ND @ Louisville

[HuskyNan]

Games like this make me miss the old Big East days

Yep, this game is your basic Big East rock fight.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

The glaring non calls are really piling up

on both ends of the floor

 

[FairView]

Was that a foul?

 

[HuskyNan]

The Cards' offensive rebounding has been phenomenal. They players aren't playing a particularly smart game right now, though.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Was that a foul?

Not even close.

 

[HuskyNan]

Was that a foul?

Absolutely.

 

[HuskyNan]

Danger time for the Cards and they can't throw the ball in the ocean from a boat.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

This game is exactly how the Georgia Tech game played out....

ND won that one too

 

[BigBird]

ND seems destined to survive, thanks to some horrible shot selection by UL. If a UL player looks as though she's thinking about touching any of the Fainting Irish, a foul gets called. I'm shocked.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Even without Diggins the gift calls continue for the Irish. Although the Durr block was a foul.

 

[FairView]

That was a stupid play

 

[HuskyNan]

Louisville kid just got shoved to the floor - no foul.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

I totally get (if that was the intent) why GA tweeted about the "5 players who is not recruiting"....

She totally just shoved her out of bounds

 

[Wbbfan1]

Notre Dame wore Louisville Down and they know how to get teams into Foul Trouble. As I type this ND has only shot 5 more Free Throws. ND won this game because they shot the ball better then Louisville did in the 4th quarter. ND has too many weapons.

 

[FairView]

Oh, well

 

[Carnac]

Louisville went cold in the 4th quarter, and lost a game they should not have. Notre Dame wins another close one.
Even when things aren't going their way, they find a way to win. When they're down, they make plays to get back in the game; like they did today. Louisville was up by 8 at one point, then went into a deep freeze. ND outscored Louisville 21-12 in the 4th qtr. If Louisville does not stop scoring, ND loses. I agree with Bigbird below, dumb fouls and bad shots contributed big time to their downfall.

Even though I don't care for ND at all, I respect their resilience, and their will to win. They don't quit, or give up. If Turner can stay healthy, they're going to be very hard to beat in the tournament. At this point, the only teams I think can beat them is UConn, Baylor and South Carolina. They'll make the final 4.

 

[BigBird]

I was impressed with neither team. It's not just a matter of comparing today's game with what I see from UConn. What I saw today was plenty of "want to," which is good, but that was punctuated with way too many bad passes, absurd shot attempts, and dumb fouls. It won't surprise me if neither team makes the elite eight.

 

[Reypl21]

This isn't really the place, but I turned the channel to the Tennessee and aTm game and Sur Bird is commentating. Probably the only good thing about that game

 

[easttexastrash]

Louisville would be up double digits if it could make its layups. Score is 57-55 Louisville.

I was thinking the same thing during the game. They missed a lot of bunnies.

 

[Carnac]

This isn't really the place, but I turned the channel to the Tennessee and aTm game and Sur Bird is commentating. Probably the only good thing about that game

For the next 90 minutes, I'm the biggest Texas A&M fan in the world. Let's go Aggies!!!!

 

[easttexastrash]

Louisville is gonna mess around and lose this game if they are not careful

And they did. They played so well for the first 35 minutes of the game and in the end couldn't bring it home.

 

[Orangutan]

Ogunbowale is not the pass first type of player. Maybe Muffett thought she could turn into a pass first player. Not going to happen. Sure, she may score a lot of points, but it's sacrificing their team concept, which is why the ND offense is always highly ranked. ND looks flat.

Muffet has said the she likes Arike's agressive nature and wants her in attack mode because most of ND's players want to pass first. I think she is a capable passer but the coaches, at least at this point, want her hunting her shot.

 

[Frodo]

As much as I despise the Cardinals and their boxing instructor, I would like to see them pull off the win today and move Baylor up to a #3 ranking. Then after UCONN beats SC by 20+ Baylor can move into the #2 spot, which is where I think they belong at this point in the season.

The Baylor freshmen posts are really starting to gel. Brown and Mompremier combined for 32 points and 19 rebounds against KU. Cave and Higgins, the upper class centers, combined for 8 points and 8 rebounds. What a major difference from Baylor's post presence a year ago.

Alexis Prince played her best game since missing 14 games due to knee surgery. Baylor really needed her length on defense and her ability to score from anywhere on the floor. She and the improvement of the post players have made Baylor a much better team than they were a few weeks ago.

I don't know if these two players are gelling or not, but I do know that KU is a lousy yardstick to measure them against. KU is a pretty darned awful basketball team.

 

[Frodo]

Louisville would be up double digits if it could make its layups. Score is 57-55 Louisville.

I only watched a bit of the game and Turner missed at least 4 layups.

 

[Orangutan]

I only watched a bit of the game and Turner missed at least 4 layups.

Well she was 6 of 11 so I guess you saw 4 of her 5 misses.