The Notre Dame Fighting Irish played a pair of hard-fought away games against tough competition this week, coming up short even as they showed heart and a game spirit. Let’s talk about the things that made that near-success possible.

Last Week’s Results

A close road loss in Durham followed by another heartbreaker against the seventh-ranked Hoos. What did we learn?

Performance of the Week

Another chance to highlight a great effort by a beloved super-senior! He didn’t follow it up with a great effort against UVA, but Dane Goodwin put up a great performance under pressure against Duke, scoring 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting - 19 of which were in the second half (and 17 of which were consecutive!