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top-25 team. Mabrey (9.7 points per game) is a deadly three-point specialist whose 49 treys are nearly twice as many as anyone else on the squad, but she also was second in assists with 63 during the 23-0 start. Reimer, averaging 8.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per contest, provides another post presence, while Cable (5.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game) can fill myr- iad roles, be it scoring a team-high 21 points during a 90-48 December romp over UCLA or grabbing a team-leading 13 rebounds in a 74-48 win versus Vir- ginia Tech Jan. 30. "They bring instant offense when they come in — they just know the game," McBride said. "The coaching staff does a really good job of instilling confidence." "The strength of our team is that our bench is as good as any team in the country," McGraw said. Possibly, the 2013-14 Irish might be more dangerous collectively because of the well rounded attack the opposition must handle and the way each game is approached. "We're really good at focusing on the game plan and not the outcome," Mc- Graw said. "And we do try to have fun. Our practices are shorter, we come in and have intensity for an hour and 15 minutes and then we're done. I don't think we're looking ahead, I don't think we're focusing on what our record is. "We just know what our goals are, and that's foremost in our minds." "It's been a work in progress, but it's really fun with this team," Loyd said. "We try to implement fun everywhere we go, and definitely in practice. But we still have a lot of stuff to do and lot of things to improve on, so it's just another day at the office." It's an office staff dedicated to con- centrating on cutting one's losses, and maybe even having none at all. ✦ 2013-14 SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Nov. 9 UNC Wilmington W, 99-50 Nov. 11 Michigan State W, 81-62 Nov. 16 Valparaiso W, 96-46 Nov. 23 at Penn W, 76-54 Nov. 26 DePaul W, 92-76 Dec. 1 vs. Duquesne# W, 100-61 Dec. 4 at Penn State! W, 77-67 Dec. 7 UCLA W, 90-48 Dec. 14 at Michigan W, 86-64 Dec. 22 Central Michigan W, 106-72 Dec. 29 at Oregon State W, 70-58 Jan. 2 South Dakota State W, 94-51 Jan. 5 Clemson* W, 71-51 Jan. 9 Boston College* W, 95-53 Jan. 12 at Virginia* W, 79-72 Jan. 16 at Pittsburgh* W, 109-66 Jan. 20 at Tennessee W, 86-70 Jan. 23 Miami* W, 79-52 Jan. 27 at Maryland* W, 87-83 Jan. 30 Virginia Tech* W, 74-48 Feb. 2 at Duke* W, 88-67 Feb. 6 at Florida State* W, 81-60 Feb. 9 Syracuse* W, 101-64 Feb. 13 at Boston College* 7 p.m. Feb. 17 Georgia Tech* 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at Wake Forest* 7 p.m. Feb. 23 Duke* (ESPN) 1 p.m. Feb. 27 North Carolina* 7 p.m. Mar. 2 at North Carolina State* 2 p.m. Mar. 5-9 ACC Tournament^ TBD # at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto; ! Big Ten/ACC Challenge; * ACC game; ^ at Greens- boro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.