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GAME THREAD: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS North Carolina Tar Heels

Can the Irish use home court to pull off a stunner?

By Joshua Vowles
Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

There aren't many that are giving the Notre Dame Fighting Irish much of a chance tonight against the North Carolina Tar Heels - and who could blame them?

Offensively, Notre Dame is a shell of itself without Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell. They need every player to contribute to the cause and games like the last one against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets showed that when Rex Pflueger was basically a "no-show."

Notre Dame has seemed to play much more aggressively on defense though. A Martinas Geben dunk or two here and there with a T.J. Gibbs 3 point clinic - and we have a chance.

Honestly... it's a game at home against a bog-time opponent and we still have Mike Brey. Maybe the chances are better than we think?

WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO WATCH

Where: Purcell Pavilion, Notre Dame, Indiana

When: Saturday, January 13, 6:00 p.m. ET

How to Watch: ESPN national broadcast with Dan Shulman (play-by-play), Jay Bilas (analyst) and Maria Taylor (sidelines).

Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network with Jack Nolan (play-by-play) and Zach Hillesland (analyst). Available locally on WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1, via network affiliates (list available on page 8 of the notes package), world wide on WatchND.tv and on Sirius/XM Channel 84.

GAME THREAD

The game thread is open below. I know many of us are on Twitter for most of the game, but I encourage you to vent and do other things that require more than 280 characters here.

GO IRISH!

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