Judah was on him most of the time, and I don't think he was playing that bad of defense on him. Burton is pretty savvy for a freshman. He knows some upperclassman tricks for getting calls.
You should beat bottom 3 teams in the ACc by more than 3, especially when you’re up 29 points. If they barely scraped all game, so be it, ND put together a good game plan. But they didn’t, they blew a massive lead with lazy defense and once again started blaming eachother. Stop acting like we’re so unfair for expecting a bad team to get blown out. Sorry people fan different than you.
They were playing two man game to get Bell on him
Always happy to win. It is okay to be critical sometimes. This team has some serious flaws, and overall have probably met expectations. Red and the team have had some some good days and some bad ones. Today I think was a poor coaching job. Giving up 20+ point leads have happened several times this year, which is not okay. You expect teams to regress to the mean somewhat and close the gap some. It should never have gotten to 3 points. This was a 10 win Notre Dame team. I understand people can always be critical, but I try to give praise when it is deserved. I question methods and game management when it is deserved, which it was today.
Are we allowed to discuss the game or not? I’m thrilled we won yet I can reasonably discuss what happened in the game.
there was a stretch where ND ran the same two man game repeatedly with Burton and Bells man….and it ended up with Bell get roasted repeatedly. You could argue Judah didn’t do a good enough job fighting over the screen for sure
Tell that to top UNC and Duke. Plus Don’t forget Virginia who lost by 20 to ND.
Exactly. Also can OP please define meaningful basketball? Is that a credibility thing? It's a fan forum. Nearly blowing 30 point leads at home to a team with five league wins is going to create angst.
Fwiw, I dislike the “state of the program” type posts after games. So using this game as some sort of defining moment in Red’s year. Thats crap.
Yeah maybe…seem to remember Bell standing there trying to hedge 90 percent of the time. Don’t remember much Burton 1-1 without a screen
Nah just a division 1 all American in my sport. But thanks for trying me. Wins are wins right now and winning is hard. There’s no way around that. People that have played meaningful sports understand that. That’s my point
There definitely were moments with Burton 1 on 1. Usually Judah didn't fair well and then complained about getting called for a foul afterward. He usually had a point, because Burton is good at drawing contact and then using that to get a call. But, that's Judah's bread and butter, so he shouldn't complain. Although, that one play where Burton pretty much grabbed Judah's arm and got the call on Judah, was questionable at best.
Must we attack eachother? A difference of opinion is ok. Let's not call eachother out. Damn, every time.
The threes from Shrewsburys kid were daggers and the D was ok. Burton should have been contained.
I know all teams let off the gas up 29… it’s human nature. What happened in the second half was a complete failure to adjust to what ND was doing on offense. That’s on the coaching staff.
We're young. We NEED to review film and see what is working and what is not. It seems pretty clear. If our buys can pull together and figure it out, we can win every game we have left. And, we can have a couple wins in the ACC Tournament and get in the NCAA's. But, if they are more concerned about their own numbers, then we'll be lucky to make the NIT.
Welcome to 'Murica 2024. People will complain about EVERYTHING. If you are a positive person, surround yourself with positive people and lift eachother up. Let the rest of the people just dwell in their misery.
Both sides are understandable. I mean I get it we were up by 29 and to make it that close was horrendous. It’s not on the kids but the coaches, imho. Anyways I am more interested in bulldogs D1 experience which is awesome. The more insight on this level of play the better as far as I’m concerned as most of us never got there. My wife being one of them as I constantly hear..lol
