TheOpenThread: Notre Dame at UConn
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 11:57 AM EST
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PrintNotre Dame Fighting Irish at Connecticut Huskies, Jan 29, 2012 12:00 PM EST
We'll keep this very simple: the Boat is back. Our team is whole again. So let's stop losing to fringe NCAA Tournament teams, k?
UConn and Notre Dame tip off at the Morgue at noon on SNY in a rematch of a game two weeks ago, a 67-53 UConn win in South Bend. This is your open thread. Go Huskies.
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Today's starting lineup:
Bazz, Lamb, Daniels, Oriakhi, Drummond.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Big East standings implications
We move into the double-bye area if we can win this one, unless USF also wins today.
If we lose, we fall into a four-way tie for 6th. This league is cray.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Go Huskies!
Those warmups are so sweet.
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
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Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
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I will never get used to grey
It’s just so…dirty.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
and Georgetowney
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
Combined with the student section wearing red shirts that kinda look orange
And it’s all very distressing.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Yep
No a fan of red shirts from. Why did Nike feel compelled to go away fom our traditional blue?
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
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Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
Wow
That was a disaster of a first sentence. You get the point I think.
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Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
I have Persian immigrant parents*, so I understand that first sentence completely.
*not true
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
Full Court
feed sucks donkey balls.
by defaultroute on Jan 29, 2012 12:06 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I will never get used to Drummond playing perimeter passing lanes
the same way Lamb does.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Checking in from Aspen
Rocky Mountain skiing and basketball at 10 AM is not a bad way to start the morning. But the only thing that makes those unis worse is the choppy signal on WatchEspn.com
I hate these uniforms.
I keep on thinking about the Simpsons episode with the school uniforms.
Lol
Rainbow when they get wet!
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Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
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"Mother is in the park!"
“Now THIS I gotta see…”
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
His free throw form is atrocious.
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Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
So shocker of shocker
We’re still not that crisp on offense.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Until this possession
Ball movement!
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Another shocker
Our 3pt defense is still atrocious.
by Andrew Larson on Jan 29, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Was that a charge?
Or a bad call? They haven’t replayed it at the XL
by CJ17098 on Jan 29, 2012 12:21 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Thought it was a bad call live
Haven’t seen a replay.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
OK, let's not have Shabazz with the ball
He really needs to do the Kemba-as-two-guard thing for most of Boat’s minutes. There’s just nothing going on when he’s running the offense.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Grey is the kiss of death
Didn’t we lose our ‘new uniform’ game last year too?
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
"Connecticut is a fast break team"
Then we are not very good, because we get like 2 fast break points a game, it seems.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
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Hooray mini-run
More of that, please, Mr. Lamb.
ALSO THESE RED SHIRTS ARE TERRIBLE
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Nike
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In the student section?
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Yep
I figured they were given out for free by Nike
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This is true according to Twitter
Still look terrible, though. If we were Rutgers, I’d reconsider.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
Got the lead back
There we go
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Then we give it right back
Story of the season, I guess.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Not much to
cheer about so far. Fairly unexciting game.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
Does ND have a point guard that can't dribble with his left hand?
UConn is covering him pick-up game style.
And ND proves worse at Shabazzfense than us
At least Shabazz usually gets a shot off after 30 seconds of dribbling.
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I'm on a Boat
Mutha fucka don’t you ever forget.
by defaultroute on Jan 29, 2012 12:46 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
At least that ended well
But I have no clue how this team is apparently 15th in the country in adjusted offense. I know the point of tempo0free statistics is that you aren’t supposed to see it, but I just don’t see it.
Well, we have 24 points on ~20 possessions, which is pretty good.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Leave it to Mike Brey
to play a pre shot clock style offense
by Andrew Porter on Jan 29, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
It's not a bad strategy
but it does make me want to pluck my eyes out
by Andrew Porter on Jan 29, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
Officialish numbers
0.94 points per possession (not good) on 52.3% eFG.
ND is at 0.88. In other words, both teams are boring each other to death.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
Boatrights considering legal action against NCAA
In my mind, this is going to go like every courtroom movie ever, with the Boatrights winning and the NCAA harassers going to prison. But that’s probably wishful thinking.
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I hope he does do it
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
Can we wear these?
LOL, NO. NOT ENOUGH STARS AND NEW CUTTING-EDGE RETRO MATERIAL THAT MAKES KEVLAR LOOK LIKE MARSHMALLOW WHICH YOU NEED CAUSE YOUR A WARRIOR DAWG!
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 12:59 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
FUCK IT WE'RE WEARING SPACE SUITS FROM NOW ON
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
TRU BALLAS DON'T FUCK WITH GRAVITY DAWG
JUST DO IT.
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hahaha
Awesome Paint job
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
Second half underway
So hey, ND has 15 of their 21 points from 3 again. The three point line is so stupid.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Took 55 seconds for Boat to get in
Maybe he should just be considered a second half starter.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Bad Oriakhi!
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
by derbyguy on Jan 29, 2012 1:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
There is only one answer......
RONP4UCONN
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
I missed the last 30 seconds making a terrible MSPaint spacesuit guy
What the hell is going on?
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
We got Shabazzed
And continue to get Shabazzed
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FIRE DeLEONE
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Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
Am I wrong to suggest that Shabazz needs to sit the bench for 5-6 minutes?
We need to hit Lamb (and preferably Giffey) in the middle of the zone, and I prefer Boatright at the 1 right now.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
You're wrong for implying that Shabazz needs to eventually get off said bench
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Fair enough
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
In fact
as I posted on Twitter, I’d like to see:
Boat, Lamb, Niels Templar, Hansbrolander, Drummond.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Turns out our offensive problems have more to do with the fact
that NO ONE MOVES EVER.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
I hate this game
so much
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
There needs to be a pulic burning of these uniforms
and t-shirts
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
I have only two things to say today:
I’m sick.
This isn’t helping.
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How was that a foul by Lamb?
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
This isn’t a typical Mike Brey game, this is the Mike Brey game.
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 1:22 PM EST reply actions
Mike Brey is Reaganing right now
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
you know
The fact that we can still win this game is a crime against God and nature.
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this game
is a crime against God and nature
by Andrew Porter on Jan 29, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
It's mostly because Notre Dame is terrible
They are outhustling us in a major, major way, and executing exactly what they want to do as a result.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
That transition 3 by Lamb is unforgivable
Have SOME awareness of what Notre Dame is trying to do, Jeremy, i.e. making you take quick shots so they can run the clock for 34 more goddamn seconds.
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Interesting
When you watch Notre Dame play with a 102 degree fever, they all look like Harngody.
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It's not Jim Burr's fault we're playing like 2009-10 on steroids
The kind of steroids that give you less energy.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
Shabazz is totally Dyson.
Drummond is Majok?
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
Hey now
Majok was probably more athletic.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
Holy shit
One of ND’s bullshit save-the-ball-under-our-basket strategies actually backfires.
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Oh man
When we win this game, we’re going to look back and laugh.
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Haha
We could do so much with photoshop on that last foul.
Checking in late again..
comments about things you’ve probably already covered multiple times.. 1) those uniforms look terrible 2) are those student section shirts actually orange? and if so, why would they even put them on 3) WHAT’S GOING ON?!?! You mean I can’t blame it on Boatright being gone anymore?!
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by lookitsnikole on Jan 29, 2012 1:32 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
OMG WE PENETRATED THE ZONE
THAT WAS NOT DIFFICULT
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I hate these jerseys
I’m finding it hard to focus. They look the same as the Irish jerseys to me.
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Wait
I thought Calhoun didn’t like his guys to overpersue on defense?
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Four corners. Peach basket. Two handed set shot.
Kill me.
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How did we not stop that?!
This is terrible
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by lookitsnikole on Jan 29, 2012 1:36 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Did Nike pick out the coaches outfits also...?
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I believe so
Interesting they went with the “Ivy League/grandpa” sweater for Cal.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
In line with the thought process
that gave our students red shirts
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Interesting
They’re actually navy blue
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by lookitsnikole on Jan 29, 2012 1:38 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I doubt it.
I mean, where is the chrome?
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
The shirts underneath
Like Night at he Roxbury
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I feel like the shirts are supposed to match the shoes
Which therefore means we are a mix of Georgetown and Syracuse.. I seriously question if Nike designers even watch big east basketball
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by lookitsnikole on Jan 29, 2012 1:41 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
We literally don't have enough time to score 6 points
So if ND scores here, that’s probably game.
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Rebounding?
How soft are we on the boards?
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Extremely.
Softest rebounding UConn team in a while.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
Another fucking foul
So we’re really calling that after Notre Dame’s been hip-checking us for 35 minutes?
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Rinse recycle
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BULLSHIT
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by lookitsnikole on Jan 29, 2012 1:44 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Ice water in his veins
If he really had ice water in his veins he’d be DEAD.
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And that's a stupid fucking shot
I really dislike this team right now.
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No foul?
Why is this game still close? Who are you people? Why are you in my kitchen?
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if this comes down
To a basket from half court again; I might have a stroke
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by lookitsnikole on Jan 29, 2012 1:46 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Three point shot by Cooley at end of game after we tie?
I say yes.
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Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
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ENOUGH WITH THE FUCKING HERO THREES
FOR FUCKS SAKE GET TO THE RIM
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God
EVERYBODY was over someone’s back there. How do you choose?
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I'm actually impressed they got the ball inside
Notre Dame was playing four guys on Napier, god forbid he finally didn’t take the 30-footer.
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Finally
go to the God damn rim
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
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Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
NHL
Columbus chosen to host 2013 all star game. Didn’t know Columbus would still HAVE an NHL team in 2013.
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Poor Rick Nash
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
Jim Burr!
With the home cookin’!
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Wow, a call???
Sweet, time for Shabazz to shoot another 25-footer.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Was there ever any doubt?
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
Ths s just stupid
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
How the last 36 will play out.
We hit a three to tie. They hit open layup to win. Book it.
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COLOR ME SHOCKED
Shabazz misses a 3. That is just about the perfect cap to this stupid game. Why wouldn’t Lamb keep going?
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Should have been And One
He got fouled.
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Great foul
That was a great foul. Really, really smart play. I’m impressed.
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Shit
ND even does the smart thing when they screw up. Why can’t we do that??
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COME
ON
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by lookitsnikole on Jan 29, 2012 1:54 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
My exact words
Sigh
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Superbowl: Hoping for the meteor
1967: Embrace it
No
No we are not.
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by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
When does the rest of the team say "fuck it" and start playing for the scouts like Shabazz?
by Truffle Shuffle on Jan 29, 2012 1:59 PM EST reply actions
i don't think shabazz is playing for the scouts
because that’s how he’s always played. I think he is irrationally confident in his ability to make a shot and, to be fair, he can hit that shot even if it is ill advised. TO me he doesn’t come across as a greedy player.
If the bigs would actually do something, he wouldn’t need to be taking those shots.
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