Rockne's Roundtable

Solid win, tonight. Much better shooting than vs. USF. They'll need all of that to get off the Big East Championship schneid vs. UConn. It's tough to beat them three in a row, particularly when it's in their backyard, and even more so when the prior two victories were by one point, and OT. The Irish played some very solid D, tonight, as they do most nights, but two keys tomorrow night are for Achonwa to avoid foul trouble, and somebody has to stick to Mosqueda-Lewis like glue on the perimeter.

I know the history of not being able to beat a team 3 times but the great teams don't worry about that. If ND can beat UConn again, I am hoping that it moves UConn to the opposite side of the draw so that they wouldn't meet again unless it was the Final game. I think ND can beat Baylor but it would be alot more difficult if the had to beat UConn the game before and then face Baylor.
ND is still getting better. Ariel Braker is playing her best ball and all of a sudden Turner is asking for the ball and hitting her jumper. The younger players got some time on the floor last nigh and even though they were sloppy, just being out there was good. It will be different when it is only one of them spotting in with the starters than having an entire inexperienced unit trying work together.
As mentioned above, Achonwa has to be judicious with her defense in the first half. Dolson will hit those top of the key jumpers in the first half but not the 2nd half. This will be another bruising battle.