Rockne's Roundtable

They suck. Scott Martin big time sucks. This is the worst thing I have ever watched and that includes 2nd grade girls CYO basketball. It's worse than last night. Kind of feels like reality.

It's hard to watch these guys, they don't take the shots they should, but take the terrible shots.

This is a dumpster fire

They're running at least a half second behind Louisville on nearly every play. I'd like to blame it on tired legs, but this is Louisville's third game in three nights, and last night's was an end-to-end horse race. I think they got in ND's head with those steals early on. The other factor is Pitino. His teams are almost always tough in March. Brey's? Rarely.

you can try to break it down any way you like, tired legs, getting into nd's

head, not playing well at MSG. i'll make it pretty simple, nd does not have the athletes

louisville does.

That's true, Newman, but it's also true in at least half the games ND won in the Big East this year, including the one over Louisville in Freedom Hall. The Irish shot 12% from beyond the arc, and 52% from the line, both well below their season's average. Most of those threes were uncontested, and certainly the foul shots were. Those parts weren't Louisville's athleticism. That's just having a crappy night. They hit a shooting slump in the St. John's game, and really haven't worked their way out of it.

BS. Didn't ND have the athletes in feb. why is it always in march

There's no question this season was a major overachievement. I think most of us are just wishing that one of these years, they could save their hot streak for March.

Because teams turn it up a notch in March and we can never find that nextra gear.