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Vol XXXV No. 86

Thursday, February 7, 2002

  Football: Irish ink 18 for class of 2006
By: JOE HETTLER
Sports Writer

Signing Day ended with a bittersweet taste for Notre Dame on Wednesday when Lorenzo Booker chose Florida State University rather than USC, Washington and Notre Dame. According to ESPN, the National-Player-of-the-Year had initially picked Notre Dame before changing his mind about ... [more]


Men's Basketball: Thomas' hot hand guides Irish past Rutgers
Freshman point guard hits 7 3-pointers in 32-point effort
By: KERRY SMITH
Sports Writer

Irish point guard Chris Thomas shot his way out of a midseason slump Wednesday, racking up 32 points in Notre Dame's 89-72 conference win against Rutgers at the Joyce Center. "You just got to let good players play," Irish head coach ... [more]


ND Women's Tennis: Irish seek revenge against first round foe
By: COLIN BOYLAN
Sports Writer

After a pair of tough matches against Kentucky and Indiana last weekend, the competition doesn't get any easier this week for the Notre Dame women's tennis team, as it heads to Madison, Wisc., to take part in the four-day USTA/ITA National ... [more]


Men's Basketball: Graves shows guts in performance off the bench
By: ANDREW SOUKUP
Associate Sports Editor

The way David Graves played against Rutgers it was impossible to tell he woke up Wednesday morning and couldn't move. He scored 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Not too shabby for a guy collapsed with excruciating pain in his lower back ... [more]


Football Recruiting: Davie laid the foundation
Much of the Irish class of 2006 recruited by Bob Davie
By: ANDREW SOUKUP
Associate Sports Editor

In the middle of December, wide receiver Maurice Stovall had a better chance of walking on Mars than attending Notre Dame. Who could blame him? In just two short weeks, Notre Dame fired Bob Davie, and George O'Leary resigned in disgrace, ... [more]


SMC Basketball: Belles give Dutch a scare
By: JOE LINDSLEY
Sports Writer

Saint Mary's expected Hope to be a tough opponent Wednesday night. Hope probably didn't expect the same of Saint Mary's. But if the Flying Dutch did not expect much from the Belles before the game, they soon realized just how badly ... [more]