For the second straight game, Jack Cooley was shoved to the floor by an opposing player. And for the second straight game, Cooley responded with a scoring outburst for Notre Dame.SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey will wait to deal with the arrests of Tim Abromaitis and Eric Atkins on charges of underage drinking.
“It’s handled downtown. It’s handled by Student Affairs and then the old coach will handle it,” Brey said Tuesday during an offseason media availability.
Abromaitis, the Irish’s second-leading scorer last season, and Atkins, an incoming freshman, were among 44 people arrested Friday night after police responded to a call about a fight and discovered a party, authorities said.
Other athletes arrested were quarterback Nate Montana, the son of former Irish and NFL star Joe Montana, wide receivers Robby Toma and Tai-ler Jones, linebacker Steve Filer, kicker Nick Tausch, cornerback Lo Wood, and offensive linemen Chris Watt and Tate Nichols; and incoming hockey goalie Steven Summerhays.
“We’ll address it. I’ve been here 10 years and we’ve had young men put themselves in position to lose. We’ve had that talk. We talk about that as a team,” Brey said.
“So we’ll deal with it as it runs its course. ... A lot of sweating will be involved. That’s the one thing I can say specifically and then we’ll handle it from there.”
Brey said Abromaitis, who averaged 16 points last season, and Atkins called to inform him of the situation.
