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Tyler

10:05

If recruiting is of any priority for this program, Scott Martin would not be the answer for that 2nd assisting job. What can 17 year olds relate to with Scott Martin? That he was a student here? Pass.. that goes a long way. Ryan Ayers had something different. It showed. I think they need NBA experience on that coaching staff IMO though. Outside of that, Eric Atkins? Do you agree?

Thomas Noie

10:04

Tyler: Great question, and one, like the schedule, that has no firm answer. I don't know if anything is "safe" these days when it comes to recruiting. Notre Dame felt really good - more than really good -a bout getting big man Hunter Dickinson last year. He then signed with Michigan. Prospects cannot visit campus (Notre Dame landed both Trey Wertz and Tony Sanders without either ever meeting face to face with Mike Brey) and the staff can't recruit off campus. Right now, it would be a two-player class with the flexibility to add another big in the spring. Grad transfer? Mike Brey likes to always retain that option, but finding a grad transfer fit hasn't ever presented itself.

Tyler

10:01

With recruiting visits on a halt indefinitely, you’d have to believe ND is pretty safe to secure Blake Wesley’s commitment. But outside of that do you see this as just a 2 man high school class with a graduate transfer big man to complete it?

Thomas Noie

10:00

Jackie: Not at all.

Jackie Daytona (Clairton, PA)

10:00

Two weird headlines a day apart — Ayers’ bizarre departure and a weird injury (broken kneecap). Do you think they might be connected in any way?

Thomas Noie

10:00

It's all a fluid situation, and probably changing every day or every other day. Especially now that football is on pause....that's going to affect how the basketball schedule comes together.

9:59

Ray: Great question, and unfortunately, one that doesn't have an answer. In normal times (remember those?) the schedule would've been released with the usual amount of non-conference games and 20 league games. The NCAA last week set the start date as Nov. 25, but that just added another layer of intrigue. What does that mean for non-conference games? For league games? Notre Dame, and other league schools, likely is waiting for the Atlantic Coast Conference to set the parameters for what is expected to be a 20-game league schedule. The NCAA would like schools to play at least four non-league games. Does that mean Kentucky on Dec. 12 is a go? Purdue on Dec. 19? At Howard on Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

Ray From Mishawaka

9:56

Hi Tom, Great time for a chat. When do you think the final schedule will be released for this year? How many non conference and conference games do you think will be played this year? This will be the first year since 1975 that I will not be attending games as a season ticket holder. I know I'm going to miss it. ACC Network here I come.

Thomas Noie

9:55

Dave: Think Notre Dame would like to keep Trey Wertz on the three-year plan - one year sit, two play - unless absolutely needed. Carmody's injury dings the guard depth a bit - there still are six guards on the roster. Yes, Prentiss Hubb, Dane Goodwin and Cormac Ryan will play a lot of minutes (but that was going to be the case had Carmody stayed healthy). Nik Djogo has to give them something. If anything, it accelerates the development of freshman guard Tony Sanders. The staff also remains confident in walk-on Elijah Morgan. Six guards likely is enough. Carmody was penciled as a possible sixth man, but he remained pretty much a blank slate even before the injury. What could he offer? Could he stay healthy? Nobody really knew. And still don't.

Dave

9:52

Hey Tom! Long time, no chat. With the disappointing news of Robby Carmody’s knee injury, is there any talk of the team seeking a waiver for transfer guard Trey Wertz to play this season? Without Carmody, there is zero guard depth beyond the trio of Hubb, Ryan, and Goodwin.

Thomas Noie

9:51

PM: In a word? No. In another word, huh? Assistant basketball coaches don't tend to leave the program because a player gets injured. That's especially true of an assistant coach who graduated from said school. And also played there. Though it would make for a fascinating Netflix miniseries - who plays Ryan Ayers? - think there were other factors involved in Ayers no being with the program.

PM (LA, CA)

9:49

Did Ryan Ayers' departure from the team have anything to do with Robby Carmody's knee injury?

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