BrianKellyWasNotTheMan 12 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Not, having Jackson could derail this year. This, Syracuse game is showing we need him badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasIrish 0 Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Hopefully Jackson is ready for Sunday. Ryan needs to stop getting the green light when he has nights like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrb 0 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Wasn't home to watch the game but ugh.....cuse is their nemesis...and obviously Jackson is their glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasIrish 0 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Man, gotta love the development of VJ and Stevie on the offensive end. Aggressiveness is key for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasIrish 0 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 The team is really finding their stride. Obviously didn't have Jackson against Syracuse, so it's hard to take that game into account, but it's really hard to beat this team if you don't put up 80+. Only getting better. Whether Brey likes it or not, he is playing more guys. Looks like the rotation is gonna be DJ, Vasturia, Beachem, Auguste, and Colson getting the majority of minutes...Rexy is essentially the sixth man at this point. After that, depending on the game it's gonna be Ryan or Burgett getting decent minutes. Farrell and Torres can see time if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrb 0 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just got to watch the game and they did look good. It's definitely nice to have Jackson back. They'll need to ride that momentum as their next four games are going to be tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dardo 17 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The team is really finding their stride. Obviously didn't have Jackson against Syracuse, so it's hard to take that game into account, but it's really hard to beat this team if you don't put up 80+. Only getting better. Whether Brey likes it or not, he is playing more guys. Looks like the rotation is gonna be DJ, Vasturia, Beachem, Auguste, and Colson getting the majority of minutes...Rexy is essentially the sixth man at this point. After that, depending on the game it's gonna be Ryan or Burgett getting decent minutes. Farrell and Torres can see time if needed. Even though Brey is playing more guys, it's not like they really ever go more than 7 deep. Jackson, Vasturia, Beachum, Colson, Auguste, Ryan and Rex. I know that Burgett contributed well this last game, but if he was truly able to contribute like that ever game he would have been starting already. Brey was using Burgett to attempt to send a message to Auguste, Colson and Ryan, and it worked better than expected. Throughout his career he's been a below 20% 3 point shooter, and he went 4-6 from 3 this game. He had 11 points all year before going for 14 yesterday. I wouldn't mind Torres playing 5-8 minutes a game, even if it's just to use some fouls against bigger teams (UNC for example) and Burgett could do the same, but with a little more of an offensive game than Torres. And even though Farrell is the only guy who looked like he cared against Syracuse, if he is playing significant minutes ND probably doesn't deserve to make the tournament. I'm still not sure how good this team actually is. They seem a lot like our football team this year actually. All of their conference wins are against teams below them in the conference standings, and 3 losses are to the top 7 teams in the conference. The Duke win was obviously HUGE, but it doesn't look as good as it did 2 weeks ago with them being 4-4 in the ACC. The game that might end up getting them into the tournament is the Iowa win, on a neutral court. I grew up in Iowa City and my younger brother is a current Iowa student so I watch a lot of Hawkeye basketball and I think they'd beat ND by 15 at this point in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrush 60 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Good point about Burgett. I was thinking the same thing. I hope we are wrong and he ends up being a good contributor, but I see him fading into obscurity again. It would be a great story if he didn't, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasIrish 0 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 I see your point Dardo...I only meant that Brey now has plenty of guys he knows he can turn to for some minutes if need be. The main rotation will probably include the usual from the past couple weeks, but Brey did say Burgett will start against Miami (and I think the message was more for Ryan than anything else). I wish Torres saw consistent minutes every game, but it seems as though he's only gonna be a random minutes guy whenever Brey feels his game is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrush 60 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Torres is another one. Every time I see him in, he brings energy and hustle. He can't get 5-10 minutes a game, strategically relieving Colson or Auguste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasIrish 0 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 Can we get one of those vintage ND home upsets tonight? Let's hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELDER06 248 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Can we get one of those vintage ND home upsets tonight? Let's hope so! I really want it, but it's hard to see it happening. UNC has a dominant front court and Auguste has been so bad lately, especially when getting into foul trouble. Gonna have to shoot lights out from three to have a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrb 0 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Gameday is there. Hopefully they come to play and the crowd gets them going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasIrish 0 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 Gotta shoot like we did against Duke to have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELDER06 248 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 This is what I was concerned about. UNC's Front Court is too much to handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELDER06 248 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Auguste came to play, just can't get any shots to fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKellyWasNotTheMan 12 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 LOL great showing so far. If, they lose this game here, you hope they win a few more ranked games. Just, don't see this team in the tourney, the way it's going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELDER06 248 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 LOL great showing so far. If, they lose this game here, you hope they win a few more ranked games. Just, don't see this team in the tourney, the way it's going. Stop being a b1tch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKellyWasNotTheMan 12 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Auguste came to play, just can't get any shots to fall. Can't, get shots to fall because NC actually plays defense. Their length is way to much, and also they remember what we did a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKellyWasNotTheMan 12 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Stop being a b1tch. You mad bro? Guess, you didn't watch the Virginia, Maimi, Syracuse or Pitt games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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