As the team got off to a slow start, it appeared that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish had slipped from the level of quality that fans have come to expect from Mike Brey‘s team. They lost early in the year to an opponent that wasn’t ranked and they truly had no business losing to, and then it happened again against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Notre Dame was starting to look like a team that wasn’t handling their recent success very well.
It may be difficult for the most dedicated of ACC fan to hear this, but even though this conference is one of the most storied in the history of college basketball, there have been ups and downs in recent memory.