Notre Dame’s regular-season-ending, three-game series next weekend at Miami will likely carry more weight on the team’s NCAA Tournament résumé when selection day rolls around on May 26 (noon EDT on ESPN2).
But what the Irish are doing in the run-up to the final ACC series of the season and the league’s single-elimination tournament May 20-25 in Durham, N.C., continues to push Notre Dame toward the positive side of the tourney bubble.
That, after sitting in 16th place in the 16-team ACC and possessing a losing record overall just four weeks ago.
On Saturday, a day after a double-digit lead over Bowling Green ended the game early via the run (mercy) rule, the Irish did it again — this time 11-1 in eight innings at Eck Stadium.