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Photos of the Chicago Bulls’ 109-97 win over the Denver Nuggets on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella) The Bulls bench celebrates a basket in the second half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Lonzo Ball (2) goes up against Nuggets forward Will Barton (5) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu (12) drives against Nuggets guard Monte Morris (11) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls center Nikola Vučević (9) loses the ball against Nuggets guard Facundo Campazzo (7) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu (12) defends Nuggets guard Facundo Campazzo (7) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr. (5) defends Nuggets forward Will Barton (5) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Chicago Bulls center Tony Bradley (13) rebounds against Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji (22) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward Troy Brown Jr. (7) grabs a rebound against Nuggets center Nikola Jokić (15) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Zach LaVine (8) shoots over Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon (50) in the first half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Zach LaVine (8) shoots against Nuggets center Nikola Jokić (15) in the second half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Lonzo Ball (2) dunks over Nuggets center Nikola Jokić (15) in the second half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls fans celebrate a dunk in the second half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr. (5) shoots against Nuggets center Nikola Jokić (15) in the second half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr. (5) celebrates a shot against the Nuggets in the second half Dec. 6, 2021, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

You can’t buy the kind of publicity Notre Dame gets just for being Notre Dame, and when the football team is winning, the broadcasts can become a recruiting infomercial. Now comes Freeman to give the program a younger, hipper, more energetic and straighter-talking presence than his predecessor, while also promising to be a “relentless recruiter.”

“Going back to the San Fran game, I really felt like the game was slowing down to him,” Nagy said. “Now as he gets back out there, to be able to help get to different spots within the offense — if we have a check at the line, if we have some growth where he can get to something within the play — seeing him kind of grow in that aspect (would be good). I really felt like his confidence was starting to get good out there. At practice. On the field. In himself.”