ND v Louisville BB 2/9/11

[BGIF]

#8/7 Irish Welcome In #16/15 Louisville On Wednesday - University of Notre Dame Official Athletics Site

Notre Dame looking for sixth straight win.


#8/7 Notre Dame (19-4, 8-3) vs. #16/15 Louisville (18-5, 7-3)
Wednesday, February 9 • 7:00 p.m. (EST)Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (9,149) • Notre Dame, Ind.


TV: ESPNU
Rece Davis (play-by-play)
Bob Knight (analyst); Digger Phelps (analyst)
Radio: Affiliate listings on page 7; Broadcast also on UND.com
Jack Nolan (play-by-play)
Jordan Cornette (analyst)

 

[BGIF]

Sagarin's Predictor has ND at home about a 3-1/2 pt favorite.

 

[InKellyITrust]

Has anyone heard if Preston Knowles is playing?

 

[BGIF]

Haven't seen his name mentioned in any of the previews of I've seen. Last article mentioning him was from 2/4/11 and had him doubtful.

 

[JadeBrecks]

Im not feeling good about this game.

 

[IrishLax]

Big game. Winning this game is huge because we will probably drop one of our next three on the road and one down the stretch and probably one in the BE tournament. 7 losses still gets us a likely #3 seed with our quality wins. 8 losses probably drops us to around a #5 seed.

 

[irishfan]

You could argue that this is the game of the year. A win here shows we're serious about getting a #1 or #2 seed and that we still can win the Big East regular season championship. A loss and we're back to hoping for a Top 4 seed both in the Big East tourney and the NCAAs.

 

[IrishandColts]

nd by 9

 

[Veer option]

GO IRISH!

 

[InKellyITrust]

Pitino said they were going to beat ND after they beat DePaul on Saturday then backed off that stance when he was asked about it a few days later.

If ND wins, they're in great shape for a double bye in the Big East tournament.

 

[InKellyITrust]

I was surprised when I read that Knowles is playing tonight.

 

[RallySonsOfND]

How the heck is this game not televised....

 

[UPMich_NDfan]

I set the DVR for ESPN, it had ND Louisville scheduled on the guide!?

 

[InKellyITrust]

How the heck is this game not televised....

This game hit the perfect storm of other games scheduled this evening.

-#21 UNC v #5 Duke (Unfortunately, they'd probably air this game over the ND game even if neither were ranked. ESPN has Duke-UNC bias)

-#11 Georgetown v #13 Syracuse

I'm visiting my gf this week and of course I have ESPNU at home and she doesn't have it here. I'm hoping to find another way to watch the game.

Great slate of college basketball games tonight though..

 

[IrishLax]

I was surprised when I read that Knowles is playing tonight.

Well that really sucks. Let's hope he isn't 100%.

 

[RallySonsOfND]

ESPN2...Marquette and South Florida over ND and Lousiville?! seriously!?


Espn2 not EspnU

 

[IrishLax]

ESPNU...Marquette and South Florida over ND and Lousiville?! seriously!?

..... what?

 

[RallySonsOfND]

Sorry, Meant ESPN2. ESPN2 is showing Marquette/South Florida at 7pm tonight according to TV-Guide.

 

[irishfan]

5-5. 14:57 left.

 

[Veer option]

Cmon Hansbrough

 

[irishfan]

ND down 20-18 with 11:08 left. Hansbrough with 11 already

 

[irishfan]

ND down 24-22 with 7ish left. Hansbrough playing with 2 fouls. He still has 11 and Abro has 8. Both teams shooting well.

 

[Veer option]

I realize you gotta feed the ball to the hot guy, but Hansbrough cant be the only one to score if they are going to make a run in the tournament.

 

[IrishLax]

Just turned it on. Surprised to see so much scoring.

 

[irishfan]

34-34 with 3:14 left. Hansbrough with 14. Cooley with 6 off the bench

 

[Irish Man3]

Game is on ESPNU. Notre Dame has not defended well in the paint. Have to stop dribble drive penetration against Louisville's quick guards.

 

[Irish Man3]

Cooley has been solid off the bench. He's got 10 in the first half

 

[irishfan]

Wow Cooley 10 points on 5-5 shooting. Pulling his inner-Gody.

 

[Irish Man3]

Oh NO! Oh NO!
Im sorry but that dunk was filthy by Kuric!

 

[IrishLax]

We're playing like absolute **** right now on defense. Lucky to be a 4 deficit right now.