ND vs Duke (last Mon.)

[mhshuskies]

For all the talk about how weak the AAC is, the overall quality of the ACC is not much better, if at all. Other than nd, all the ACC teams are 40 point losers to UCONN!

 

[BlueDevils]

What exactly are we arguing? AAC>ACC?

 

[mhshuskies]

What exactly are we arguing? AAC>ACC?

That the ACC is not much better than the AAC, if at all.

 

[Orangutan]

For all the talk about how weak the AAC is, the overall quality of the ACC is not much better, if at all. Other than nd, all the ACC teams are 40 point losers to UCONN!

But Florida State already played UConn and *only* lost by 24. So there. In all seriousness, the ACC is down this year with Duke struggling a little and North Carolina haven't fallen off the map. Rated 5th best conference by Sagarin. Better than the AAC generally, I'd say, but definitely not what it was when Notre Dame first joined.

 

[UcMiami]

Duke up early! 3-2 one minute in!

Whoops took too long to type that, they are in free fall trailing 5-3 at this point.

Keep it tuned right here!

 

[HuskyNan]

The score was 2-1 after 3 minutes.

Is now 5-3 ND after 3 1/2 minutes.

 

[Orangutan]

The looks from 3 are there against the zone. Just up to Cable and the Mabreys to knock them down.

 

[HuskyNan]

How about a little defense, Duke?

 

[magic]

Duke has no court awareness. Can somone make a layup? Geez !

 

[HuskyNan]

More matador defense from Duke. If ND weren't missing its threes, the score would be hideous. As it is, ND up by 8.

 

[HuskyNan]

Arike Oginbowale (sp?) is a really good looking freshman for ND.

 

[Orangutan]

Arike Oginbowale (sp?) is a really good looking freshman for ND.

Close - it's Ogunbowale. Yeah, she had a rough one against GA Tech but she's sharp tonight. Some of the McGraw's Bench crowd don't like how much she shoots but McGraw herself has said that she wants Arike to be aggressive. When she hits the right blend of aggression and control, she's dynamite.

 

[BlueDevils]

Poor transition D, missed 2 ft away from the basket shots from Chidom, ball stagnant as soon as it touches Henson hands. Nd freshman has two well done transistion buckets, open corner 3 make, and fade away post move. She just may be special.

 

[HuskyNan]

Neither team looks particularly sharp tonight. Duke's defense, or lack thereof is the deciding factor. The score is 28-17 ND with 8 minutes left in the half.

Still wish ND would shoot threes like this vs UConn.

 

[HuskyNan]

Ugly display of offense by both teams. ND has 33 points in 17 1/2 minutes; Duke has 24.

 

[HuskyNan]

Maybrey 1 must be like 0-8 from the arc. I don't think her younger sister has played? Not sure.

 

[jennyo70]

Mabry got lucky in the tie up in the corner that the ref had his back to her and did not see the slight shove from Mabry, as Salvador's was walking away.
tsk, tsk, tsk

 

[HuskyNan]

Game is getting chippy. Salvadores grabbed a ball out of Lindsay Allen's hands after the refs blew the whistle then ND's Mabrey gave Salvadores a shove in the back. Pretty ugly.

 

[Huskies Rule]

Most moronic comment of the night (so far, with more to come)...Beth Mowins talking about Turner missing six games (including the UConn loss) said that "when they (ND) are healthy, nobody has gotten them." Duhhh. Such nonsensical crap.

 

[HuskyNan]

Mabry got lucky in the tie up in the corner that the ref had his back to her and did not see the slight shove from Mabry, as Salvador's was walking away.
tsk, tsk, tsk

They saw it. Mabrey got a T and now Duke is fired up.

 

[HuskyNan]

It's ND 35-27 at the half.

 

[CocoHusky]

They saw it. Mabrey got a T and now Duke us fired up.

T was on Allen not Maybrey. Big because it would have been Maybrey's 3 foul.

 

[BlueDevils]

They saw it. Mabrey got a T and now Duke us fired up.

I LOVED EVERY BIT OF IT!!! We really needed to get that last stop. Duke needs to spark a run immediately in the 3rd, but Jpm teams are notorious for slow 3rd qtr start.

 

[BlueDevils]

T was on Allen not Maybrey. Big because it would have been Maybrey's 3 foul.

I honestly feel the refs knew that. Obviously Unnecessary roughness from Salvadores but this team NEEDS that.

 

[Orangutan]

How they got Allen for a T on that, I'll never know. Situation was totally created by Salvadores getting upset over a simple held ball. Mabrey just had a Jersey-girl reflex.