Ryan Ayers News

A summer weight room encounter between Notre Dame men's basketball coach Mike Brey and junior forward Tyrone Nash gave a glimpse into the building process the Irish are undergoing.

Jumping into the abyss of college basketballa TMs regular season this week can be a daunting, and for some, haunting proposition.

The Jam were allocated a former lottery pick in the form of Bakersfield native Robert Swift, who was taken 12th overall by the Sonics in 2004 out of Bakersfield High School.

Former Notre Dame men's basketball players Ryan Ayers and Kyle McAlarney will reunite this month as members of the NBA's Development League's Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

In the first two years of the Mad Ants' life, choosing players in the annual NBA Development League draft was pivotal to the team's success.

When the D-League has its draft Thursday, don't be surprised if a player with Notre Dame ties ends up with the Mad Ants.

Workers wearing hardhats and weary looks of another long day done still come and go from the place.

Head Coach : Mike Brey Previous Season : 21-16; lost to Penn St. in NIT semifinals Departures : G Kyle McAlarney, F Luke Zeller, G/F Zach Hillesland, G Ryan Ayers Coming of a disappointing year in which the Irish began the season ranked in the top 10, Mike Brey and Luke Harangody look to bring their program back to the tournament with some new ...

When I look ahead to a college basketball season, I am always intrigued by the impact of newcomers.

Jim Fenerty was not surprised when he first learned about the plight of Brett Roseboro, the Quakertown graduate who was recruited to Marquette only to be told he would not be a fit for the men's basketball team there after enrolling over the summer and working out with his teammates.

Undrafted and maybe even underestimated coming out of college, former Notre Dame power forward Rob Kurz is flattered that one of the NBA's elite organizations has substantial interest in his skills.

The Washington Wizards, who will open play in the NBA Summer League today, released Dwayne Anderson , Ryan Ayers , Jimmy Baron , James Lang , Alex Ruoff and Diamon Simpson .

The Wizards will likely take just 14 players with them to Las Vegas for summer league after releasing four players on Sunday night.

Opinions arrived from all angles over a decade ago for former Notre Dame guard Antoni Wyche, but he declined then to digest any of it.

As you saw a couple of days ago , the Wizards have their roster in place for this year's summer league in Vegas.

He didn't find it frustrating to sit still Thursday inside his family's home in Staten Island, N.Y., didn't step out on to Bryson Avenue for a breath of fresh summer air and didn't wonder when his cell phone might ring.

It might not happen in 2009-10, but Courtney Witte believes Ryan Ayers has the ability to be an NBA player.

Working out for eight NBA teams in eight cities over a nine-day span is grueling.

The 76ers said yesterday that Ohio State center B.J. Mullens and Notre Dame guard Ryan Ayers, who is the son of former Sixers coach Randy Ayers, would have a predraft workout today at 10 a.m. at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The 76ers have scheduled a pre-draft workout with Ohio State center B.J. Mullens and Notre Dame guard Ryan Ayers.