Louisville @ Notre Dame- 1/10/19

[UConnCat]

IMHO this was a horrible game by ND by their standards with their defense being non existent. I am not sure why MM plays Mabrey as she is a total liability on defense, but maybe they all were last night, AO doesn't play any defense but with Lousiville in foul trouble she was able to get some buckets. Shepards weight loss seems to be hampering her as she used to be able to create more space when she was bigger. Second half Louisville were hampered by the 28 to 15 foul count disparity and were unable to have players on the floor when they needed them.

Interesting on Shepard. I had the same thought after the UConn game, I.e., she wasn’t as tough to stop in the lane as she was last year when she over-powered the thinner UConn defenders. Collier did a decent job defending her back in December. I didn’t say anything because I wanted to watch her play more. I saw the same thing last night. She isn’t displacing defenders near the basket like she did last year. Overall, getting more fit is the right move but she may need to add muscle mass.

I thought Louisville did a pretty good job defending ND for much of the game but they were pretty bad on the boards and did commit a lot of fouls.

 

[BackBay]

Officiating was very 1-sided. There's home-cooking & then there's home-cooking. If the game was called the same way at Louisville, they would be throwing things on the court...

 

[mbr33ct]

I refrained from commenting on this game until I played recorded game. I wanted to be sure what I thought I saw real time was verified by my rewatching the game. Louisville got hosed by the refs. Refs appeared to let ND play rough but had some real questionable calls against UL. Hope that crew is not a tournament crew.

Next time go with your first instinct, could have saved you couple hours or rewatching game.

 

[npignatjr]

Just rewatched the the UK/UT game the other big game from 1/10, a few thoughts about those games after watching
1 terrible inconsistent officiating, bad look for NCAA, review of last year's F4
2 Arike made 2 great shots in last year's F4, but without 1 above shots wouldn't have mattered, so since I have a good memory and probably others do as well, so when I see those replayed I go back instantly to the bad officiating, MS especially got screwed seconds before
3 When did ND colors change from Kelly green to 80s parachute pants fluorescent green
4 thrilled Clemson embarrassed in the football F4