Irish on Bubble
The Irish are on the bubble. I believe we need to win 6 out of the last 7 games with the only loss at #1 UCONN to have a decent shot at the tournament. That would mean big wins at west virginia and providence, also a huge win against #13 Villinova at home. Do I think it is possible? YES, for sure. We definitely have the talent level to beat anyone as we proved that by beating #7 Louisville by 33. If we were to win 6 out of last 7 our overall record would be 19-11 and a pretty decent conference record of 10-8. Notre Dame's RPI is not very high and our strength of schedule is not very high even though i believe it is a top five hardest schedule in the nation. I do not know how they do the strength of schedule because we have played 12 ranked teams after playing Louisville. The Irish have/going to have played many good teams that are not ranked like Cincinnati, West Virginia, Ohio State, Providence.
game to go:
South Florida 2/15 2:00 (all times ET)
@ West Virginia 2/18 7:00
@ Providence 2/21 12:00
Rutgers 2/25 7:00 (on ESPNU)
@ #1 Uconn 2/28 2:00 (CBS)
#13 Villinova 3/2 7:00 (ESPN)
St. Johns 3/6 7:00
The Key for the Irish to win these games: DEFENSE. Irish actually played defense against Louiville and look what happened, Irish won by 33.
The Key players' for the Irish to win these games: I was going to just say Kyle McAlarney because of outside shooting but then I had to include Ryan Ayers. When McAlarney and Ayers start shooting the ball well then that opens up so much for Luke Harangody. When they are shooting well it takes off the double teams off of Harangody. So then teams only can put one man on Harangody. Everyone knows "The Gody" can destroy anyone mano e mano.
