MEN'S BASKEBALL
BY ANDREW OWENS
I
n his first full recruiting class with
Notre Dame as a member of the At-
lantic Coast Conference, head coach
Mike Brey stuck to the tenets of his
program and came away with three
players he expects will help the Irish be
competitive in the league.
"We're not really changing our re-
cruiting philosophy, but we're going
to need really good players in this
league," Brey said while announcing
the signings at a Nov. 12 press confer-
ence. "We're not necessarily making
wholesale changes to our style of play.
With these three kids you get back to a
basketball IQ and a really good feel for
the game. All three of them can really
pass. That's one thing we've really been
able to do here is move the ball and
have that feel for the game."
The three-player haul, rated No. 39
nationally by 247Sports, features sharp-
shooter Matt Ryan of Cortlandt Manor
(N.Y.) Iona Prep, multi-purpose guard
Rex Pflueger of Dana Point (Calif.) Ma-
PHILOSOPHICAL
FITS
Mike Brey's three-man recruiting
haul has skill and
high basketball intelligence
Cortlandt Manor (N.Y.) Iona Prep's Matt Ryan
is ranked as the No. 106 overall prospect in the
country, the No. 19 small forward nationally and
the No. 4 player from New York by 247Sports.
PHOTO COURTESY 247SPORTS
