 yet again in regular-season league action. The Irish picked up 119 points, including nine first-place votes while ... [more]


Murphy among Preseason Top 50
Special to The Observer

Junior menÕs basketball forward Troy Murphy, a consensus All-American a year ago, is one of the Preseason Top 50 candidates for the 2000-2001 John R. Wooden All-America team. Murphy, a member of the 10-member All-America squad last season, also has been ... [more]