ND game thread

[romey]

keep it close and we win it in the second half

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

For all you Jae skeptics, that pass to Jones demonstrates why he is the team MVP! Stop the run with an awesome dunk!

[mu_hilltopper]

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"Here come the Irish" is a stupid chant

[BossplayaOtto]

missing a lot of bunnies. 

[romey]

gotta make these bunnies!

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

A game's worth of missed layups already.

[lessthannick11]

"Here come the Irish" is a stupid chant

so is "we are N D"

[nyg]

A game's worth of missed layups already.

6.  Three by Jones, including that last blocked one.

[BossplayaOtto]

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[real chili 83]

We should be up by 10. Not worried.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

DWIL with the made layup!

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

I much prefer this DJO who drives and kicks or shoots to the other guy who hangs around the perimeter too much.

[BossplayaOtto]

lots of contact on shots around the rim and refs aren't calling fouls.  would have been a big 3 by Jae at the half had it gone.

[77ncaachamps]

- No FT disparity: edge ND
- Missing bunnies: edge ND
- Scoring with Cooley out: edge ND

Only highlight was getting called WARRIORS before commercial break

[nyg]

The good:  Only down by 4.
               No fouls on Crowder
               Stayed close with J. Wilson on bench

The bad:    Missed "bunnies".  Might haunt them
               J. Jones taking as many shots as Crowder and DJO
               Only one made three pointer
               Didn't grab lead with Cooley out.
               Boring, boring, boring ND offense.  

At least it is only 4 and not double digits.  Hopefully Crowder has his second half resurrection as usual and they can pull it out.

[ATL MU Warrior]

- No FT disparity: edge ND
- Missing bunnies: edge ND
- Scoring with Cooley out: edge ND

Only highlight was getting called WARRIORS before commercial break

Well gee I guess we might as well just not come out of the locker room for the 2nd half.  

[ATL MU Warrior]

The good:  Only down by 4.
               No fouls on Crowder
               Stayed close with J. Wilson on bench

The bad:    Missed "bunnies".  Might haunt them
               J. Jones taking as many shots as Crowder and DJO                Only one made three pointer
               Didn't grab lead with Cooley out.
               Boring, boring, boring ND offense.  

At least it is only 4 and not double digits.  Hopefully Crowder has his second half resurrection as usual and they can pull it out.

Were any of them bad shots?  Maybe the early 3...I like the aggressive Jamail...he was far more of a positive than a negative in the 1st half.  If only he had made a couple of those gimmes.

[Lennys Tap]

Seth was trying (I think) to say we were playing "undermanned" - instead said "underhanded". Love live TV.

[77ncaachamps]

Well gee I guess we might as well just not come out of the locker room for the 2nd half.  

That's not the point.

ND played a better half and are in a better position than we are.

We play an uptempo game that depends on causing and capitalizing TOs and using a FT disparity to press their players and bench.

So far it hasn't been that.

[ATL MU Warrior]

That's not the point.

ND played a better half and are in a better position than we are.

We play an uptempo game that depends on causing and capitalizing TOs and using a FT disparity to press their players and bench.

So far it hasn't been that.

We are a 2nd half team and we're only down by 4.

The refs didn't call much in the 1st half...hard to get to the line when they won't call anything.

Their two most important players both have two fouls.

Hard to get too down when the above are the facts.  We have a great chance to win this thing in a very difficult environment.

[KenoshaWarrior]

So far a play that might come back to haunt us is when we missed 3 bunnies to have a 6 point lead.

We miss and they go on 9-0 run

[downtown85]

Prediction:  Jae will have a big second half.

[77ncaachamps]

We are a 2nd half team and we're only down by 4.

The refs didn't call much in the 1st half...hard to get to the line when they won't call anything.

Their two most important players both have two fouls.

Hard to get too down when the above are the facts.  We have a great chance to win this thing in a very difficult environment.

I hope you're right!

[BossplayaOtto]

Happy to only be down 4 at half with team shooting 37% in 1st half and getting outrebounded 13-18.

positives:
DJO- excelling as usual
Vander played a nice half
Quality minutes by Jamail-wish he could have capitlized on some more of those bunnies but was very active on both ends and had a sweet flush
Only 3 turnovers
Only 5 personal fouls - 0 on Jae

Hit the glass better, convert some of those bunnies, Jae has his usual 2nd half and keep JWilson on the court and we'll get this W.