Game Day Preview: Notre Dame @ Bu

Here come the Irish

Tonight's mach up between the Terriers and the Fighting Irish will be the first time the two teams have ever played in a non-tournament game and the first time since the 1995-96 season in the Badger Showdown in Madison Wisconsin. This game tonight will also be the first time the Irish have ever played in Agganis Arena.


Slow Starts 
Maybe in late August many people would have thought that the two teams would not have suffered a lost thus far in the season. Not the case the, Terriers and Irish have a combined 2-3 recored. Bu is o-1 and the Irish are 2-2 after losing one game each to Alabama Huntsville and Providence College.

At The Polls 
In monday's NCAA national rankings the Terriers moved down to the third slot with the loss to Umass. They still earned 2 first place votes. Mean wile the Irish dropped from the 7 spot to the 9 slot. The big mover on the day was the University of Vermont, witch moved from 11 all the way to number 7 in the nation. The Red Hawks of Miami are still the number on team in the nation.
Click here for the full poll 
Click here for tonight's Game Notes from goterriers.com