| Vol XXXIV No. 66 |
Thursday, December 7, 2000 |
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Davie signs 5-year contract with University
Fourth-year head coach secures head coaching position through 2005
By KERRY SMITH
Sports Editor
 Irish head coach Bob Davie's 9-2 season has delivered a number of rewards: a trip to the Fiesta Bowl, verbal commitments from several solid recruits and most recently, a new five-year contract. Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White announced ... [more]
Irish begin Big East season with Wildcats
By TIM CASEY
Assistant Sports Editor
The quest for its first Big East title begins on Wednesday for the women's basketball team. An improved Villanova team comes to South Bend with a 5-1 record, its best start since 1986-87. The Wildcats are unranked, but received four votes ... [more]
Hoosiers hand upset to No. 10 Irish
By BRIAN KESSLER
Sports Writer
Unranked Indiana taught No. 10 Notre Dame an old lesson Tuesday night — defense wins basketball games. The Irish (4-1) weren't able to contain the Hoosiers (4-3) all night and Indiana stepped up its defense to hand Notre Dame its first ... [more]
Davie's Irish work on recruiting during weekend visit
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer
A year ago, Lorenzo Crawford was just a high school senior who had already verbally committed to playing football for the University of North Carolina. He visited Notre Dame Dec. 3, 1999 for the annual football awards banquet just to make ... [more]
Waldrum turns down pro offer, stays with Irish
By KEVIN BERCHOU
Sports Writer
The Notre Dame women's soccer team suffered its first defeat of the season this past weekend at the hands of the North Carolina Tar Heels but it very nearly endured a far greater loss just days prior. Randy Waldrum, the team's ... [more]
Teams on paper differ from teams on basketball court
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Associate Sports Editor
The rankings and the records led the Irish to believe they would end their five-year losing streak against their in-state rival the Indiana Hoosiers. Things don't always go as planned. Notre Dame stormed into its home-court contest No. 10 and 4-0, ... [more]
Hoosier basketball takes on different feel without Knight
Tim Casey
Assistant Sports Editor
I'm sitting in the front row of a crowded press room following Indiana's 86-78 victory on Tuesday night. Reporters, cameramen, sports information personnel and assorted others prepare for the conference to commence. Some-one's missing. A certain overweight, balding, red sweater wearing, ... [more]
University decides not to hire interim coach Apple
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Assistant Sports Editor
An athletic administrator's job is never easy. Neither is an interim coach's. Add to these two difficult positions the untimely death of a successful coach and the competitive expectations that exist at Notre Dame, and you get a nearly impossible situation. ... [more]
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