Notre Dame's Big Dance Thread

[Sergeant]

Originally Posted by JeremyND07

I do not see ND getting a 2 or 3 seed unless they win the big east tournament....I think in the end they will be a 4 seed. I think they win there first round game but lose in the second because of lack of senior leadership...next year is their year!

I don't think have to win the tournament to get a 2 or a 3, but they need to at least get to the championship game. If they were to get their against a team like Georgetown or UConn but lose, I think the case could be made for a 3 seed if they finish the regular season without another loss.

But a loss between now and the tournament will slot them as a 4.

[NDOM]

I think we lose 2 (Maybe 3) more regular season games. Not sure how we will do in the Big East Tournament. That being said I say we get a 5 seed in the NCAA Tourney (Thats if we can do well in the Big East Tourney) Maybe a 4 seed. Hard to say.

[Granger Irish]

Let's not forget the "rip off Notre Dame" factor as far as seeding. Time has shown that, many times, we get a lower seed than we deserve. As of now, I think we deserve a #4 seed with the possibility of raising to a #3. But, the committee will probably hand us a #5. And, as usual, no one at Notre Dame will make a sound about being cheated. I really think Notre Dame needs to open it's mouth when an injustice to them happens. But, instead, we always act like we are rising above it, which is foolish.

Next season, we have a couple of Notre Dame connections on the committee. That might help, immensely. Right now, Ohio State AD Gene Smith is on the committee. He is a Notre Dame grad. Let's hope he gets his two cents in this season regarding our seeding.

[ALLND62]

Granger I agree with your post we get no love......maybe this is the year they can't take it away from us.

[mbooch]

Originally Posted by ALLND62

Granger I agree with your post we get no love......maybe this is the year they can't take it away from us.

First, HOORAY for TORY JAckson! That kid played like a champion tonight! The team as a whole showed me the best game thay've played in YEARS! Terrific persistence down the last 12 minutes. Great job!

Two, let's face facts. ND hasn't won a Tournament game in five years. They're not getting "no love". They're getting what 0 fer five years deserves. This year, until tonight, I didn't see anything to justify real respect. The preseason schedule is a flat out fraud. They got SMOKED by GTown and Marquette early in the conference schedule, and they blew the second UConn game, and NEARLY blew the games to Marquette and Rutgers too. They were looking, when you get objective about it, like another good candidate for an early plane ride home from wheever the first weekend finds them. TONIGHT was a BIG change. They played hard, stayed consistent. Survvived a cold spell and came back strong. Jackson played like a warrior. Harangody, too. Mac made some timely three's, and then, even more impressive, DIDN'T go on a gunning spree. This was a fine, fine performance, and the FIRST one I've seen this year that says they may stick around in the Dance for a while. However, they have NOT been treated unfairly with the bracketlogy to date.

Three, I continue to se one glaring trouble spot. Luke Zeller. He's a 6'11" guy who plays shorter than TORY JACKSON is. Tonight, when Hillesland pulled foul #4, and Kurz was already sitting with #4, Brey couldn't go to Zeller to play under neath. He had to re-insert Kurz. A 6'11" shooting guard, we do NOT need. (He was 1 for 4 tonight, and 0 fer 3 from outside the arc.) This guy has to help underneath. 'Gody and Kurz need him down there.

[Granger Irish]

However, they have NOT been treated unfairly with the bracketlogy to date.

Unfortunately, bracketology counts for nothing. They can place us high and then the real brackets come out and we are cheated and placed lower and in the wrong area.

[mbooch]

True enough, but do you believe they have been treated unfairly in the brackets lately? I don't.