Justin who?

Kyle McAlarney, 19, starting point guard for the Irish basketball team was dismissed from the university last week with the right to apply for readmission next summer. McAlarney was arrested by state police on Dec. 29 after marijuana was discovered in his car during a routine traffic stop a few blocks from campus. The arrest came hours after he scored a career-high 21 points against Rider.

In a possibly related event Justin Tratttou, 4-star high school defensive end from NJ, withdrew his verbal commitment to accept an ND foofball scholarship and accepted a scholarship offer from the Florida Gators. Hell a drug bust in the SEC probably gets you suspended from practice for a couple of days.





As I promised: ND Hockey

Notre Dame comes into the weekend with a 20-5-1 overall record and a 14-3-1 mark in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, good for 29 points. Miami is 18-8-2 overall and 13-5-2 in the conference for 28 points with Notre Dame having two games in hand on the RedHawks.

They are 9-1 against teams ranked in the top 15 at the time they play them. That could improve to 10-1 if they complete the weekend sweep of Miami (OH) tonight. The only loss came at Michigan State the night after we beat them. They are also in first place in the CCHA by three points with two games in hand.


2006-07 CCHA CONFERENCE STANDINGS
CONFERENCE OVERALL
GP W L T Pts. GF GA W L T GF GA
Notre Dame 19 15 3 1 31 69 35 21 5 1 103 47
Miami 21 13 6 2 28 75 55 18 9 2 101 77
Michigan 19 13 6 0 26 84 59 18 9 0 116 87
Michigan State 19 12 6 1 25 58 44 16 8 1 83 62
Nebraska-Omaha 19 9 8 2 20 72 59 12 11 6 112 87
Lake Superior 19 8 8 3 19 48 49 14 10 3 74 64
Western Michigan 20 9 10 1 19 63 73 11 13 1 83 93
Ohio State 19 7 8 4 18 59 56 9 11 5 80 82
Northern Michigan 21 8 12 1 17 55 60 11 16 2 73 81
Alaska 19 6 10 3 15 53 66 8 13 4 73 85
Ferris State 19 4 13 2 10 43 72 7 17 3 71 96
Bowling Green 20 3 17 0 6 35 86 5 22 1 52 115


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