Tom Noie
@tomnoie.bsky.social
Working on mysteries without any clues while covering Notre Dame men’s basketball, football and just about everything else for the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune since 1982
Column: @NDSwimDive sophomore Carli Cronk has been unbelievably impressive already in the pool. She's even more unbelievably impressive as a person.
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This life is a normal life for Notre Dame swimmer Carli Cronk
There's nothing normal about the life that Notre Dame sophomore swimmer Carli Cronk leads, except all of it is absolutely normal for the Texas native.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Column: @NDSwimDive sophomore Carli Cronk has been unbelievably impressive already in the pool. She's even more unbelievably impressive as a person.
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Column: Didn't expect to see that or write this regarding the No. 23 @ndwbb team, but here we are after they did that.
What?
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What?
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What did this one November game mean for No. 23 Notre Dame women's basketball?
Could Notre Dame women's basketball get back to looking and playing and winning like Notre Dame women's basketball is supposed to look and play and win?
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November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Column: Didn't expect to see that or write this regarding the No. 23 @ndwbb team, but here we are after they did that.
What?
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What?
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Column: Need a primer on what today's @NDmbb game against Ohio State could mean?
We've been here before - 26 years to the day.
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We've been here before - 26 years to the day.
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How one shot, one win, helped slingshot Notre Dame basketball into two decades of success
Few gave Notre Dame basketball a chance at doing what it did that November night in 1999, but one big road win set the stage for decades of success.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Column: Need a primer on what today's @NDmbb game against Ohio State could mean?
We've been here before - 26 years to the day.
Here's what happened: tinyurl.com/5cff2c8r
We've been here before - 26 years to the day.
Here's what happened: tinyurl.com/5cff2c8r
Column: How one shot, one night, one win lit the fuse for @NDmbb in a 23-year run of success.
It had to start somewhere. It started in Columbus, Ohio on November 16, 1999.
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It had to start somewhere. It started in Columbus, Ohio on November 16, 1999.
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How one shot, one win, helped slingshot Notre Dame basketball into two decades of success
Few gave Notre Dame basketball a chance at doing what it did that November night in 1999, but one big road win set the stage for decades of success.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Column: How one shot, one night, one win lit the fuse for @NDmbb in a 23-year run of success.
It had to start somewhere. It started in Columbus, Ohio on November 16, 1999.
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It had to start somewhere. It started in Columbus, Ohio on November 16, 1999.
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An opening night primer for @NDmbb:
Column: Time for this program to make a move. Here: tinyurl.com/2kyjsb9r
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Column: Time for this program to make a move. Here: tinyurl.com/2kyjsb9r
What you need to know about LIU Brooklyn. Here: tinyurl.com/4f8t75fc
What one word might help Notre Dame basketball do something special this season?
It's been a struggle for Notre Dame basketball in its first two seasons under head coach Micah Shrewsberry, but they believe brighter days are ahead.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
An opening night primer for @NDmbb:
Column: Time for this program to make a move. Here: tinyurl.com/2kyjsb9r
What you need to know about LIU Brooklyn. Here: tinyurl.com/4f8t75fc
Column: Time for this program to make a move. Here: tinyurl.com/2kyjsb9r
What you need to know about LIU Brooklyn. Here: tinyurl.com/4f8t75fc
By this time Thursday, we'll be pick-and-roll deep into our season tip-off @NDmbb at #NDInsider.
You don't have to wait until Thursday to ask a question or leave a comment about the 2025-26 Irish season. Queue's open now. Don't cost nothing...
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You don't have to wait until Thursday to ask a question or leave a comment about the 2025-26 Irish season. Queue's open now. Don't cost nothing...
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Leave your question or comment now for Thursday's Notre Dame basketball chat
College basketball's regular season starts next week, which means we're talking everything Notre Dame basketball in our latest chat with NDI's Tom Noie
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October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
By this time Thursday, we'll be pick-and-roll deep into our season tip-off @NDmbb at #NDInsider.
You don't have to wait until Thursday to ask a question or leave a comment about the 2025-26 Irish season. Queue's open now. Don't cost nothing...
Here: tinyurl.com/4y88wwdw
You don't have to wait until Thursday to ask a question or leave a comment about the 2025-26 Irish season. Queue's open now. Don't cost nothing...
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Swung by @SJhoopsquad this afternoon to talk with @nickshrews11 on his commitment to @NDmbb.
What can be a difficult choice really was an easy one.
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What can be a difficult choice really was an easy one.
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Nick Shrewsberry makes public his only college choice all along
Prep senior Nick Shrewsberry is often as much a part of Notre Dame basketball as his older brother and his father. On Tuesday, he made his future official.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Swung by @SJhoopsquad this afternoon to talk with @nickshrews11 on his commitment to @NDmbb.
What can be a difficult choice really was an easy one.
Here: tinyurl.com/5y6wwzy7
What can be a difficult choice really was an easy one.
Here: tinyurl.com/5y6wwzy7
Our first @NDmbb chat of the 2025-26 season tips Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at #NDInsider.
Queue's already open. Leave your question or comment now. Here: tinyurl.com/4y88wwdw
Queue's already open. Leave your question or comment now. Here: tinyurl.com/4y88wwdw
Leave your question or comment now for Thursday's Notre Dame basketball chat
College basketball's regular season starts next week, which means we're talking everything Notre Dame basketball in our latest chat with NDI's Tom Noie
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October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our first @NDmbb chat of the 2025-26 season tips Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at #NDInsider.
Queue's already open. Leave your question or comment now. Here: tinyurl.com/4y88wwdw
Queue's already open. Leave your question or comment now. Here: tinyurl.com/4y88wwdw
Whatchya doing Thursday morning at 8:30? The #NDInsider @NDmbb returns for another season of buckets.
Queue's open now for all comments and questions regarding Irish basketball.
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Queue's open now for all comments and questions regarding Irish basketball.
Here: tinyurl.com/4y88wwdw
Leave your question or comment now for Thursday's Notre Dame basketball chat
College basketball's regular season starts next week, which means we're talking everything Notre Dame basketball in our latest chat with NDI's Tom Noie
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October 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Whatchya doing Thursday morning at 8:30? The #NDInsider @NDmbb returns for another season of buckets.
Queue's open now for all comments and questions regarding Irish basketball.
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Queue's open now for all comments and questions regarding Irish basketball.
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Pod of Gold: Click for a @NDFootball preview of North Carolina State, stay for some must-hear stories from the 1988 national championship season.
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Talking Notre Dame football: Remembering a magical 1988 season with someone who lived it
Notre Dame football is rolling, winners of three straight and ranked No. 16. Can Irish keep the good times going this weekend?
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October 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Pod of Gold: Click for a @NDFootball preview of North Carolina State, stay for some must-hear stories from the 1988 national championship season.
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Don't look now, but it's just about college basketball season. If you were to look, where did @ndmbb land in @USATODAY network's @accmbb preseason poll?
Hint: One media dope (this one) picked the Irish seventh in the 18-team league.
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Hint: One media dope (this one) picked the Irish seventh in the 18-team league.
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Where did Notre Dame basketball finish in USA Today's ACC preseason poll?
It's been a minute since Notre Dame basketball enjoyed a winning ACC season. Could this be the year the Irish finish in league's top half?
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October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Don't look now, but it's just about college basketball season. If you were to look, where did @ndmbb land in @USATODAY network's @accmbb preseason poll?
Hint: One media dope (this one) picked the Irish seventh in the 18-team league.
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Hint: One media dope (this one) picked the Irish seventh in the 18-team league.
Here: tinyurl.com/bdhfupxz
Column: @NDmbb and @ndwbb took to Eddy Street Commons on Friday for a new event - Irish Jam.
Did it work?
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Did it work?
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What's the verdict of the first-ever Irish Jam basketball event at Eddy Street Commons?
For so long, Notre Dame never felt part of South Bend. It was a we're here, they're there kind of pairing. That kind of changed Friday on Eddy Street.
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October 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Column: @NDmbb and @ndwbb took to Eddy Street Commons on Friday for a new event - Irish Jam.
Did it work?
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Did it work?
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Pod of Gold: How does a rack of barbecue ribs, a gold Trans Am, Bob Dylan and the MLB playoffs all tie into @NDFootball?
Listen and find out.
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Listen and find out.
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Talking Notre Dame football: Can Irish build off all these good vibes around town?
Streaking No. 21 Notre Dame football finds itself back at home for the rest of October set to host Boise State for the first time Saturday.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Pod of Gold: How does a rack of barbecue ribs, a gold Trans Am, Bob Dylan and the MLB playoffs all tie into @NDFootball?
Listen and find out.
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Listen and find out.
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Column: Can one phone call really be life-changing? It was for @ndwbb guard @kellyratigan1.
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Eventually, this will all feel so normal for one Notre Dame women's basketball player
Former area high school standout Kelly Ratigan is home, home to play basketball, home to represent the University of Notre Dame, home to live out an unlikely dream.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Column: Can one phone call really be life-changing? It was for @ndwbb guard @kellyratigan1.
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It's Boise State week for @NDFootball. Here's a depth chart for Saturday's game.
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What does the Notre Dame football depth chart look like heading into Boise State game?
Winners of two straight, Notre Dame football is back at home - and home for the entire month of October - with a first visit from Boise State on deck.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's Boise State week for @NDFootball. Here's a depth chart for Saturday's game.
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Another Sunday means another round of our Top 25 individual moments for @NDFootball over the last 25 seasons.
Today we look at Nos. 15 to 11.
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Today we look at Nos. 15 to 11.
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Part Three of our top 25 individual moments over the last 25 years of Notre Dame football
It's nearly an impossible task, but our list of the 25 best Notre Dame football moments of the last 25 years has reached its third installment.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Another Sunday means another round of our Top 25 individual moments for @NDFootball over the last 25 seasons.
Today we look at Nos. 15 to 11.
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Today we look at Nos. 15 to 11.
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Column: Saturday's shellacking of @RazorbackFB sets up an anything/everything is possible for October and beyond for @NDFootball.
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Why Saturday was an important step for No. 21 Notre Dame football
Notre Dame football may have found out about itself and found a path forward on Saturday in a place it had never before been.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Column: Saturday's shellacking of @RazorbackFB sets up an anything/everything is possible for October and beyond for @NDFootball.
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Quickie column: In a word, that was ridiculous from @NDFootball on Saturday in Arkansas.
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Why? Here: tinyurl.com/mtnwz8ck
That was a fun one, and an easy one, for No. 21 Notre Dame football
Notre Dame football had to be convinced by head coach Marcus Freeman to celebrate its first win. Embracing its second won't be an issue after this one.
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September 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Quickie column: In a word, that was ridiculous from @NDFootball on Saturday in Arkansas.
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Why? Here: tinyurl.com/mtnwz8ck
Column: What makes @NDFootball starting right guard @GuerbyLambert unique in today's game? It's not just his size.
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Noie: It's not just all football all the time for one Notre Dame football starter
One area of concern that hasn't been of late for Notre Dame football has been offensive line, where guard Guerby Lambert has settled in as a first-time starter.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Column: What makes @NDFootball starting right guard @GuerbyLambert unique in today's game? It's not just his size.
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If it's @NDFootball and @RazorbackFB this weekend in a place Notre Dame has never played, it's that time again...
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What four players should we watch as Notre Dame football packs up and heads for Arkansas?
Notre Dame football finally found its winning footing with a somewhat stress-free win at home over Purdue. Now, it's back on the road for the Irish.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If it's @NDFootball and @RazorbackFB this weekend in a place Notre Dame has never played, it's that time again...
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Listen: Latest Pod of Gold has a lot of everything as @NDFootball prepares to visit @RazorbackFB, including stories of Lou Holtz during his time in Arkansas and what Irish fans should expect Saturday.
You'll want to hear this one.
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You'll want to hear this one.
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Talking Notre Dame football: Massive stakes as Irish make first-ever visit to Arkansas
No. 21 Notre Dame football finds itself back out on the road and at a place it has never before been with a sneaky tough test awaiting at Arkansas.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Listen: Latest Pod of Gold has a lot of everything as @NDFootball prepares to visit @RazorbackFB, including stories of Lou Holtz during his time in Arkansas and what Irish fans should expect Saturday.
You'll want to hear this one.
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You'll want to hear this one.
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It's
@NDFootball
and
@BoilerFootball
on Saturday from Notre Dame Stadium, so that means it's time for ...
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@NDFootball
and
@BoilerFootball
on Saturday from Notre Dame Stadium, so that means it's time for ...
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What four players should we watch when Notre Dame football hosts Purdue?
Matchups between Notre Dame football and Purdue have been decidedly one-sided, but early in 2025, we know that nothing is certain for these Irish.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's
@NDFootball
and
@BoilerFootball
on Saturday from Notre Dame Stadium, so that means it's time for ...
👀👀👀👀
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@NDFootball
and
@BoilerFootball
on Saturday from Notre Dame Stadium, so that means it's time for ...
👀👀👀👀
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Still time to submit a question/comment queue for today's @NDFootball NDInsider Pod of Gold podcast.
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Leave your Notre Dame football question or comment about this 0-2 start here. Now.
We're two games and three weeks into the 2025 college football season and Notre Dame remains winless at 0-2. What are your thoughts?
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September 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Still time to submit a question/comment queue for today's @NDFootball NDInsider Pod of Gold podcast.
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Listen: @NDFootball won't open 0-2 to open the 2025 season, will it?
Our Pod of Gold preview of Saturday's game against No. 17 Texas A&M. Here: tinyurl.com/293fz9z3
Our Pod of Gold preview of Saturday's game against No. 17 Texas A&M. Here: tinyurl.com/293fz9z3
Talking Notre Dame football: Preview of the massive matchup with No. 17 Texas A&M
It will have been a long 13 days of soul searching following No. 8 Notre Dame football's loss at Miami (Fla.) How can the Irish bounce back Saturday?
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September 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Listen: @NDFootball won't open 0-2 to open the 2025 season, will it?
Our Pod of Gold preview of Saturday's game against No. 17 Texas A&M. Here: tinyurl.com/293fz9z3
Our Pod of Gold preview of Saturday's game against No. 17 Texas A&M. Here: tinyurl.com/293fz9z3