Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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McBride joined Diggins as one of 33 players nationally (pro or college) invited to the Team USA Camp. "She is just in phenomenal shape," McGraw said. "She actually is head 2013-14 Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Oct. 30 California (Pa.)^ 7 p.m. Nov. 9 UNC Wilmington 1 p.m. Nov. 11 Michigan State 7 p.m. Nov. 16 Valparaiso 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at Penn 3 p.m. Nov. 26 DePaul 7 p.m. Dec. 1 vs. Duquesne# 2 p.m. Dec. 4 at Penn State! (BTN) 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 UCLA 1 p.m. Dec. 14 at Michigan 7 p.m. Dec. 22 Central Michigan 2 p.m. Dec. 29 at Oregon State (Pac-12) 5 p.m. Jan. 2 South Dakota State 7 p.m. Jan. 5 Clemson* 2 p.m. Jan. 9 Boston College* 7 p.m. Jan. 12 at Virginia* 2 p.m. Jan. 16 at Pittsburgh* 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at Tennessee (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Jan. 23 Miami* (RSN) 8:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Maryland* (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Jan. 30 Virginia Tech* 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Duke* (ESPN) 2 p.m. Feb. 6 at Florida State* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Feb. 9 Syracuse* (RSN) 3 p.m. Feb. 13 at Boston College* 7 p.m. Feb. 17 Georgia Tech* (RSN) 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at Wake Forest* (BEN) 7 p.m. Feb. 23 Duke* (ESPN) 1 p.m. Feb. 27 North Carolina* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. March 2 at North Carolina State* 2 p.m. March 5-9 ACC Tournament! TBD ^ Exhibition; # at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto; ! Big Ten/ACC Challenge; * ACC game; ! at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.; BTN — Big Ten Network; RSN — games televised on ACC/Regional Sports Network and shoulders above the rest of the team right now." The 6-3 Achonwa already excelled for Canada in the 2012 London Games and in other international play, and last year she set a single-season school record with 19 double-doubles in points (13.8 per game) and rebounds (9.5 per game). "Natalie Achonwa is the leader of the team," McGraw stated. "She's the most vocal. … Kayla also has experience and the maturity to lead." Loyd is the future face of the program, while the third senior, 6-1 post player Braker, represents the classic blue-collar figure who does a lot of the grunt work to free up "The Big Three" in other capacities. New Identity Rookies Allen and Reimer provide new representation in the backcourt and post. McGraw refers to Allen as a "phenomenal defensive player with her speed and high basketball IQ that is capable of running the show." "My role is to run the team, get them set into offenses and make sure the other players are satisfied first," said Allen, who averaged 10.3 points, handed out 20 assists and had 15 turnovers during this summer's 3-0 tour in Europe, including wins over pro teams in France. "We have to fill that hole [left by Diggins], and one person just can't fill that hole. We're working as a team to fill that hole." Reimer has the skillset to play along the perimeter, but the first priority is to help in the post, where the Irish will be much deeper this season and won't