Rockne's Roundtable

Pointer, Sampson, Branch, Obekpa and Greene starting for SJ.

Irish in man defense.

Weather isn't great, and there were probably a lot of students here for the women's game last night, but this crowd isn't impressive for the final home game of the year.

SJ up 8-6 coming out of the timeout with under 12 to play in the first half.

We must win this game, not a good start.

Not a strong finish to the half. Grant misses a couple layups and SJ gets a 3-pointer to go up 26-19. But Atkins connects on a triple in the final seconds to stop the bleeding. St. John's enters the break with a 26-22 advantage. Probably should be a much bigger lead.

Wes, why did Brey take Knight out after going 2 for 2 in the first 5 minutes? He saw 2 more minutes of court time. Also if we are not athletic enough to go man to man, we better play zone a whole lot better than that.

Halftime stats:

Notre Dame shot 27.6 percent (8-for-29) from the field and 27.3 percent (3-for-11) from 3-point land.
Jerian Grant scored 10 points, Eric Atkins added five and Tom Knight had four.
The Irish had five turnovers and outrebounded SJ 20-18.

St. John's shot 41.4 percent (12-for-29) from the floor and 1-for-4 (25 percent) from behind the arc.
JaKarr Sampson and Phil Greene both scored six points for the Red Storm.
St. John's committed six turnovers and outscored ND 14-4 in the paint.

If Brey is going to live or die with Connoughton, he gets what he deserves. Is that the new plan now, replace the whole front line after 6-7 minutes every game? Terrible coaching and this is why this program is stuck in neutral.
The women showed twice the courage, perseverance, and frankly talent. This team is a reflection of their coach: meek, clueless and lost.

This is a St. Johns team without it's leading scorer. Do the guards just have the green light to do whatever they want or is there a game plan?

Well, anyone else need some coffee?

Knight ties it up at 30-30 and crowd finally getting into it.