Notre Dame's Olivia Miles goes down with bad knee injury in game vs. Louisville

[Centerstream]

I also hope she’s good for next season. The whole women’s basketball is diminished when one of the greats goes down.

As for the other question, yes, absolutely, their seed would have been lower, maybe a 10/11, since they have no real pg. Ivey seemed to have been playing a bit of 3-card monty with the committee on this one.

I posted my thoughts before I saw that the seeding scenario was discussed in a couple other threads and I wasn't the only one asking...
But I really don't care because I dislike everything Golden Domer...

 

[nwhoopfan]

As far as seeding, ND did beat Louisville on the road without Miles for the entire 2nd half, and then beat NC State before getting thumped in the ACC tourney by the Ville. How much should they have been punished in the seedings because of Miles' injury? Small sample size, but they went 2-1 against teams that made the Tourney.

 

[Orangutan]

As far as seeding, ND did beat Louisville on the road without Miles for the entire 2nd half, and then beat NC State before getting thumped in the ACC tourney by the Ville. How much should they have been punished in the seedings because of Miles' injury? Small sample size, but they went 2-1 against teams that made the Tourney.

Homer take obviously, but I do think ND is now slightly underestimated because of that last Louisville game.

They are certainly not as poor without Miles as their last outing suggests. Also, Citron will actually have had practice time at PG, which should help.

 

[Jim]

Had the extent of Miles injury been known to the selection committee, I think ND would have been pushed down to a 4 seed. They still would have hosted the first two rounds, so not much different there. But even with the extra time to practice, I don't think they get by the #6 seed Creighton.

 

[cancontent]

There are a lot of teams that kept their injury situations close to the vest. ND, FSU, NC State, are just a few examples. Perspective as to who didn't want their rankings affected is based on one's bias/perception of the situation.

For those chirping that ND was being shady, take it with a grain of salt. It all shakes out in the end during the tournament.

 

[Rowdy831]

Without Miles they will have trouble getting into their offense if the play a pressure defense. They may win 1 game but it would be a huge accomplishment to play in the second weekend for ND.

 

[Blue Huskie]

As far as seeding, ND did beat Louisville on the road without Miles for the entire 2nd half, and then beat NC State before getting thumped in the ACC tourney by the Ville. How much should they have been punished in the seedings because of Miles' injury? Small sample size, but they went 2-1 against teams that made the Tourney.

It's often said that teams can come together within a game to rally after a player gets hurts. When they played L,Ville again Walz laid out the perfect game plan against ND. Blanket Citron and make her life miserable. Make the others beat you. If another team can do that ND won't be around long.

 

[Carnac]

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[southie]

Had the extent of Miles injury been known to the selection committee, I think ND would have been pushed down to a 4 seed. They still would have hosted the first two rounds, so not much different there. But even with the extra time to practice, I don't think they get by the #6 seed Creighton.

I thought about that. Based on the 'S' curve, it appears as if Notre Dame was either the highest or second highest 3 seed since they were placed in South Carolina's bracket; the top 3 seed might have been LSU but they would have been bumped down to keep them out of another SEC team's region. The other 3 seeds (in order) appear to be Ohio State followed by Duke. So, had Notre Dame been bumped down, neither LSU nor Ohio State (because of Maryland already in that region) would have been able to move up to #9 overall; that would have meant that it would have been Duke that would have unfortunately ended up in South Carolina's region as the 3 seed. Not sure how far ND "should" have fallen had the committee known Miles would no longer be playing; if down to a 4 seed, couldn't be placed in Virginia Tech's region. It seems like it would have gotten messy.

 

[Orangutan]

It's often said that teams can come together within a game to rally after a player gets hurts. When they played L,Ville again Walz laid out the perfect game plan against ND. Blanket Citron and make her life miserable. Make the others beat you. If another team can do that ND won't be around long.

It's not like Walz had to be a visionary to come up with the idea of keying on Citron. That much was obvious.

Yet, NC State couldn't do it. Walz is very good at coaching pressure defense and has pesky defenders like (most especially) Mykasa Robinson.

ND's opponents have surely saw the most recent Louisville game, but they won't necessarily be able to replicate Louisville's defense performance.

 

[Jim]

ND's opponents have surely saw the most recent Louisville game, but they won't necessarily be able to replicate Louisville's defense performance.

At this time of year, you don't need to win by 26. One point will do.

 

[JellyBean]

There are a lot of teams that kept their injury situations close to the vest. ND, FSU, NC State, are just a few examples. Perspective as to who didn't want their rankings affected is based on one's bias/perception of the situation.

For those chirping that ND was being shady, take it with a grain of salt. It all shakes out in the end during the tournament.