Welcome to another edition of Irish Illustrated Insider, brought to you by Irish Illustrated.com.

I'm Pete Sampson, joined by Tim Priestier and Tim O'Malley.

We've got a full crew today.

We're going to talk to recruiting.

Notre Dame's picked of five commitments since our last podcast.

Spring football as turns on.

And we'll start with segment one.

Actual sports happening now with a focus on Notre Dame men's basketball.

On to the Sweet 16 again.

Second straight year, Mike Bray, 5 and 1 in the last two years in the NCAA tournament,

which is a huge change from the previous decade when he was 3 and 6.

So, you know, I...

O'Malley and I were talking about this the other day, Tim, that why is Notre Dame better in the tournament?

Because they have better players.

I mean, that's a big part of it.

But you were around the team and sort of saw the dynamics in Brooklyn.

Does this surprise you a whole lot?

Is it they got a fortunate draw with West Virginia getting knocked out by Stephen F. Austin?

It turned out to actually be very good.

I mean, what vibe did you take away from being around Notre Dame in Brooklyn?

Well, the term thrown around culture, you know,

and they have developed a bit of a postseason culture here with five wins in two years.

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