Notre Dame head coach goes ballistic, rushes after official in wild scene following controversial loss

A chaotic country unfolded pursuing a 72-71 nonaccomplishment by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, arsenic caput manager Micah Shrewsberry and sophomore defender Cole Certa appeared to complaint aft an authoritative astatine the extremity of the game.

Fighting Irish players and coaches had to clasp them back, arsenic the broadcast picked up connected the infinitesimal and speculated connected what led to the frustration.

"It looked similar helium was going aft 1 of the officials. My guess? His vexation connected the and-one, four-play by Dai Dai Ames," the broadcaster commented.

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A disappointed Notre Dame Fighting Irish defender Cole Certa (5) reacts aft losing to the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons during a men's assemblage hoops crippled betwixt the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish connected Dec. 21, 2025 astatine Purcell Pavilion successful South Bend, IN.  (Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire)

This crippled came down to the last seconds, arsenic Certa’s layup made it a 67-63 lead, but the Cal Golden Bears responded rapidly to chopped the pb to 2 points.

The crippled yet came down to a important possession for the Golden Bears, wherever Ames changeable a three-pointer, and arsenic helium made it, a foul was called — a monolithic mistake that allowed a escaped propulsion for Cal to instrumentality the lead.

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Officials initially reversed the call, but upon review, the reversal was past reversed, allowing Ames to caput to the escaped propulsion line.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish defender Cole Certa (5) dribbles the shot down tribunal during the crippled betwixt the Idaho Vandals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish connected Dec. 10, 2025 astatine Purcell Pavilion successful South Bend, Indiana. (Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire)

Notre Dame had the last changeable of the game, but it fell abbreviated and the Golden Bears came backmost to victory.

In the vigor of the moment, though, Certa was intelligibly walking aft 1 of the officials, but Shrewsberry came barreling successful arsenic the authoritative turned astir to spot the commotion. The authoritative walked disconnected the tribunal without getting progressive successful the confrontation.

Certa is successful an expanded relation successful his 2nd play successful South Bend, playing 20.3 minutes per crippled compared to 8.1 past season. He’s averaging 9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game, portion shooting 37.9% from the field.

Shrewsberry has been coaching the Fighting Irish since the 2023-24 season, owning a vocation 38-43 grounds implicit parts of 3 seasons. He has yet to pb them to a NCAA Tournament bid. 

Head manager Micah Shrewsberry of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish looks connected against the Missouri Tigers during the archetypal fractional astatine Purcell Pavilion astatine the Joyce Center connected Dec. 2, 2025 successful South Bend, Indiana. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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The Fighting Irish are 10-5 connected the season, including 1-1 successful league play. 

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