Colson powers Notre Dame to upset of No. 14 Florida State

Saturday’s 83-80 victory over No. 14 Florida State puts the Irish at 19-7 overall and 8-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference entering the final five regular season games.

Having split its first six road games – three-straight wins followed by three losses – Notre Dame is back on the road grind this week with two games. In their first game, they started Austin Torres in hopes of providing a reliable middle man between the front and backcourt.

Brey said the adjustments Notre Dame has made recently and going to the four-guard lineup have benefitted the New Bedford, Mass. native. It marked the third-straight game that the Irish have juggled the starting lineup. The Irish will be on the road for both games this week. North Carolina, logged just nine total minutes of court time against Wake Forest, and was an astounding minus-22 in its aggregate court time in the home loss to Duke two weeks ago. The chances of the Tar Heels going undefeated during their last six games, though, is pretty unlikely. Second-year defenseman Dennis Gilbert tallied his second assist of the game on the play.For a ME team in a deep hole, a comeback wouldn’t mount immediately.

Technically, because of the punishment from the school’s academic scandal (which affected numerous sports, including football) nearly a decade ago, Hamilton is only credited with 477 wins overall and 277 at Florida State. They play at Boston College on Tuesday and at North Carolina State on Saturday. Saturday, Notre Dame limited him on both ends, holding the 6-foot-10 Isaac to one offensive rebound and one blocked shot. His current team is 21-4 and ranked in the Top 15 in the nation.

Dan Colleran, associate athletics communications director at the University of Notre Dame, has been a part of Fighting Irish Media since August 2015 and coordinates all media and publicity efforts surrounding the Notre Dame hockey and golf programs.

On defense, Notre Dame is getting better in the post. Even when they were winning, they seemed to be out of the place. Now that the Irish have found their identity, they’re more risky than ever. ME received two penalties on one play before they could even touch the puck, which gave Notre Dame a rare 5-on-3 power play for a full two minutes. On top of that, they’ve somehow managed to have the best shot at a conference title.

“I think he’s a strong first-team all-league guy already”, said Mike Brey of his star forward.

The Hobey Baker Selection Committee, along with a second aggregate of the fan’s one percent vote, will be combined to come up with the “Hobey Hat Trick”, which will be announced on March 30. Then, after a 9-0 start, they were considered one of the best teams in the country.

Averaging 23 free throws a game the last three, Notre Dame made only 15 trips to the foul line in the teams’ first meeting last month in Tallahassee.

Well, now they’re right back in the mix.

Notre Dame, on the other hand, is in the midst of a awful streak in which they have lost five of their last seven games. No one seems to know.

Though they can struggle on the road, they’re playing well enough to get the victory here. “They gave us a couple of power plays and we took advantage”.