The last time Notre Dame basketball ventured to Texas, it had optimism and it had swagger and it had starting guard Markus Burton.

Make that four straight league losses and nine of the last 10 for a Notre Dame basketball team that's become long on excuses and short on execution.

For the most part, every time Notre Dame had a surge, Florida State had an answer. Robert McCray V hit a few tough threes in this second half. But Cole Certa was responding at an even higher rate for Notre Dame, hitting three straight threes in the middle portion of the half to cut into the lead.

The Irish ended their inconsistent conference play streak with an 80-70 victory over the Hokies.

Three straight losses and eight of nine has Notre Dame basketball on the wrong side of the cut line for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team took on the No. 24 ranked Louisville Cardinals in a road battle at the KFC Yum! Center and suffered a 76-65 defeat. The result drops Notre Dame to a disappointing 11-12 on the year and 2-8 in the ACC,

Freshman Mark Zackery IV spent six weeks as a backup point guard for Notre Dame basketball before turning attention back to football responsibilities.

The way Justin Manning’s night was going, it seemed doubtful the Notre Dame High School junior guard would be around for the end of the Crusaders’ game against Bangor in the Colonial League boys basketball quarterfinals Friday night at Jeff Dailey Court.

Florida State Men's Basketball is currently riding a two-game winning streak after beating Cal and Stanford at home last week. Those cross-country games can be tough for road teams, and it proved to be that way for Stanford, but after Cal lost to the 'Noles, they went south and were able to upset Miami in a wild late rally.

Travis Tallon scored 17 points to lead Johnstown to a 51-40 win over Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons in a Western Athletic Conference boys’ basketball game Monday. Dylan Hulbert netted 11 points