BY LOU SOMOGYI
T
hroughout his 16-year
head coaching career at
Notre Dame, Mike Brey
has often spoken about
two subjects he believes
in adamantly: building
good karma and the law
of averages.
Both have turned sig-
nificantly in his favor the
past two seasons, specifi-
cally in March.
Throughout the first 14
years of his Notre Dame
tenure, Brey was to col-
lege basketball what
Marty Schottenheimer
was to the NFL from
1984-2006 — a stellar
and consistent regular-
season coach, but a 5-13
playoff record couldn't
quite elevate him into ex-
alted Hall-of-Fame status.
Schottenheimer didn't
even have a losing re-
cord until his 15th season
(Brey had his lone one in
year 14 at Notre Dame).
UNDER THE DOME
TREND REVERSAL
Notre Dame men's basketball achieved its
greatest postseason success the past two years
Head coach Mike Brey's Fighting Irish are the lone men's team in
college basketball to advance to the Elite Eight each of the last two
years.
PHOTO BY ANDREW IVINS
