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I am probably in the minority here, but we aren't ever giong to be an upper tier basketball program again, there are too many things working against us:

 

1) ND is a football school, always was, always will be.

2) ND can't recruit upper tier basketball players, for several reasons. a) These players want to go to basketball schools (Kansas, Duke, UNC...) b) They want to play for 1 or 2 years and go pro.

3) Brey has to recruit kids that want to go to class and stay for 4 years, really minimizing the talent he can bring in. What you end up with is, what would be role players at the basketball schools, having to be starters at ND.

 

Now granted, Brey could coach the players he has a little better. They could play better defense and rebound better, but they have no where near the talent to play in the Big East. When you have 5 roles players against 5 skill players, bad things are going to happen.

 

I think that the best you can expect from a ND squad on a normal basis is a first round win in the NCAA tournament. Every once in a while they may hit a hot streak and make a Sweet 16/Elite 8 run, but thats where it is going to end.

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I am probably in the minority here, but we aren't ever giong to be an upper tier basketball program again, there are too many things working against us:

 

1) ND is a football school, always was, always will be.

2) ND can't recruit upper tier basketball players, for several reasons. a) These players want to go to basketball schools (Kansas, Duke, UNC...) b) They want to play for 1 or 2 years and go pro.

3) Brey has to recruit kids that want to go to class and stay for 4 years, really minimizing the talent he can bring in. What you end up with is, what would be role players at the basketball schools, having to be starters at ND.

 

Now granted, Brey could coach the players he has a little better. They could play better defense and rebound better, but they have no where near the talent to play in the Big East. When you have 5 roles players against 5 skill players, bad things are going to happen.

 

I think that the best you can expect from a ND squad on a normal basis is a first round win in the NCAA tournament. Every once in a while they may hit a hot streak and make a Sweet 16/Elite 8 run, but thats where it is going to end.

it doesnt happen often, but i'll agree with you on this one........;);)

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How many times are we going to dribble over to the side to force Harangody the ball? I guess Brey didn't get the memo that all teams trap us on the side... We need Luke to be in the middle by the elbow... Not on the low block forcing our guards to drive to the sideline in order to feed him...ugh.

 

**I'm First Team All-American armchair coach ;)

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Isn't there any way we can improve recruiting for basketball? This is truly sad... The talent gap is maddening. We lucked out on a 2 star in Harangody turning into a player but the rest couldn't win a game at my YMCA...

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We started Luke Harangody and Tory Jackson as freshmen... So why couldn't we get a great player (John Wall caliber) to come play for us in the Big East? They can leave whenever they want, ND can't stop them.

 

Come in and play a great year or two... I just don't buy that there aren't any smart 5-star guys who could come play right away. Playing time should be a huge factor next to playing against the best competition...

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