Rockne's Roundtable

In what has become the norm lately, Notre Dame is off to a sloppy and disjointed start. Louisville up 10-4 at the first media timeout with 15:38 to play in the first half. The good news is Cooley has four points.

Both teams have four turnovers and Louisville has an 8-4 rebounding advantage so far.

What is up with Sherman!!!

The whirling dervish.

Cooley just picked up second foul and went to the bench. Connaughton is 2-of-3 from deep and Sherman is 4-of-4 from the field. Siva has eight points for Louisville.

Irish wait until late in the clock to do anything and Atkins gets called for a baseline charge for his third foul.

I think the one thing you can say about Grant is he can play you into a game and he can play you out of a game.

Brey pretty fired up after Louisville connects on a 3-pointer in the closing seconds to take a 32-25 lead into the break. Brey slapped the scorer's table and a cup of water spilled on the court.

And they've let some contact go underneath that would be a felony in 49 other states. Cooley just gets battered when he goes up for a rebound. One of the problems is giving up offensive boards. Louisville is just quicker off their feet. Actually, they are quicker everywhere on the court and that's as much a reason as any as to why there up by seven. Irish aren't out of it, but I honestly don't know what it will take to keep them in it. Grant may have to get unconscious again.

Atkins can't get a whiff of the basket. I guess playing only about 9 minutes will teach Knight not to miss a shot. Can't give Cam B. many minutes, as he just has not shot the ball well enough, and dosen't give us anything defensively.
Defense played good for most part, but giving up too many rebounds and not closing out well on their outside shooters.
Still in it, but we can't let them go on one of their runs.

Can't give them that inside position. Happens all to often with Sherman in the game.

I admit this N.D. team is not built to play at this pace. Grant scares me when he tries to get faster, never looks like he is in control. The way to stop that is make shots, or put pressure on their outlet passes.