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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame is eager to show the college basketball world what its got.After back-to-back NCAA Tournament regional final appearances, the only school to accomplish that feat the past two years, expectations outside the locker room were lower this season after the Fighting Irish lost last seasons two leading scorers, Demetrius Jackson and Zach Auguste. The Irish were picked in the preseason to finish seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference.The Irish players have been talking all along about the possibility of being even better than last season. So far, theyve looked looking pretty good as they moved into the Top 25 for the first time this season on Monday at No. 23.Weve got a little more here than everybody thought, coach Mike Brey said.The Irish are 8-0, matching their best start in 17 seasons under Brey and are averaging 89.1 points a game, also the best under Brey through eight games, and 10th in the nation overall.The Irish are playing a more wide open style, depending less on ball screens to get open shots.Now were just swinging it and cutting and things like that. I think were getting out in transition more, too. Thats one thing thats been great for us, said forward V.J. Beacham said.The Irish also are playing better defense, too, something the Irish havent been known for under Brey. Notre Dame is holding opponents to 62.6 points a game, 39th in the nation, and to 36.7 percent shooting, 17th in the country. Senior guard Steve Vasturia said he believes it could be the best team defensively hes been on.Lets see if we can continue to get better, Vasturia said.The Irish also are leading the nation in free-throw shooting at 85.8 percent.If we miss, Ill bet the crowd will just walk out of the building, Brey joked.Both Beacham and Bonzie Colson, who has had five straight double-doubles, are leading the Irish in scoring, averaging 17.1 points each. Vasturia is averaging 15.9 points and the Irish have nine players contributing regularly, which is more than Brey usually uses. Brey said he likes the intensity of Rex Plfueger, Notre Dames best defender, and T.J. Gibbs.They give you a great energy boost and defensive boost when theyre in there, Brey said.Critics will say the Irish havent played anyone yet, with Colorado (6-2) and Northwestern (6-2) the only teams theyve faced with winning records. That is about to change. The Irish host upstart IPFW (7-2) on Tuesday two weeks after the Mastodons upset Indiana, then play No. 1. Villanova at Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday and No. 18 Purdue a week later in Indianapolis.Its a great stretch for us to make a run, Beacham said.The Irish are the last unbeaten team left in the ACC and a win Tuesday night would make it the fourth-best start in school history, ranking behind 1945-46 (13-0), 1973-74 (12-0) and 1933-34 (11-0).Brey is enjoying watching the Irish.Theyre really special the way they like playing together, sharing the ball. Youve got skilled shooters with skilled passers, its just fun to watch, he said.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. Andre Tippett Womens Jersey . It says Pocklingtons lawyer filed the appeal Friday in a California court. 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The four-team Champions Classic has been the marquee event of the college basketball regular season, thus?Duke, Kentucky, Kansas?and Michigan State?didnt balk at renewing their deals for three more seasons through 2019.The November doubleheader event began in 2011 and continues Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York City with all four teams likely in the preseason AP top 10, including No. 1 Duke taking on Kansas and Kentucky playing Michigan State.The future matchups are as follows: Kansas versus Kentucky and Duke versus Michigan State, Nov. 14, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago; Michigan State versus Kansas and Duke versus Kentucky, Nov. 13, 2018, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis; Kansas versus Duke and Michigan State versus Kentucky, Nov. 12, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.It has become one of the premier college basketball events on the national schedule every year, Kentucky coach John Calipari said. Youre talking about four blue-blood programs playing on a neutral, NCAA tournament-like stage. I know our fans love traveling to those cities. Its always a tough way for a young team like ours to face those types of teams that early, but its a great opportunity for us to learn and to prepare for that type of environment down the road.The Duke-Kentucky game last season drew a 2.0 rating, the highest-rated regular-season game last season.The Champions Classic has become the signature event for the start of the college basketball season, Duke athletic director Kevin White said. Duke is happy to be included in the continuation of the series and to stay linked with our championship colleagues from Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State.Michigan State will go fromm an Armed Forces Classic game to the Champions Classic for the third time since 2011.dddddddddddd The Spartans have gone from San Diego, where the Spartans played North Carolina on the USS Carl Vinson in 2011, traveling back from Germany after playing UConn at Ramstein Air Base in 2012, and this upcoming season the Spartans will go from Honolulu playing Arizona in the Armed Forces Classic to NYC for the Champions Classic.While head coaches may question their sanity about scheduling these games, I know that they love this event too, especially when you surround Kentucky with Arizona [in Hawaii] and Duke [ACC-Big Ten Challenge] and a trip to the Battle 4 Atlantis, ?Michigan State AD Mark Hollis said about the schedule facing coach Tom Izzo and the Spartans. With the Champions Classic, the student-athlete wins and the fans win. Its an outstanding event.Kansas associate athletic director Larry Keating, who handles the Jayhawks scheduling, was one of the early architects of the Champions Classic with ESPN programming director Nick Dawson.Its obviously the top event of the regular season, Keating said. You usually have four of the top 10 and it should be that way again. No one has ever thought of not doing it. Everyone knows the value of it. The four fan bases can get to all cities where the event takes place. It has been everything we thought it would be and more.The Champions Classic was in New York City in 2011, Atlanta in 2012, Chicago in 2013 and 2015 and Indianapolis in 2014. Kentucky beat Duke 74-63, and Michigan State beat Kansas 79-73 last season in Chicago. ' ' '