Princeton Misses Buzzer-Beater In 60-58 Loss To Notre Dame

Last year Notre Dame trailed 11th seeded MI by 12 points at half time before rallying for the seven point win. Because those were the top RPI conferences this season, both teams played a string of high-profile games – the Irish going 9-8 against the top 50 and the Mountaineers 6-4. And we got – this team has been punched in the face a little bit throughout the course of the season, but they always respond.

Picking the victor, he said, is a tough call, and it’s hard to disagree. He wore a scowl as he almost left the floor through the wrong exit after Cannady’s miss.

Notre Dame leads the all-time series 27-12, though it is 4-4 since Bob Huggins took over as the Mountaineers’ coach.

Vasturia connected on a pair of free throws to push Notre Dame’s lead back to four points, but then Cook drained a trey from the corner, bringing the Tigers, to within 55-54 with just over three minutes left.

“Mike’s one of the better coaches in our game”.

Matt Farrell added 16 points and four assists for the Irish but made some uncharacteristic mistakes down the stretch.

Notre Dame, which lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament final, averages nine threes a game. “But we’re going to go over our principles today and take care of it”.

Two corners of a cramped locker room told a potentially troubling postseason tale Thursday afternoon for the Notre Dame men’s basketball team. I’ve been on teams where that doesn’t happen.

If they don’t, WVU could be in trouble.

That’s how Notre Dame operates in March. “I don’t know if we shot the ball very well, but, like I said, it’s about making adjustments and we did what we had to do to get out of there with a win”. It was the most points scored by West Virginia in an NCAA game since 102 in 1982.

Notre Dame’s advantage is through offensive efficiency.

So Brey walked off the practice floor Friday and informed Irish players he was donning a green hoodie for the interview session.

Containing junior point guard Matt Farrell will be critical for Bob Huggins’ squad, taking a commanding role following the departure of star Demetrius Jackson to the National Basketball Association. “He’s undersized, but can step out and hit it”.

After a slow start, Bluiett came through with 18 second-half points to help the Musketeers rally from an early 6-point deficit.

“Burton’s more of an iso guy”, he said. You have to shut down on defense.

The shot went long. “We just stole wins to get to the Elite Eight”.

Their astonishing 79% from the line has gotten them out of more than one situation this season.

“I’m just so proud of the team we became; I couldn’t have asked for anything more” Weisz noted. “You got guys everywhere”.

“It was something we’ve been through”, forward Bonzie Colson said. “So it’s going to be another fun game in March”, he said. Big shot taker, heck of a defender.

This really isn’t something we needed to experience firsthand to be able to identify as true, but when the two departing senior starters and captains play poorly, the team, too, plays poorly. They’ve overachieved, said the coach.

“I thought we settled in”, Henderson said.

In sum, the coach said the Irish “make the right pass, shoot well and don’t miss free throws”, but that “WVU’s athletes will hurt Notre Dame”.

Spencer Weisz led the ferocious Tiger comeback with the other Princeton players in hot pursuit. “If everyone crashes the boards and has that same effort, we should be OK”. So we’re confident. But we’ve seen the other side of it.