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Who Is Cormac Ryan? Former Notre Dame Guard Current North Carolina Guard Who Is Opposing His Former Team Tonight As 7th Ranked North Carolina Is Hosting Notre Dame In Chapel Hill

Who is Cormac Ryan?

Former Notre Dame guard current North Carolina guard who is opposing his former team tonight as 7th ranked North Carolina is hosting Notre Dame in Chapel Hill.

Where?

On the hardwood!

As a freshman at Notre Dame in 2019-2020,

Cormac Ryan redshirted following transferring from Stanford.

As sophomore at Notre Dame in 2020-2021,

Cormac Ryan averaged 9.9 points at Notre Dame • Started 16 of 25 games and averaged 29.5 minutes • Scored in double figures 12 times with a season-high 28 at Duke, when he made 10 of 16 from the floor, including 4 of 7 three-pointers • Scored 21 first-half points at Duke – in one stretch he scored 13 straight points for the Irish • Made a three-pointer in 21 of 25 games with multiple threes 12 times • Season-high five threes in six attempts at Pittsburgh • Season-high nine rebounds vs. NC State • Had 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists in the win over No. 11 Florida State • Scored 16 of Notre Dame’s final 18 points vs. Virginia • Blocked a shot then had the assist on a buzzer-beating three by Trey Wertz to beat Wake Forest in the ACC quarterfinal.
As a junior at Notre Dame in 2021-2022,

Cormac Ryan averaged 9.2 points Made 22 starts in 35 games and averaged 30.0 minutes per contest • Shot a career-best 40.4% from three-point range (57 of 140) • Helped lead Notre Dame to the second round of the NCAA Tournament • Scored in double figures 14 times, including three of the Irish’s four postseason games • Career-high 29 points, most ever by a Brey player in an NCAA Tournament game, in the first-round win over No. 6-seed Alabama • Career-best 10 of 13 from the floor, including 7 of 9 from three, vs. the Tide • The seven three-pointers are the NCAA Tournament-record by a Notre Dame player • Scored 16 points in a career-high 46 minutes in double-overtime win over Rutgers in the NCAA First Four • Made all eight free throw attempts and scored 20 points in ACC quarterfinal vs. Virginia Tech • Made a three-pointer in 28 games, including multiple threes 16 times (eight of the last nine games) • Career-high 10 rebounds vs. Georgia Tech • Hit a pair of free throws with 39 seconds to play in three-point win at Howard • Scored 11 points in the Irish’s win over UNC..

As a senior at Notre Dame in 2022-2023 ,

Cormac Ryan averaged a career-best 12.3 points (19.0 in the last three games and 14.1 in the last 13), scoring in double figures 21 times, including 11 of the last 13 games • Made a career-high 63 three-pointers (2.0 per game) • Career highs in assists (79), blocks (13) and steals (41) • Scored a season-high 23 in Notre Dame’s 70-52 win at Michigan State, when he scored 20 of the Irish’s 42 first-half points and finished six for seven from three-point range • Scored 20 points in head coach Mike Brey’s final home game in an upset win over No. 25 Pittsburgh • Season-high six three-pointers at Michigan State and five at NC State and at home vs. Virginia Tech • Career-high eight assists vs. Louisville • Shot a career-high 82.7% from the free throw line • Scored go-ahead basket with 9.5 seconds to play in win over Radford • Had 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals vs. Carolina • Started all 32 games and averaged 33.9 minutes.

According to https://goheels.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/cormac-ryan/24712

Ahead of Cormac Ryan opposing his former team in Notre Dame he had this to say about his basketball future about why he transferred to North Carolina about their College Basketball program!

I’ve been through a lot, and I know that there’s a lot left ahead, too,”

I’m looking forward to what we can do going into the postseason and wherever basketball takes me.”

That’s something that was really attractive to me coming in, “Carolina’s got a history that speaks for itself. I wanted to be a part of impacting winning on the biggest stage. This is about as big as you can get in college basketball.”

According to Jayden Watson -Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article285910631.html

As North Carolina is hosting Notre Dame tonight in Chapel Hill Cormac Ryan is opposing his former team!

North Carolina comes into the game with record of 23-6 overall 15-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is first in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve won four straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including their most recent game on Saturday March 2, 2024 over tobacco road rival NC State 79-70 as as Harrison Ingram was 8-14 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds. Armando Bacot was 4-12 on field goals to go along 7 rebounds, 13 points. Elliot Cadeau was 5-7 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 15 points. RJ Davis was 4-11 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 14 points. Cormac Ryan was 1-3 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 points. Jalen Washington was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 points. Jalen Withers was 2-3 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 4 points. Seth Trimble was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 4 points.

According to espn app

Following North Carolina sweeping NC State in 2023-2024 regular season with 79-70 win Saturday in Chapel Hill North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!

“I played in the 90s,”where a fight could break out and you could still play.”I felt like when things got a little chippy, it ignited us a little bit,”

Though,

North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis wasn’t the only one to say something following North Carolina NC State in regular season with 79-70 win Saturday in Chapel Hill as senior guard RJ Davis who was 4-11 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds, 5 assists had this to say about North Carolina’s identity!

“I feel like that’s been the theme all year,”The wins are always not blowing out teams by 20 or being up by 30. We always win the tough, gritty ones. “And it’s always chippy ... I think we like those kinds of games, and I just think it prepares us for what’s to come in March. Because every game is going to be neck-and-neck. It’s going to be a dogfight. So I think we’re ready for it because we’ve been in it all year long.”

According to Andrew Carter article News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article286168271.html

North Carolina comes into the game with Notre Dame with record of 23-6 overall 15-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is first because they’ve won four straight games including 79-70 win Saturday in Chapel Hill Harrison Ingram was 8-14 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds. Armando Bacot was 4-12 on field goals to go along 7 rebounds, 13 points. Elliot Cadeau was 5-7 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 15 points. RJ Davis was 4-11 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 14 points. Cormac Ryan was 1-3 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 points. Jalen Washington was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 points. Jalen Withers was 2-3 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 4 points. Seth Trimble was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 4 points.

According to espn app

Following North Carolina sweeping NC State in 2023-2024 regular season with 79-70 win Saturday in Chapel Hill North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!

“I played in the 90s,”where a fight could break out and you could still play.”I felt like when things got a little chippy, it ignited us a little bit,”

Though,

North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis wasn’t the only one to say something following North Carolina NC State in regular season with 79-70 win Saturday in Chapel Hill as senior guard RJ Davis who was 4-11 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds, 5 assists had this to say about North Carolina’s identity!

“I feel like that’s been the theme all year,”The wins are always not blowing out teams by 20 or being up by 30. We always win the tough, gritty ones. “And it’s always chippy ... I think we like those kinds of games, and I just think it prepares us for what’s to come in March. Because every game is going to be neck-and-neck. It’s going to be a dogfight. So I think we’re ready for it because we’ve been in it all year long.”

According to Andrew Carter article News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article286168271.html

Notre Dame comes into the game with North Carolina with record of 12-17 overall 7-11 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is eleventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings though they’ve won two straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including Saturday’s game 69-62 over Clemson in South Bend as Tae Davis was 5-7 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 18 points as Carey Booth was 4-8 on field goals, 3-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 11 points. As Markus Burton was 8-16 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 21 points. Braeden Shrewsberry who is the son of Notre Dame Head Micah Shrewsberry was 3-10 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 2 assists, 8 points. Matt Zona was 2-4 on field goals, 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 assists, 6 points. J.R. Konieczny was 2-4 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 steals, 5 points.

According to espn app

Following Notre Dame topping Clemson 69-62 Saturday in South Bend on Saturday Notre Dame Head Coach Micah Shrewsberry had this to say!

I’m just proud of our guys, man. We talked about before the game Clemson (is) an NCAA Tournament team, right? That’s not debatable. They’re in the tournament. We talked about this is our chance to measure up against a team like that and see where we are and see what we look like. And this is the second game in a row where we’ve gone in, made some adjustments at halftime, and then, really executed those adjustments, and I’m proud of our guys. That’s all it comes to. They’re good, man. They’re a good team, but we’re having fun. We’re having a lot of fun.”

According to Geoffrey Clark article https://fightingirishwire.usatoday.com/lists/micah-shrewsberry-speaks-after-notre-dame-wins-home-finale-vs-clemson/

Tip off is set for 7:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Cory Alexander, Jim Boeheim commentating!

Cory Alexander was a point guard for Virginia from 1991 -1995 where he played in 85 games averaged 15.1 points , 3.5 rebounds , 4.7 assists per game where he was 1992-1993 All-ACC 1993 All ACC Tourney before being drafted by San Antonio Spurs in the 1st round of 1995 NBA Draft as the 29th overall, pick, selection!

Jim Boeheim is a former Syracuse guard as well as former Syracuse Head Coach!

Jim Boeheim was a guard for Syracuse in 1963-1964 1964-1965 1965-1966 where he played 76 games averaged 9.8 points, 2.3 rebounds per game. Though, Jim Boeheim wasn’t only a player for Syracuse as he was also the Syracuse Head Coach from 1976-2023 where his teams were crowned conference champion 10 times in the regular season 5 times in the tournament. He had a record of 62-34 went to 5 Final Fours won 1 National Championship before announcing his retirement as Syracuse Head Coach on March 8, 2023 by saying As I've said from day one when I started working here, the university hired me, and it's their choice what they want to do," Boeheim said. "I always have the choice of retirement, but it's their decision as to whether I coach or not. It always has been.

"... I've just been lucky to be able to coach this long."

Added Boeheim later: "I gave my retirement speech last week, and nobody picked up on it."

I've been very lucky to be able to coach my college team, to play and then be an assistant coach and then a head coach, never having to leave Syracuse," It's a great university. The city has embraced our team. I am amazed that we've been able to draw the fans that we've been able to draw over the years.

According to ESPN News Services article https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35813757/syracuse-basketball-coach-jim-boeheim-47-seasons