With a win at DePaul tonight, Notre Dame can finish its three-game road trip with a respectable 2-1 record. You wouldn’t have figured on wins at Syracuse and DePaul and a loss at South Florida, but still, 2-1 is 2-1. And so far, so good: Irish lead 11-0!
UPDATE, 12:04 AM: Just got back from bowling. I bowled a 102 and a 120. Oh, and DePaul won, 67-66. Dammit. Forget being ranked; Notre Dame is officially in bubble trouble.
P.S. Black and Green has a good post about the game. Excerpt:
What do you say? A tackle of Colin Falls gives DePaul the go ahead points and Kurz got mauled down low with a chance to win.
First off, let me get my thoughts out about the end. Tory Jackson goes Rambo on the team with a reckless spinning drive that ended up as close to the basket as South Bend. He kicks the ball out to the furthest man only to see Zeller (not 100% sure, I think it was him) heave up a pathetic attempt (it did hit the backboard) which Rob Kurz rebounded with a clear shot. Unbelievable no-call by the officials on a clear foul. Fran Fraschilla had a pretty good analysis of it afterwards, saying officials don’t want to make the call unless its a hack job late. Still, a no-call determines the game every bit as much as calling the foul. Terrible mistake by the men in stripes who called a pretty good game.
What do you do now? 2-4 in close games this year (2-8 last year?). It’s ridiculous to see this team fall late against poor opponents like this. Notre Dame should have won this game after the early 11-0 run…
Where do we go from here? Mike Brey again showed his ineptitude with close games. I hate to place the blame on him, but certainly some is due after horrid performances late the last two years. This stings even more after the pathetic USF performence.
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February 8th, 2007 at 8:09:57 pm
last I saw, it was 41-41
February 8th, 2007 at 10:06:28 pm
Ouch. 67-66 loss certainly doesn’t help.
February 8th, 2007 at 11:32:09 pm
I was at the game… Irish got robbed.
All we had to do was dribble the ball around and let them foul us.
It was some ridiculous officiating. No foul called on the last second put back, and the refs ran off the court.
February 9th, 2007 at 9:34:31 am
Yeah, from what I’ve read, the officiating was pretty bad. No excuses though-if you’re going to be a good team who is capable of playing with the great teams in March Madness, you’ve got to be able to win the close ones, good refs or bad refs. And as with last year’s many close losses, I place this close loss in the hands of the coaches.
February 9th, 2007 at 11:23:23 am
Any comments on the USC recruting violation allegations involving Joe McKnight? Seems USC has a problem with recruiting violations, espicially with Reggie Bush (who supposedly talked to McKnight).
February 9th, 2007 at 11:48:44 am
I’ve got to agree. Late to the “Fire Brey” bandwagon, but even with the bad no-call, the play and coaching at the end of the game was terrible.
February 9th, 2007 at 2:06:38 pm
B. Minich, care to cite your sources?
February 9th, 2007 at 2:12:26 pm
A quick Google search, and all I came up with that was actually in the media is this. Sounds to me like most of it is just sore losership on the part of LSU fans who are pissed USC stole the best player out of their backyard… and in any case, the allegations of improper recruiting seem more directed at Saban and Alabama than they do about USC and McKnight.
February 9th, 2007 at 2:15:12 pm
Okay, found another story. Draw your own conclusions.