I took a lot of
ribbing last night as my beloved Duke Blue Devils trailed the Irish of Notre
Dame throughout the entire semi-final game.
At the half, Duke trailed by 15 but chipped away at the huge Notre Dame
lead. Duke got within 4 but never
overcame the deficit. ND Coach Mike Brey
refused to double-cover Jahlil Okafor and chose instead to foul him. Watching him try to make a free throw at the
charity stripe was painful to watch. Last
night’s loss by Duke could imperil their No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
While the “all-Tobacco
Road” championship will not happen tonight, I have to root for the Tarheels
against the Irish. The Heels are riding
high after defeating No.1 seed Virginia.
Tipoff is at 8:30 PM
ET and the game will air on ESPN. The Tarheels are 24-10 this season averaging 77.8 points and shooting 47.3
percent while defensively they are allowing 67.8 points. The Irish
are 28-5 averaging 78.6 points and shooting 50.9 percent. They’re allowing their opponents to score
65.2 points.
As you can see, the stats for both teams are fairly equal,
but for the very first time in Carolina’s history, the Heels defeated two
higher seeds—No. 4 Louisville and No. 1 Virginia in the ACC Tournament. During the regular season there were obvious
problems on both ends of the court for Carolina in terms of finishing off
teams. I don’t want to be an ACC
chest-thumper but…the ACC is one of the toughest conferences in the country.
Notre Dame, in all their years in the Big East Tournament,
never made it to the final and they haven’t advanced past the first weekend in
the NCAA Tournament since 2003, in fact, they haven’t even won a tournament
game in four years. So, I’m going to
boldly predict a win for the team I only ever root for when Duke is not
playing. I hope Carolina ruins St.
Patrick’s Day for Notre Dame’s leprechaun mascot.
Oh, and their shoes are ugly.
GO
HEELS
And
since no basketball post would be complete without some pom-poms, check out
these lovely Tarheels cheerleaders.
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