Comments on: Irish Fall in Overtime

By: ccb

ccb — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:52:09 +0000

Why did BH put up a low Percentage long shot on our last possession of reg.? If he went inside only good things would have happened ie make Lou. foul. or get the lay in or 3 pt. play.

Lou. would not have had time to respond/ once we hit ot, I knew it was a loser.

By: Urq

Urq — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:33:49 +0000

I place all of the blame on Nick Faldo. He was 0-2 yesterday.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:50:19 +0000

Was it just me, or did the second half seem like watching an NFL game – 3 or 4 plays and then 5 minutes of ads? It seemed that the continuous stop and go of the second half disrupted the Irish rythm as much as the Cardinals defense.

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:36:57 +0000

2 things:

Changing pace to the burn really stalled some great momentum.

And after they started the high pick/dribble penetration… Go to a zone for crying out loud.

The good news, MartIn stepped his game way up and we need him and Atkins to contribute for a deep run. Unfortunately, EA had some shaky moments and a late turnover that really hurt.

BH will rebound – it’s just the way he’s wired and we are only in the conversation because of him, so I am fine to give him a pass on this one.

By: Nick Schoenfeld

Nick Schoenfeld — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:03:16 +0000

Our parameter D was pretty awful from what I saw. I think some adjustments should have been made. Still good to see us in it with our best player throwing up a dud like that. Time to regroup and refocus. I think we’ll respond nicely.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:41:53 +0000

I can’t take many more Big East semi-final losses. Two recently on last second shots to win, and now blowing a 16 point lead to lose. What does Notre Dame have to do to finally win? The second half reminded me of the film The Replacements with Keanu Reeves. His biggest fear on the field is quicksand, everything starts to fall apart and you just can’t get out of the funk. That’s what happened to Notre Dame. They were riding such a high until the second half when it all fell apart and they didn’t know how to stop the bleeding. Ben Hansbrough missing 2 free throws? I can’t watch the final this loss still hurts too much as the other semi-final losses have. Best of luck in the round of 64!!

By: martinjordan

martinjordan — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:31:06 +0000

ND responded to it’s last two losses with 7 and 5 game winning streaks against some good teams at home and on the road. Responding to this loss with a 6 game winning streak would be perfect.

By: Kayo

Kayo — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:15:30 +0000

In reply to Gary. Have you watched Notre Dame this year? The Irish have played man-to-man a good 90% or the time. They have gone multiple games in a row without playing any zone. I'm not inclined to approve posts that call a coach, a player, or another poster a moron; but sometimes it's worthwhile to join the name being called to the real thing.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:59:22 +0000

Why does Mike Brey think he needs to change defenses every year at tourney time. They can’t play man to man. Stick with the zone that has worked all year moron.

By: Scranton Dave

Scranton Dave — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:24:33 +0000

Louisville is one of the only teams in the country that can put so much pressure on the Irish that it takes them out of their comfort zone. They are the 1 team in this tourney I didn’t want to see. Ben just had a bad game. They will be fine.