Notre Dame alum has the perfect bracket for March Madness 2025
Notre Dame alum Arike Ogunbowale has her pick ready to go for the NCAA Tournament.
In a complete shocker -- that's sarcasm -- Ogunbowale, who is currently in the WNBA playing guard for the Dallas Wings, has the Fighting Irish winning the whole thing.
The bracket she posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, goes beyond "chalk" -- the only team she has on her sheet is Notre Dame. It's an Irish-only bracket.
So yeah, she's obviously being funny -- but her support for her alma mater is no laughing matter.
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