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NEW YORK -- Notre Dame coach Mike Brey walked off the court at Barclays Center and said with a big smile on his face, God, I love Brooklyn.As well he should after the Fighting Irish completed their second successful stretch in the borough, beating Northwestern 70-66 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Legends Classic.In March, Notre Dame beat Michigan and Stephen F. Austin here to advance in the NCAA Tournament, where the Fighting Irish went on to the Elite Eight.We got karma, Brey said. I said to (ESPNs) Doris Burke when I went for the interview, Brooklyn magic still. That had a crazy finish like the Stephen F. Austin game. We were down to Michigan. I love the fact that were coming back for the ACC Tournament. Im sure going to try and stir up the ghosts again in March. Were comfortable here and I dont want to overanalyze it.The Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament will be held in Barclays Center for the first time this season.Matt Farrells three-point play with 14 seconds remaining gave Notre Dame the lead, and his two free throws 11 seconds later sealed the victory.Northwestern had a 66-65 lead with 39 seconds to play after a drive by Bryant McIntosh. Notre Dames Steve Vasturia missed a jumper, but Northwestern threw the ball away on an inbounds pass, setting the stage for Farrell.He drove the lane and was knocked to the floor as the ball went in. He sat on the court, looked at the photographers and stuck his tongue out before being mobbed by teammates.The Wildcats still had a chance, but McIntosh missed a drive with 4 seconds left and it was Farrell who grabbed the rebound and was fouled.I wasnt really sure where they were throwing the ball because me and Steve were both right around there. V.J. (Beachem) was going to take it. He just kind of threw it to me at the top of the key, Farrell said. I dont know who was on me, but I had a mismatch. There was a big on me. So I just wanted to get in the lane and try to make a play. Ultimately, I end up making a good play. It was just kind of surreal in the moment, just trying to make a play and I end up falling.He was asked about what happened next as he sat on the court.Just having fun, the New Jersey native said. Just being back home and being in this building. Its a lot of fun playing with these guys.Farrell, the tournament MVP, and Vasturia both had 18 points for the Fighting Irish (5-0). Bonzie Colson added 13 points and 11 rebounds.This has been blossoming since March, watching him through the summer, Brey said of Farrell. I dont think the staff or his teammates are shocked. Theres an edge about him, a fearlessness about him and Im just so thrilled that hes come out of here a really confident guy and really knows hes got the keys to the car.Scottie Lindsey had 18 points for the Wildcats (3-2), and Vic Law added 14 points with seven rebounds. McIntosh finished with seven points on 3-for-18 shooting.Nathan Taphorn, who threw the ball away before Farrells three-point play, had 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range.Notre Dame, which beat Colorado 89-83 in the semifinals, led by 12 early in the second half. Northwestern, which beat No. 22 Texas 77-58 in the semifinals, chipped away and was finally able to make some headway when the Fighting Irish went more than 4 minutes without scoring. During the drought, Taphorn hit two 3s and Law added another to make it 55-54 with 11:04 to play.They know how to win. Theyre a tough team. Theyre well-coached, Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. I have great respect for who they are and the plays they made down the stretch. We had our chances. All that being said, we had a one-point lead and the ball with 20 seconds to go. We werent able to close the deal.And that was because of the long inbounds pass that went out of bounds.Taphorns a kid that I trust as an inbounder, Collins said. Hes kind of our specialist. Hes done that his whole career.Northwestern finished 11 of 18 from 3-point range, while the Fighting Irish were 8 of 18. The Wildcats had a 37-27 rebounding advantage.BIG PICTURENotre Dame: The Fighting Irish have plenty of experience back from last seasons team that reached the Elite Eight and they will need that as they approach the Atlantic Coast Conference season. They were picked seventh in the preseason ACC poll.Northwestern: The Wildcats have had two tough losses this season but hope to make a run at their first NCAA Tournament bid.POLITICAL FANSSeated behind the Notre Dame bench were Rep. Peter King of Long Island and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.OLD PALSWhen Brey was an assistant to Mike Krzyzewski at Duke he handled the recruiting of Collins and was successful. While at Duke, Collins played in three NCAA Tournaments and one Final Four.UP NEXTNotre Dame: The Fighting Irish return home for games against Chicago State on Saturday and Iowa next Tuesday in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge,Northwestern: The Wildcats play Bryant at home on Friday and then Wake Forest in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Monday.Cincinnati Reds Pro Shop . JOHNS, N. Reds Jerseys 2020 . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. 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Bae played bogey-free Friday on another gorgeous day at Riviera for a 5-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Aaron Baddeley and Robert Garrigus going into the weekend.LIMOGES, France -- After Mark Cavendish won his second stage in this Tour de France on Monday, his Dimension Data team head sports director, Rolf Aldag, had a question for those who still doubted the British sprinter.I am wondering what they say today -- How lucky he got, or if they just respect he is the best sprinter here, Aldag told ESPN in Angers after Cavendish took his 28th career Tour stage victory to match the second-best mark of French legend Bernard Hinault and move within six stages of the all-time best from Belgian superstar Eddy Merckx (34).Lets face it. No matter how abrasive Cavendishs personality can be and offend, for a sprinter to be alongside or close to two five-time Tour winners is special.Before racing resumed Tuesday with Stage 4 (237.5km from Saumur to Limoges), talk throughout the Tour entourage was of respect and admiration for Cavendish.Tour race director Christian Prudhomme lauded the 31-year-old Isle of Man rider. [He is] the best sprinter in the history of the Tour, and not only because he has 28 wins, Prudhomme said. What struck me is that he loves the Tour. He has such a respect for the Tour, for the yellow jersey.Like many riders, Simon Gerrans (Orica-BikeExchange) concurred on a day in which he was named to Australias Olympic road race team for next months Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.Its really impressive what he has done so far in this Tour de France, Gerrans told ESPN. To be honest, you sort of look at Cavs history in the Tour. He was really dominating there a few years ago. Then, the last couple of years, he dropped off a little bit. I think a lot of people, myself included, kind of wrote Cav off and said his best years were behind him. But he is proving everyone wrong in this Tour de France. Its great for him.A major discussion point in the Cavendish story has been how he has split his season to accommodate his ambitions for the road and track, the latter in which he has been picked on Team GB for the Olympics to race the omnium and as fifth rider for the team pursuit.Whatever happens, Cavendishs Tour is already a success; but no one, especially Cavendish, expects him to settle for two stage wins, one day in the yellow and a couple in green.Its Mark Cavendish. Everyone expects him to win every race he starts, said Australian Mark Renshaw, Cavendishs key lead-out rider on the bunch sprints for the Etixx-QuickStep team. I think he had a pretty relaxed run in with the track preparation. He has great speed, so when he gets the fire in his belly, thats probably when he is at his best.Cavendishs change of teams to Dimension Data, which races for the Qhubeka charity in South Africa and uses bikes to give people access to work and education, might have given him a new lease on life. Cavendish said as much after his stage win Monday.And many people are still intrigued with how Cavendish will back up for the Olympics -- from the physical demands of the Tour, and with how his legs will transition back to racing on the track.With 14 days between the Tour finish on July 24 and the omnium event, time will be vital.When asked, Gerrans, who does not have a track background, said: Ive got no idea. But added with his trademark smile: For sure, Ill be watching ... like every other cycling faan.dddddddddddd.Hinault, one of the five-time winners of the Tour whose last win in 1985 remains the last Frenchman to win the Tour, believes there are no boundaries for Cavendish.When you are in good form and good in your head, a lot of things can happen, said Hinault, who did not hide how impressed he has been by Cavendishs stage winning spree in the Tour. Its good what he has done. I hope he has more than us. Thats the goal.Along with Cavendish achieving his dream of winning an Olympic medal, something he has twice missed out - on the track at the 2008 Beijing Games, in which he raced with Bradley Wiggins, and in 2012 at London, where he was one of the favourites to win the road race.Pressed on the odds of Cavendish passing Merckxs tally, Hinault said: Why not? He has 28. Eddy Merckx has 34. He will need six and he is not old. He still has the possibility, I think.Asked how Cavendish, at his age, will maintain his winning edge in mind as much as in his body, Hinault said: It has already been up to him, but also the team that he has around him, his team that keeps him up near the front. He is well-protected. He is also a warrior.But Hinault was surprised to hear that Cavendish said he never thought his name would be mentioned in Tour history alongside the Frenchman or Merckx. Why would he not think of that? Hinault said. Its a goal in a career to say, I am capable of going out in search of this trophy ... Even if it is not a trophy, because finally they are victories that accumulate one after the other. That is the most beautiful of all about it.So does Hinault expect that Cavendish, who also won the green points jersey in 2011, will go on to finish his 10th start in the Tour? He has already done it, said Hinault, smiling. I dont know why he wouldnt this year [laughing] ... perhaps to win another green jersey.Malcolm Elliott, a former British sprinter who raced the Tour in 1987 and 1988, has followed Cavendish since the beginning, and has been excited by the riders turn-about of form.It was very much an unknown coming into this race and even this season, just how he was going to be [after being] focused on the track so much for the Games, Elliott told ESPN. The track work he has done is obviously working.But Elliott, a 1980 and 1996 Olympian in the road race and three-time Vuelta a Espa?a stage winner, is unsure if Cavendishs road work at the Tour will help on the track at Rio.He is doing a very specialised event that I dont profess to know everything about, Elliott said. If he does ride to the end, he will have terrific form for the road, but whether that is going to translate enough into the specialised attributes he needs for the omnium ... thats the whole of the story that I really couldnt answer. Yes, he will have recovered, but will he have been able to do the fine-tuning needed for the omnium in that time, as well?Its going to be a tough one to juggle really and it may mean him going home [from the Tour]. He probably doesnt know himself - maybe he does, maybe he doesnt. When we get toward the end of the race as things play out, it will become obvious which way it will go. ' ' '