Comments on: Wonder, Think & Know: Head Sewn to the Carpet Edition

By: Greg Miller'92

Greg Miller'92 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:58:14 +0000

Someone else had mentioned to me about Sherman having fresh legs making a big difference. It had to help. It was cool to see someone rarely play for 6 games only play the overtimes and almost be the leading scorer.

Now what I really want to say: I have a feeling that will be the game of a lifetime. The emotional roller coaster was out of this world. It made me think of being at the Notre Dame vs Miami football game in 1988. This was the first basketball game I have seen live since being a student. My 11 year old and I made the weekend 8 hour trip for a father-daughter weekend taking in the Hockey game on Friday and basketball on Saturday. Even when the teams lose the weekends are awesome but to top it off with a 5 OT win is indescribable. The student section as always was outstanding [a co-worker commented on this as well (she is just a sports fan who happened to get hooked into watching the game)]. Having the rest of the crowd stand from 30 seconds in regulation all the way until the end of 5 OTs made it even more special.

Tickets: $60
Two Night Hotel Stay: $318
Losing your voice screaming as loud as you can while high-fiving and dancing the Irish jig with your 11 year old daughter during a 5OT thriller: Absolutely priceless

Both my daughter and I will never forget that experience and have a special bond because of that night. Thank you Notre Dame Basketball, Notre Dame students and the rest of the fans that did not leave before Reggie Miller showed up (actually, it was better than Reggie Miller so thank you as well Jerian Grant).

That brings up another point. I told my daughter that I make it a point to never leave a high school or college sporting event because of the score. They are not playing for substantial money (getting a scholarship, yes, but they work hard for it), they are still playing their hearts out even when losing. Unfortunately, my daughter has a great memory. 4-5 years ago our family went to the Gopher vs Iowa football game at the Metrodome with our neighbors and my sister. The Gophers were losing 55-0 and I wanted to leave with 4 minutes left. My kids were having a blast and wanted to stay to the end. She, of course pointed that out. I then had to admit that I had been wrong once in my life.

By: Mike Coffey

Mike Coffey — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:09:43 +0000

In reply to Kevin. Trouble with that is, a lot of teams in the Sweet 16 get there with a core rotation of 6 or 7.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:17:10 +0000

I’m with Cap Jack on this one. Brey’s team seem always fall woefully short come tournament time, and part of that has to be the lack of utilizing, and developing, the bench play. Rotate 9 and this team can make it to the Sweet 16 or Elite 8. I don’t see it beyond that but this would be so much better than what we’ve seen out of ND b.b. teams.

By: GANDFAN

GANDFAN — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:00:29 +0000

After Grant did his thing at the end of regulation I knew they would end up on the winning side!
I just had no idea it would be 5 OT’s…………….. Brey needs to work all of them in all of the remaining games. Great job lads…

By: Captain Jack

Captain Jack — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:43:03 +0000

A really great team win! Going into this season, I really thought this could be a team more likely to make a deep run then last years squad. The obvious reasons to me were the freshmen additions and Sherman. I thought this would be the year that Coach Brey would actually…wait for it…have a real rotation!!!! But in actuality it takes 5OT’s for him to be forced to play 9 whole guys!
I think he has done an admirable job of coaching this team to be a consistent NCAA tourney team but they are one and done far to often and a big part of that is the lack of a rotation. If Brey actually played on 8 or 9 guys then maybe if one or two guys early in a tourney game struggled you can pull them instead of watching as one cold shooting game by a few means an automatic exit in the 1st round! Again I think when he first arrived there was a depth and talent deficiency problem but this years team can go 9 deep and he needs to use them for there to be any chance at making a real run this year.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:22:10 +0000

Cooley fouls out with 7 minutes left in regulation, which is 32 minutes of gametime before the end of the game. Grant goes nuts at the end of regulation, but fouls out with (it turns out) 22 minutes left in the game. Atkins plays 60 minutes of basketball – I can see why his legs were too tired to make a foul shot in the last overtime. Biedscheid doesn’t start and gets 50 minutes of playing time. I have to mention the great effort by the others, like Connaughton, Auguste, Sherman, and Knight.

This is the definition of a TEAM win.

By: martinjordan

martinjordan — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:46:48 +0000

I was at the four overtime game against Georgetown when Chris Thomas played all 60 minutes. The difference in that game, as in this one was fresh legs and depth. Jordan Cornette came off the bench in the fourth OT and hit a big three when both teams were exhausted. In this one Garrick Sherman’s fresh legs were the difference. This should give him back his confidence.

I hope Brey continues to find minutes for all of them because he’s going to need all of them to make a deep run into the tournament. It’s wide open this year and this team has enough talent to make a run.

Jerian Grant has no conscience when it comes to hitting clutch shots. Last year he hit key shots down the stretch in the comeback against Villanova. This year against ‘Nova he missed a bunch of free throws early but was perfect down the stretch. The basketball version of Joe Montana.

Great Win!

By: mpsND'72

mpsND'72 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:26:05 +0000

I guess I missed something, after turning the game off with 1:30 left.