Notre Dame Game Day: Seeking Saturday night at MSG - Chicago Tribune

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Notre Dame Game Day: Seeking Saturday night at MSG - Chicago Tribune Mar 10th 2012, 02:27 By Brian Hamilton Tribune reporter 8:26 p.m. CST, March 9, 2012 NEW YORK — By the time Notre Dame again talked about getting to the title game of the Big East tournament, it was already only a day away. A march through tar against South Florida began on Thursday evening but required overtime and pushed the postgame discussion to post-midnight local time. The momentum was almost palpable: The program drawing tantalizingly close to a place they've never been, seeking the validation that comes with getting there. "Our program has been extremely consistent and solid in the Big East, but playing on Saturday would mean a lot, and I think this group has really digested it," Irish coach Mike BreyCQ said after the quarterfinal win. "Of course we play the same guys who stopped us from getting there last year in Louisville and every time we play them it's never regulation. The last six, seven games, it's unbelievable." Indeed, the Irish have been to three straight Big East tournament semifinals and four in the last six years -- and never once have made the championship game. Cincinnati awaits the winner of the Notre Dame-Louisville matchup. "It's been a goal for us most of the year," Irish forward Scott Martin said before the tournament started. "We were so close last year and it still stings a little bit. We still have that in our memory and hopefully we can build off of it." bchamilton@tribune.com Twitter @ChiTribHamilton This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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