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29 Jan 2012

ACC Basketball Recap: January 28, 2012

Here is the recap for the ACC basketball action on January 28, 2012.  It was a big day for impressive individual performances, as a few players got into the high teens in rebounds.

The big win of the day goes to… Pittsburgh, who defeated #9 Georgetown by a score of 72-60.  Bear in mind that the Panthers had lost eight straight before winning their last game.  To get that second conference win, and to do it over a very good Georgetown team, is going to rejuvenate this team.  Nasir Robinson went 9 for 9 from the field en route to a 23 point-game to lead Pitt.  Robinson added 8 rebounds too.   Lamar Patterson was another star for Pitt, with 18 points, seven assists and four rebounds.  At this juncture, every win is a big one for Pittsburgh.  But Saturday’s win was huge.  For Georgetown, this would ordinarily be chalked up as a “good” road loss.  With the Panthers’ struggles this year, that may not be the case.  Still, Georgetown is 16-4 and looking at a top seed in the Big Dance.  Otto Porter led the Hoyas with 14 points.

As a close second, how about #19 Virginia landing a road win over the streaking North Carolina State Wolfpack?  The Cavaliers won 61-60,  as Lorenzo Brown missed a desperation 3-pointer at the end of the game that would have won it for NC State.  Not surprisingly, Mike Scott led Virginia with 18 points and 5 rebounds.  However, despite winning, the Cavaliers were outrebounded 40-20.  In  fact, North Carolina State’s Richard Howell almost single-handedly outrebounded Virginia by grabbing 18 boards.  With the loss, the Wolfpack dropped to 15-7 on the season.  Virginia improved to 17-3.

#3 Syracuse also overcame a poor rebounding effort, narrowly defeating visiting West Virginia, 63-61.  The Mountaineers dominated Syracuse–who was again playing without Center Fab Melo–on the glass, 36-20.  But this game was notable for its poor officiating, as the referees failed to call a rather obvious goaltending against Syracuse with less than 10 seconds to go.  However, before feeling too sorry for West Virginia, they retained possession and missed a three-point shot at the buzzer.  Had the basket counted, Syracuse would have had 9 seconds to get off a shot.  Kevin Jones led West Virginia with 20 points and 8 rebounds, but missed the three-pointer as time expired.  Brandon Triche led Syracuse with 18 points.

Visiting St. Johns rallied in the second half, but ultimately lost to #8 Duke in Durham, 83-76.  Duke had a 16-point lead at the half, which grew to 22 points during the second half.  However, the Red Storm were able to narrow the margin to only four points with 21 seconds remaining.  They would never get any closer.  St. Johns looks like it has a budding star in Moe Harkness, who scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.  The big star for Duke was Mason Plumlee, who scored 15 points and grabbed an impressive 17 rebounds.  With the win, Duke improved to 18-3 on the season and looks poised to rise a few places in the rankings this week.

Maryland got back to its winning ways with a 73-69 victory over Virginia Tech.  Credit the Hokies for making a game of it, as they trailed by 13 at the half and by as many as 16 in the second-half.  But they just dug too big a hole to get out of.  Erick Green led the Hokies with 18 points.  At 12-9, Virginia Tech is running out of time to get back on the right side of the bubble.  Terrell Stoglin was the hero for Maryland, leading the Terps with 28 points.  Maryland is now 13-7 and controls its own post-season destiny.

Finally, Clemson handed Wake Forest its 10th loss of the season, defending its home court in a 71-60 victory.  CJ Harris led Wake Forest with 19 points, while Andre Young led the four Clemson players that scored in double-figures with 19 points of his own.  With the win, Clemson improves to 11-9.

 

 

 

 

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28 Jan 2012

Weekend Preview: January 28-29

As is often the case this time of year, there are a number of ACC games this weekend in college basketball.

Saturday

In a rather late out-of-conference game, #8 Duke hosts St. John’s at noon. This is not the St. John’s team from last year that made the Big Dance.  At 9-11, the only March dancing the Red Storm will be doing is if they get a WII and Dance Dance Revolution.  But let’s hope Coach Lavin’s recovery continues unabated.  He did a great job with that team last year.

In another noon game, Wake Forest travels to Clemson in the “Battle to Avoid 10th Loss” Bowl.   Wake Forest is 11-9, while Clemson is 10-9.

#3 Syracuse takes the Carrier Dome floor at 1pm to play West Virginia.  The Orange will likely have to play against without Center Fab Melo.  So far, they are 1-1 without the super-Sophomore.  West Virginia usually shoots well in the Dome.

At 2:30 pm,  Maryland hosts Virginia Tech.  The 12-8 Hokies are desperate for a win just to get back on the bubble.  Meanwhile, at 12-7, Maryland has to be careful.  After a nice December stretch, January has been less successful with a 2-3 conference record.  Both teams desperately need a win.

Pittsburgh looks to make it two straight wins when it hosts #9 Georgetown at 4pm.  Despite losing 8 straight games, the Panthers are still sitting at 12-9 overall.

At 8:00 pm, North Carolina State hosts #19 Virginia.  At 16-3, the Wahoos are looking to get a quality conference road win.  North Carolina State, however, needs to rebound from its ugly loss to the Tar Heels.  And the Wolfpack need to defend home court.

 

Sunday

At 1pm, Boston College hosts Miami.  At 11-7, the Hurricanes need to start stringing some wins together.  A road win over 7-13 Boston College is a necessity.

The 6pm game on Sunday features Georgia Tech visiting #7 North Carolina.  The Tar Heels are looking to make it two comfortable home wins in a row.  In fact, they have yet to lose at home all year.  And, while the Florida State loss still lingers, North Carolina has won 11 of their last 12 games.

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27 Jan 2012

This Day in ACC History: 11 Years Ago (Virginia @ Clemson)

Today, in another installment of This Day in ACC History, the Confidential takes a look at a regular season game between the Virginia Cavaliers and Clemson Tigers on January 27, 2001, a mere 11 years ago.

On January 27, 2001, Virginia took a 2-4 conference record into Clemson expecting to right the ship against the last-place Tigers.  The game was notable because it was the 100th game between the two teams.  And Virginia won in style, setting a record for the largest margin of victory in a game at Clemson, 104-76.

The Wahoos were able to win notwithstanding the efforts of Clemson Freshman Chris Hobbs.  Hobbs, a forward, led Clemson with 28 points and 9 rebounds.  He converted 10 of his 13 shots from the floor, while making 8 of 9 free throws.  Another Freshman, guard Tony Stockman, led Clemson with 5 assists.  Stockman added 13 points.  The leading scorer on the season, Junior Will Solomon, was held to 10 points, well below his season average of approximately 18 points per game.  Instead, it was Hobbs’ night, as he provided his best performance of the season.

Virginia jumped up to a 19 point halftime lead and largely coasted in the second half.  But four different players scored 17 or more points.  Junior Chris Williams led Virginia with 22 points, with the other three scoring leaders being Senior Donald Hand (20), Sophomore Travis Watson (18), and Junior Adam Hall (17).  Hall contributed 12 rebounds, while Hand added 9 assists.  Williams was the team’s leading scorer on the season in conference play, averaging 15.4 points per game.  However, on the season as a whole, Virginia was led by Sophomore Roger Mason and his 15.7 points per game.

Clemson would end the season with a disappointing 12-19 record.  Virginia went 20-9, with the season ending in a first-round loss to Gonzaga in the Big Dance.

Do you remember this game?  Please feel free to share any details…

Virginia's Chris Williams led a quartet of high scorers as Virginia dominated Clemson, 104-76. Image courtesy of http://www.euroleague.net/

This Day in History is a feature that relies heavily on information obtained from Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Games, Michael O’ Hara, McFarland & Company, Inc. (2008).  Special thanks to that fine publication.

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26 Jan 2012

ACC Basketball Recap: January 25, 2012

Here is the recap for the ACC basketball action on January 25, 2012.

#8 Duke got back to its winning ways, with a 74-61 win over Maryland.  In the process, Duke spoiled the ceremonial naming of the Maryland basketball court for Gary Williams.  Then again, if Maryland wanted a win, they could have scheduled the event for a game where a lesser opponent was visiting.  Maybe boost attendance for that game in the process too.  In any event, this was a game where Duke jumped out to an early lead and used the second-half to gradually pull away, giving Maryland its second straight loss.  The Terps, who dropped to 12-7, were led by Terrell Stoglin’s 16 points.   Mason Plumlee scored a season-high 23 points and added 12 rebounds for Duke, who improved to 17-3.

#23 Florida State kept up its road warrior ways with a dominating, 75-52 win over Wake Forest.  For the Seminoles, that’s five straight wins, including three-straight on the road.  The hero against Duke, Michael Snaer, led Florida State with 18 points.  Wake Forest, which dropped to 11-9 with the loss, was paced by CJ Harris’s 16 points.  Florida State is now 14-6 and gets the rest of the month off before hosting Georgia Tech on February 1st.

Virginia Tech missed a golden opportunity to improve its–at best–bubble standing by falling to Brigham Young at home, 70-68.  Brigham Young hit a three-pointer with 26 seconds left to break a 66-all tie, and held off the Hokies in the final seconds.  This was a very close game throughout the second half, with numerous ties and lead changes.  Dorenzo Hudson scored 14 to lead four Hokies who scored in double-digits.  Jarell Eddie scored 12 points for the Hokies and added 14 rebounds.  With the loss, Virginia Tech falls to 12-8.

Finally, Pittsburgh rediscovered its winning ways with in 86-74 victory over visiting Providence.  The result leaves both teams tied for 15th place in the Big East with a 1-7 conference record(and matching overall records of 12-9).  But the Panthers must be pleased to end that eight-game losing streak.  Give some credit to the Friars’ Vincent Council, who narrowly missed the triple-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.  Pittsburgh was led by Ashton Gibbs’ 22 points, while Trayvon Woodall added 17 points and nine assists in his second game back from injury.

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24 Jan 2012

The Confidential’s Basketball Top 30 for January 24, 2012

With over 300 teams in college basketball, the top 25 is just not enough anymore.  Here is the Confidential’s Top 30 for January 24, 2012:

  1. Syracuse (21-1).  The Orange suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday without key player Fab Melo.  Rebounded nicely, figuratively and literally, against Cincinnati.  Not fair to penalize them for losing long after Kentucky and Missouri did.  Next up: West Virginia.
  2. Kentucky (19-1).  Still waiting for that matchup against Florida.  Who else in the SEC can challenge them?  Next up: @ Georgia.
  3. Missouri (18-1).  Great win at Baylor.  Not much depth on this team, but they keep on winning the big games.  Next up: @ Oklahoma State.
  4. Ohio State (17-3).  Rolling along now.  Got an easy week with only a game against Nebraska.  Those are rare in the Big 10.  Next up: Penn State.
  5. Kansas (17-3).  No losses in Big 12 play yet.  Not winning by a lot, but they are certainly not losing.  Next up: @ Iowa State.
  6. Baylor (17-2).  The only losses have come from the top 5.  Need to avoid a let down loss in next outing.  Next up: Oklahoma.
  7. Duke (16-3).  Buzzer beater loss to Florida State was disappointing.  But it’s not losing by 33 points (ahem, Tar Heels).  Next up: @ Maryland.
  8. North Carolina (16-3).  Got back in the groove against the Hokies.  But they lost Dexter Strickland to injury for the season.  Next up: North Carolina State.
  9. Michigan State (16-4).  Rebounded from loss to Michigan by beating Purdue handily.  No bad losses for the Spartans yet.  Next up: Minnesota.
  10. Creighton (18-2).  Creighton beat San Diego State and just keeps on winning.  Oddly enough.  Next up: @ Drake.
  11. San Diego State (17-2).  Like Baylor, only two losses were to teams above them.  Coincidentally, one of those was Baylor.  Next up: @ Wyoming.
  12. UNLV (18-3).  Two more wins for UNLV.  Time for a road trip.  Next up: @ Boise State.
  13. Georgetown (16-3).  Hoyas now have a few wins in a row.  Will they extend the Panthers’ losing streak to 8 games?  Next up: Pittsburgh.
  14. Marquette (16-4).  This Marquette team is going to be tough in the Big Dance.  Nobody is going to want to play them.  Next up: South Florida.
  15. Kansas State (14-4).  Bounced back after a tough week to win both games.  They avoid the big three for another week too.  Next up: @ Texas Tech.
  16. Indiana (16-4).  Losses to Minnesota and Nebraska are showing that Indiana is not quite ready for the top 10.  Still, it’s already been a great turnaround.  Next up: @ Wisconsin.
  17. Virginia (15-3).  Destroyed Georgia Tech, but was then upset by previously winless in conference Virginia Tech.  Like Indiana, Virginia is ahead of schedule.  Next up: Boston College.
  18. Murray State (20-0).  The last unbeaten.  Deserve to be moving up for not succumbing to the pressure.  Next up: Eastern Illinois.
  19. Mississippi State (16-4).  Tough loss to in-state rival Mississippi.  But turned the switch back on by defeating Vandy on the road.  Next up: LSU.
  20. Michigan (15-5).  Battle Arkansas tough on the road.  A tough loss, but not the end of the world.  Next up: @ Purdue.
  21. West Virginia (15-5).  Three wins in a row for the Mountaineers.  The week ends with a tough trip to Syracuse.  Next up: @ St. John’s..
  22. Wisconsin (16-5).  Wins over Northwestern and at Illinois are looking good.  This team is primed to start moving up in the standings.  Next up: Indiana.
  23. North Carolina State (15-5).  Took care of business against Boston College and Miami.  Now they get to go to wounded North Carolina.  Next up: @ North Carolina.
  24. Florida (15-4).  Only game was a win over LSU.  Nice, but not worthy of significant movement.  Next up: @ Mississippi.
  25. Florida State (13-6).  This team may be ranked too high with the losses they have, but destroying North Carolina and beating a good Maryland team and top 8 Duke on the road is a great week.  Next up: @ Wake Forest.
  26. Wichita State (17-3).  Nice road win at Northern Iowa.  Giving Creighton a run for the league title.  Next up: @ Evansville.
  27. UConn (14-5).  Just when you thought UConn was playing better, they go out and lose to streaking Cincinnati at home and mediocre Tennessee on the road.   Next up: Notre Dame.
  28. St. Mary’s (19-2).  Beat Pepperdine and Santa Clara for two more wins.  Next up:  @ Loyola-Marymount.
  29. Dayton (14-5).  After a tough out-of-conference slate, Dayton is coming on stronger.  That win at Temple is looking better now too.  Next up: @ St. Joseph’s.
  30. George Mason (16-5).  If a major conference team wants this slot, they need to avoid a split.  The Patriots have won 9 of 10 games.  Next up: @ Hofstra.

Tell us what you think.  Is anyone unfairly missing?  Anyone too high or too low?

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23 Jan 2012
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Tar Heels Lose Dexter Strickland to Season-Ending Injury

While it is difficult to be too critical of a team ranked in the top 10, most people figured that the #8 North Carolina Tar Heels would be a top 2 or 3 team all season.  It hasn’t quite panned out that way, including losses to UNLV and a 33-point drubbing by Florida State.  It now gets worse for the Tar Heels, who will be losing Junior Dexter Strickland for the rest of the season with a torn right ACL.

Obviously Strickland is not one of the top 3 for North Carolina.  Everyone knows that Harrison Barnes, John Henson, and Tyler Zeller are the leaders and future NBA players.  And Kendall Marshall has been the distributor.  But Strickland was a key figure for North Carolina on the defensive end.  Coach Roy Williams had this to say about the Strickland injury:

“That’s a big-time loss for us,” Williams said of Strickland, who tore the ACL in his right knee Thursday night and will be sidelined for the rest of the season. “He was our best perimeter defender, gave us some minutes at the backup point guard spot, could really run to help our break.

“He’s a big-time loss for us, and hopefully somebody else will be able to step up and be able to do a much better job defensively each and every night to help make up for Dexter.”   [See article.]

Strickland averaged 7.5 points and 1.3 steals per game for North Carolina on the season.

Sophomore Reggie Bullock is likely to be the starter.  Bullock is 8.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game off the bench.  Strickland also subbed for Marshall at the point, which means that Freshman Stilman White is going to have to handle that chore.  White has not been used much this year and is averaging less than a point and assist per game.

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23 Jan 2012

The Infinity Coaches’ Charity Challenge on ESPN.com

The Confidential is proud to note the inclusion of several ACC coaches in the Infinity Coaches’ Charity Challenge being held over on ESPN.com: The Challenge.  The coach with the most votes will have $100,000 donated to the charity of choice for that coach. Like any good (pick political party you do not like), vote early and often.

Among the current and former ACC coaches are:

To learn more about any of the coaches’ chosen charities, links are provided.

Also, former Duke player Johnny Dawkins, coach of Stanford, is competing for the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula.  Former North Carolina player, and coach of SMU, Matt Doherty is competing for the Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity.  Both players are in the West Region.

If any former players or coaches have been omitted, please let us know.

Again…vote early and often.

 

 

 

 

 

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23 Jan 2012

ACC Basketball Rankings: January 23, 2012

This is particularly complex with Pitt and Syracuse not yet in the ACC, but it can still be done.  Here is how we view the ACC basketball schools as of January 16, 2012:

1.  Syracuse (20-1)  The Orange finally lost–to Notre Dame on the road.  The absence of Fab Melo was crucial, but the team did not play like a top 25 team, much less a #1 team.  Still, it’s just one game and nobody below them has played better on the season.

2. Duke (16-3)  The loss at the buzzer to Florida State was very disappointing.  Duke is accustomed to defending its home court.  No real shame in the loss overall.

3. North Carolina (16-3)  North Carolina rebounded against Virginia Tech.  Big test this week against North Carolina State.

4. Virginia (15-3)  Dominating win at Georgia Tech early in the week.  Stunning loss to Virginia Tech.

5. North Carolina State (15-5)  North Carolina State is still on a roll.  It will be interesting to see how they do at North Carolina this week.

6. Florida State (13-6)  Beating Duke, Maryland, and North Carolina is a definite plus for the Seminoles.  Still, with 6 overall losses, Florida State is not ready for the top 5 yet.

7.  Virginia Tech (12-7)  Week began by having to deal with an angry North Carolina squad.  Ended with a very nice win over Virginia.

8.  Maryland (12-6) Losing to red hot Florida State on the road and Temple on the road makes this a tough week.  Still viable for the Big Dance though.

9. Wake Forest (11-8) Took care of business at Boston College.  Unfortunately, they get to host streaking Florida State next.

10. Miami (10-7)  Finally got that first conference win.  That it was against Clemson makes it slightly less impressive.  Going to need to string together some wins very soon.

11. Clemson (10-9)  Beating Georgia Tech salvaged a difficult week, which began with losses to Duke and Miami.  Next up?  Miami.

12. Pittsburgh (11-9)  0-7 in Big East play says it all.  As tough as they played against Syracuse, they could not overcome Louisville at home.

13. Georgia Tech (8-11)  Two more losses for the Yellow Jackets, who are seeing their post-season hopes slip away.

14. Boston College (7-12)  After getting some momentum, the Eagles are back to their losing ways.  Not looking good for post-season play.

Agree?  Disagree?  Let us know!

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22 Jan 2012

ACC Basketball Recap: January 21, 2012

Saturday was a big day in the ACC, as several teams played.  Here is the recap for the action on January 21, 2012.

It has already been discussed how #1 Syracuse was the last of the major conference teams to lose its undefeated status.

The next biggest result was Florida State’s stunning, last-second upset of #4 Duke on the road, 76-73.  That is two HUGE wins in a row for Florida State against the ACC’s two best teams.  For those that were not watching, Austin Rivers of Duke scored with 4.9 seconds to time the game up at 73-73.  Out of timeouts, Florida State quickly inbounded the ball to Luke Loucks, who raced up court and got the ball to Michael Snaer.  Snaer let go a three-pointer with less than one second to go that gave Florida State the victory as time expired.  With that, Duke’s 45-game home winning streak ended. It was a team effort for Florida State, though, as six different players scored at least seven points.  Xavier Gibson led Florida State with 16 points, while Snaer added 14.  Austin Rivers led Duke with 19 points.  With the win, Florida State improves to 13-6.  With the loss, Duke drops to 16-3.  The two teams are atop the ACC standings with a 4-1 conference record.

In an early game, Maryland was unable to keep its hot stretch alive, losing to Temple on the road, 73-60.  This means that Temple has now defeated both Duke and Maryland on its home court.  Terrell Stoglin led Maryland with 20 points, while Pe’Shon Howard scored 15.  Compounding the loss was an injury to the ankle of Terps’ center Alex Len in the first half.  No word yet on the severity.

In another early game, Wake Forest traveled to Boston College and pulled out a victory, 71-56.  The Demon Deacons held the Eagles to a mere 31.1% shooting from the field.  Wake Forest built an 8 point lead at the half and nearly matched it with a 7 point margin in the second half.  Ryan Anderson led Boston College with 13 points and 11 rebounds.  Travis McKie was the scoring leader for Wake Forest with 20 points.  Ty Walker added 11 rebounds, while McKie grabbed 10 boards.  With the win, Wake Forest improves to 11-8.

In Clemson, the Tigers were able to hold off a Georgia Tech second-half rally, winning 64-62.  Clemson led at the half by 15, but nearly squandered the win.  Glen Rice, Jr., led the Yellow Jackets with 19 points, all but 4 of them in the second-half.  The big star of the day for Clemson was Andre Young, who scored a career high 29 points with seven 3-pointers.  With the loss, Georgia Tech drops to a disappointing 8-11, as post-season hopes are fading fast.  At 10-9, Clemson has a glimmer of hope in that regard.

Finally, Pittsburgh’s losing streak continued, as the visiting #23 Louisville Cardinals defeated the Panthers in Pittsburgh, 73-62.  Something had to give as both teams were on terrible streaks.  Ultimately, Louisville prevailed, extending Pitt’s losing streak to 8 games.  Both teams had reason to be optimistic with the return of injured stars, Kyle Kuric (Louisville) and Tray Woodall (Pitt).  But it was Kuric that did the most damage, scoring a season-high 21 points.  Pitt was led by the fourteen points scored by Ashton Gibbs and Lamar Patterson.  Next up for Pitt is a home game against Providence.

 

ACC Saturday Standouts:

Scoring

Andre Young, Clemson   29 points

Terrell Stoglin, Maryland   20 points

Glen Rice, Jr., Georgia Tech & Austin Rivers, Duke   19 points

 

Rebounds

Ty Walker, Wake Forest & Ryan Anderson, Boston College   11 rebounds

Travis McKie, Wake Forest & Sean Mosely, Maryland   10 rebounds

 

Assists

Lamar Patterson, Pittsburgh & Scoop Jardine, Syracuse   7 assists

Tony Chennault, Wake Forest   6 assists

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21 Jan 2012
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Syracuse Finally Loses

After starting the season 20-0 and enjoying the #1 ranking for six straight weeks, Syracuse has finally lost.  Notre Dame was able to control the game tempo and hit a number of big three-pointers to win at home, 67-58.

Give credit to Notre Dame coach Mike Brey who was able to get his team to do what so many of Syracuse’s prior victims would not–control the tempo.  So far this season, Syracuse has been dynamic in using its defense to convert turnovers and then scoring in transition.  Notre Dame played a much more deliberate game–forcing Syracuse to defend for 25 seconds and then taking a good shot.  The strategy worked perfectly.

Syracuse was also hampered by playing without starting center, sophomore Fab Melo.  Melo is not on the current road trip, which includes the games against Notre Dame and Cincinnati.  With Melo, Syracuse was not a very good rebounding team.  Without him, they were terrible as Notre Dame had a 37-24 edge.

The player of the game was Junior Jack Cooley, who used the voice in the middle to his advantage with 17 points and 10 rebounds.  Six of those rebounds were offensive rebounds.  Notre Dame also hit 8 of their 16 three-pointers. With the win, Notre Dame improves to 12-8, including a 4-3 conference record.

In contrast, Syracuse hit 30% of their three-pointers, en route to a 34% shooting night.  Despite it all, Syracuse kept the game within striking distance.  James Southerland led Syracuse with 15 points.  With the loss, Syracuse drops to 20-1 and will fall out of first place in Monday’s polls.  They play Cincinnati that night, so there will be little time to regroup.

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