PITTSBURGH -- Zach Auguste scored 25 points, Jerian Grant added 17 and Notre Dame dodged a scare trying to erase its futile NCAA tournament history with a 69-65 win over Northeastern on Thursday.
The Fighting Irish (30-5) will play the winner of Texas-Butler on Saturday.
The third-seeded Irish returned to the tournament after a one-year absence determined to build off their ACC tournament title and make a deep run in March.
The Irish have traditionally struggled in the tournament under coach Mike Brey. They made only one Sweet 16 since 2001.
Northeastern (23-12) gave the Irish fits and threatened to keep Notre Dame's March malaise going. Scott Eatherton had 18 points and David Walker 15.
What Am I Drinking?
There is simply no excuse for any sane person to live in this sun-forsaken quadrant of the country anymore. They have pizza and the internet everywhere now! Even in the less expensive, more pleasant, college footballier places that we snow-dwellers disdain out of knee-jerk jealousy and pettiness! Sure, some of the social values are different down there, but how much do any of us really care? Besides, maybe they're right? Has my brain been so thoroughly sleet-battered that I now kind of believe that the catastrophic winter was god's punishment for gay marriage, gun control, and minority enfranchisement? Maybe.
But then, perhaps it's time to just flee the country altogether. There's no need to get all NASCAR about it if you broaden your scope and realize they have most of the basic necessities covered in a lot of your warmer countries these days. Beer, even! Take a look at this map from VinePair. It shows you the best-selling beer in most countries around the world. They sent it to us a couple weeks ago, and I thought, "Oh, interesting, maybe I should write about this" and then I got drunk and screamed at the snow for 10 days straight while Sploid, the Daily Mail, and The Economist made what should have been Drunkspin's hay. Dammit. Anyhow, here we are, late to the party with this cool map.
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