Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast Chris Wilson

Getting you prepared for the start of the tournament and beyond with an all-star lineup:
Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic breaks down Notre Dame's corner of the bracket and their chances at making it to a second straight Sweet Sixteen. Then, Chantel Jennings of The Athletic stops by to talk about her great profile of Niele Ivey and what she learned about the Irish program while writing it. (30:22) (Read it here.) Finally, our friend Sam Werner joins for an update on the end of Mike Brey's tenure and the top contenders to be hired as his replacement. (49:49)  

Jessica Smetana and Jamie Uyeyama join to discuss Tommy Rees heading to Alabama and what Marcus Freeman should ideally look for in a replacement offensive coordinator.
Jamie's list of potential candidates at Irish Sports Daily.
 

The Athletic's Pete Sampson joins to talk about the finalized 2023 Notre Dame football schedule and how this fall's roster compares to last year's team.

Let's chat about a good basketball team and also a bad basketball team. First, Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic (2:07) joins for a fun talk about Niele Ivey's top ten women's squad and Irish alumnae in the WNBA. Then our friend Sam Werner hops on (38:45) to discuss the rough situation on the men's side and the likely end of Mike Brey's tenure.

Jessica Smetana joins to talk about Notre Dame's thrilling win over South Carolina, enjoying the Fiesta and Cotton results, a Mini Movie Club on Glass Onion and much more.

A re-release of our carol draft from 2018. Merry Christmas, everybody!