Another ass whupping at home for the Irish men, SMU led wire to wire, and just buried us. Worst loss of the season coming on the heels of the bad Louisville loss. We are not likely to win another game.
Was able to watch the Irish women take apart Miami in Coral Gables last night. Total domination from the opening tip. There were a lot of Alums from the WNBA behind the Irish bench. Hanah continues to struggle a bit with her shot, but Liv and Sonia took up the slack. When I say struggle she still got 18 points, but she was 5-12 from the floor and 1-5 from 3pt line. Well below here averages. She still works hard on defense and also just her style of play gets her to the FT line. It was a 40 point win and never in doubt. Now they go to Raleigh to take on NC State, currently #13 and 12-2 in 2nd place in the ACC. They have been playing really well and it's always tough to win at their place. They will need to be at their best to come out on top. Also watched the 8 episodes of Here Come the Irish on Peacock. It was good, I would call it great, but it was a good retrospect for me on the season and seeing some of the players outside the lines. There is another show coming up on Netflix on the Irish season not exactly sure when that will be released. The men play Pitt this Saturday, I'm afraid to watch.
Well bless my soul, the Irish got a much needed win at home vs Pitt, 76-72. It was a close game all the way, we did get a bit of lead late but Pitt almost chipped all that away. We won at the FT line once Pitt got to where they had to foul us. I'm not taking this win to mean we've turned a corner, it's just nice to get a win. Freshman Cole Certa came off the bench to hit 3 - 3 pointers and JR hit all of his FT's, that was the key.
Thanks Don, at this point any win is a great win when you have been playing like the Irish. It would be nice if we finished with a few more wins, but i'm not especially hopeful. On another note the #1 ranked Irish lacrosse beat #11 Georgetown on the road today. GT was the only team to beat the Irish last year.
ND women BB lose to NC State in 2 OT 104-95. Even game until 2nd OT. The #1 jinx. NCS is a very good team.
Irish women lose their 1st ACC game on the road in 2OT to NCState. I was a great game to watch, NCState just played great, and they made almost 100% of their FT, that was the difference. Also their Freshman Swedish Center who had been avg 6 points per game went for 19 only missing 1 FG and 1 FT. Our Bigs combined only scored 8 points. A loss like this doesn't hurt though, we are still a Final Four capable team and just have to learn and move on, next up is a good FSU team at home