Above And
Beyond
Notre Dame is gunning
for a third straight
national title game appearance
By Lou Somogyi
N
otre Dame���s sup���
posed ���rebuild���
ing��� efforts in
2012���13 have
yielded only more pala���
tial results.
Minus three starters
from two teams that ad���
vanced to the national
title game in 2011 and
2012, head coach Muf���
fet McGraw���s Fighting
Irish were still projected
as maybe top���10 mate���
rial in 2012-13, but cer���
tainly not 30-1, No. 2 in
the country and sport���
ing a school-record 25game winning streak en���
tering its March 12 Big
East Championship final
against Connecticut.
The result of that out���
come (Blue & Gold Illustrated was printed
hours before the UConn
Junior wing Kayla McBride averaged 15.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per
game during Notre Dame���s 30-1 start.
photo by joe raymond
