A Second Chance at the Irish [Calm Before the Storm]

I think we take this one. We need to guard the 3 pt ball way better and DJ and Hardy have to show up. We need to take advantage of our athletic advantage and run the floor and penetrate. We need to key on Hansbrough and Abro and we will be fine. This a huge game for us, 4-2 is way better than 3-3 with 3 straight loses. SJU 68 ND 63. Hopefully we will have a better crowd of our fans because we were severely outnumbered last game.

We need this one. Cant waste the 3-0 start by dropping back to .500 already. Johnnies by 5

Prediction: Pain!

St. John's 69
ND 66

I am going...so we better win. 

The Fighting Irish were thumped by Marquette last Monday, who forced the Irish into ice cold perimeter shooting, while getting good jump shots of their own. Can St. John's get back to winning ways by following that formula, and using their athleticism to stop the Irish?

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Predictions?

I like to hear on the preview videos from Dunlap as well as Lavin that they want to pressure ND more. The defense has not been nearly as aggressive in these recent loses and with our speed and athleticism we should be pressuring teams especially a team like ND because we are quicker. We need to take advantage of our strengths in every game and in this game we need to be running whenever we can and forcing turnovers.

You can't zone Notre Dame with tiny players. Guys like Boothe are not good enough to play zone. He's too small, too slow, too unaware of the game around him to handle it.

We need to man to man against ND. We tried the zone and we got spanked.