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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2506555, member: 5798"] Notre Dame replaced Tennessee as UConn's main rival almost a decade ago. Because of the bitterness, bad blood and vitriol that has manifested itself at times over that period, one can certainly understand the common Irish fan's disdain and in some cases disrespect for Geno, his legacy (his successes) and his unquestioned coaching abilities. Notre Dame has not reached the final 4 the last two years. They last won a national championship in 2001. That's 16 season's of futility and failure. UConn has been that bridge they could not cross on several occasions en route to the national championship. I'm sure there are no framed pictures of Geno hanging on the walls in the basketball offices of Notre Dame. It would seem to the casual observer on the outside looking in, that instead of worrying, or being concerned about what Geno and UConn are doing, they would focus their efforts, resources and resolve towards fixing their problems, and righting their own ship. Notre Dame is an elite top 5 program. They have been for years. They put a highly competitive team on the floor nightly. In spite of injuries to key players, they somehow continue to win games and remain competitive. It would be fair to assume that not making the final four this year, in spite of their injuries, would be unacceptable to anyone connected with the program. Without Lili Thompson, there’s not a healthy scholarship player left on the Notre Dame women’s basketball team defined foremost as a point guard, but Jackie Young and Arike Ogunbowale are expressing confidence that they can help fill a role that for them has historically taken a secondary seat to scoring. “I think we’re just going to rotate me, Marina (Mabrey) and Arike at point,” Young said after practice Wednesday afternoon as the No. 2-ranked Irish (13-1, 2-0) prepared for Thursday night’s Atlantic Coast Conference visit by Miami (11-3, 1-0). “Our lineup will look a little different, but I think we’ll be fine there.” Notre Dame has been forced into its latest shuffle of responsibilities by virtue of Sunday’s knee injury to Thompson late in the third quarter of a 96-73 victory at Wake Forest. With Thompson going down, things just got a little tougher for the Irish. Wishing all the best, and a speedy recovery to Lili T. [/QUOTE]

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