JotCast | Notre Dame basketball chat - December 2025

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Tom Noie

8:44

Fred: How's this for a definitive answer to get us going today ... we don't know. Notre Dame is 9-3 and undefeated at home and went to TCU and won in overtime. The Irish are doing stuff we haven't seen them do under head coach Micah Shrewsberry. They've been good enough to be better than average but not good elite to be elite. Two of their three losses - to Kansas and Houston, each by 10 points - exposed their weaknesses against teams with top-line talent/athleticism/DNA, etc. That likely will show itself in only a handful of Atlantic Coast Conference games - Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, maybe another team TBD. Notre Dame has been good enough that we carry something into Christmas and New Year's that we haven't carried - optimism. We said at the start of everything that we had to see progress, though we didn't exactly know what progress looked like. Through the first six and a half weeks of the regular season, for this program, this is what progress looks like.

Fred

8:40

How good is this team? No, really…how good?

Tom Noie

8:33

What's been the biggest story to date this season for Notre Dame basketball?

The emergence of Jalen Haralson (11.1% | 3 votes)

The tenacity of Carson Towt (11.1% | 3 votes)

Hey, these guys might be pretty good (22.2% | 6 votes)

The versatility of more guys doing more (29.6% | 8 votes)

Going undefeated at home (0% | 0 votes)

The injury to Markus Burton (25.9% | 7 votes)

Show us more (0% | 0 votes)

Total Votes: 27

8:31

We didn't know when everything started six and a half weeks ago what this was going to look like for Notre Dame basketball. Six and a half weeks later, Notre Dame is 9-3 overall and 7-0 at home. Notre Dame should have won at Ohio State (one-point loss). Notre Dame did win at TCU (overtime). It has competed. It has gained confidence. What's it all mean come Atlantic Coast Conference time? Stay tuned. For now, there's plenty to dissect and discuss about Notre Dame basketball. To join today's chat, be sure to include your name and hometown. With that, you know the rest - let's light this Notre Dame basketball chat candle...

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