Tailspin Continues: Irish thrashed by Bruins

This year started off with much promise.  A top-10 team, a potential All-American in Luke Harangody, and tons of national exposure made the Notre Dame basketball team a hot topic among Irish fans early this year.  But after a 89-63 loss to UCLA, most Irish fans have given up on the team and conceded the year.  Notre Dame's loss to UCLA was their seventh straight loss (you have to go back to 1993 to see that again) and it puts them at 12-10 and raises the possibility that the Irish might not get a postseason trip this year, even to the NIT.

The game was essentially over from the beginning, where the Bruins rushed out to a 14-2 lead to start the game and limited Notre Dame's Luke Harangody to only 5 points in the entire game.  Harangody was previously averaging 24 points per game.  Coach Brey opened up the game by benching guard Tory Jackson, who did play well coming off the bench with 17 points but it really didn't make much of a difference.  The Irish are off until Thursday night when they play the Louisville Cardinals at the JACC in probably their last hope to salvage this season.

Not a good day for Zach Hillesland and the struggling Irish