Notre Dame’s bubble finally burst on Sunday night when the official NCAA Tournament brackets were revealed. After three days of speculation about whether or not the Irish would get the benefit of the doubt from the committee now that they are almost back to full strength, we found out Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell would not get one more chance to lead the Irish on a tournament run.
The news wasn’t overly surprising – even if the committee selected a couple of teams (looking at you Oklahoma and Syracuse) that the Irish had valid arguments over.
When Notre Dame lost to Miami in the final week of the season ti set up a scenario where the Irish needed to either beat #1 ranked UVA in the season finale or win at least three games in the ACC Tournament to ensure their selection.