Notre Dame's Mike Brey throws one back after coaching final home game with team

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Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Mike Brey wrapped up his final home game with the Fighting Irish on Wednesday night and secured an 88-81 upset victory over Pittsburgh.

Brey will guide Notre Dame against Clemson before the ACC Tournament starts. The Fighting Irish are 11-19 overall this season and would need to win out to secure an automatic bid in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament later this month.

After the game, Brey was spotted at a bar in South Bend. He said on Tuesday he would be partying after the game win or lose.

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Head coach Mike Brey of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish reacts during their game against the NC State Wolfpack at PNC Arena on Jan. 24, 2023, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Lance King/Getty Images)

"We're closing that sucker," he said in a video recorded at the Linebacker Lounge, according to ESPN. "There ain't no curfew."

Brey took over the head coaching job at Notre Dame for Matt Doherty in 2000. He led the Fighting Irish to a regular season Big East Championship and an NCAA Tournament in his first year. Notre Dame made the tournament 13 times under Brey.

He announced in January he would retire following the end of the season but didn’t quite shut the door on coaching altogether.

Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey looks on during the Syracuse game at JMA Wireless Dome on Jan. 14, 2023, in Syracuse, New York. (Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images)

"Definitely not done coaching," Brey told Stadium last month.

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Notre Dame and Brey announced in January that the coach of