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Ryan From Grand Rapids

12:09

Hey Tom, thanks for the chat. Jsut curious how u feel about notre dame pushing the fastbreak a little bit. The end of the north carolina game those guys were flying around on offense. Tough with a 7 man rotation

Thomas Noie

12:08

Justin: Too high. Figure Duke and Louisville and Florida State are still going to be Duke and Louisville and Florida State. Then you have Virginia. North Carolina's not finishing in last place again. But there's no reason why Notre Dame shouldn't be in the 6-7-8 range .... only with a WINNING league record. Irish are what, seventh right now, but at 7-8, seventh place gets you a one-way ticket to the NIT.

Justin from Fort Wayne IN

12:07

Assuming the sophmores hit their expecatations for next year and ND can find a gem in the grad trasfer portal and Cormac Ryan is what he expect him to be. Any way ND can find its way to a top 4 team in the ACC next year or are my dreams and expectations to high?

Thomas Noie

12:07

Mark: Unlikely...he's too inconsistent. Shore that up and it's a different conversation. And Bill Walton....Conference of Champions! What a day to be alive! lol

Mark Kruz from Mishawaka

12:05

Tom does Prentiss Hubb have a chance to win the ACC's most improved award? Right now the POY in the ACC has to go to Vernon Carey of Duke. 2 weeks ago I would have said Jordan Nwora of Louisville but has taken games off where he has disappeared. Since today is Thursday the best thing about watching Pac 12 basketball is listening to Bill Walton!! Absolutely luv him doing the broadcasts because you never know what is g

Thomas Noie

12:03

Joey: Shortest answer of the day - no.

Joey from Highland, IN

12:03

Do you foresee any transferring happening? Djogo or Durham maybe being grad transfers elsewhere. I dont think Brey is going anywhere.

Thomas Noie

12:03

Joe: How did that work out for Crean at his stepping stone? And Buzz Williams had issues with the administration, and him with them. Would you rather be No. 2 in the Big East or No. 8 in the ACC? Hmmmm....

joe from the south side

12:02

Tom: Ask Buzz what he thought of MARQ as a career job. Tom Crean. Any school in the Big East will always be #2 as long as Jay is at NOVA.

Thomas Noie

12:02

Jake: Too early to tell. There are a few names, but none that you can bring to campus and really drill down on to see how they might fit until the season ends. That's a spring thing.

Jake

12:01

So atm the depth next year doesnt seem like it will have a lot of experience at PF/C as there will only be zona and taylor. Any grad transfers they might be targetting to Change that?

Thomas Noie

11:59

Tom: They might look overamtched, but the trick is, they can't play like they're overmatched. Brey's used the boys vs. men analogy only once this year - after Maryland. Looks, as they say, can be deceiving.

Tom from Charloittesville

11:59

Do we have a problem in our S&C program for MBB? Rex, Temple, even Mooney (who is obviously incredible) just do not seem to be physically stronger than they were upon arrival to the campus as 18 year olds, and we constantly look overmatched physically (boys v. men, as Brey often says).

Thomas Noie

11:58

Rodney: Yes it is that tough to get the right kind of prospects into school, but it's also personal preference. The more guys Mike Brey keeps on scholarship (the NCAA allows a maximum of 13) the more guys you have worried about their roles, about their minutes, about their spots. The more headaches it causes. Mike Brey operates from the less is more model - have maybe 11 or 12....never 13. That allows him to give his full attention to a core group. It worked fine in 2015 and 2016, right? When injuries and unexpected transfers hit, it's another story.

Rodney DeRoo

11:56

Tom: I've been a Mike Brey fan since he became the Irish coach. But I am struggling with why he chooses sometimes not to have a full complement of scholarship players on his team. It definitely hurts when we have in season transfers and injuries. I was wondering if you can give a reason why this is. Since so many teams in the NCAA keep a full number on their rosters every year. Is our recruiting that tough?

Thomas Noie

11:56

Joe: Uh.....sure that's not your Notre Dame bias showing just a sliver there? Marquette's a stepping stone job? How many stepping-stone job schools play in a state of the art NBA arena? Have won a national title? Gone to the Final Four? The only big sport on its campus? It's not the elite of the elite, but it's still a really good job. Some would argue it's a better job than Notre Dame. And it still has the best pre-game media meal around...that's gotta count for something! lol

joe from the south side

11:53

Worked for 20 years with Brey. Who works 20 years at the same job these days? Besides, the PAC 12 is not a BBL conference, so Hurley will leave in a heartbeat. Big East is a lot better, but MARQ is a stepping stone job.

Thomas Noie

11:53

Richard: Utter stupidity to start with. I still couldn't believe when I got the email from the Wooden people (I have a season-ending vote) and there was no Mooney, John listed. But there are numerous examples of how Notre Dame basketball kind of falls into the abyss on a national/regional/conference scale. Like Jahlil Okafor getting ACC player of the year over Jerian Grant in 2015. Like guys from Oakland (Mich.) and Toledo and Kent State getting more All-District votes than Pat Connaughton. A lot of people seem to forget about Notre Dame when it comes to hoops. Like, oh, yeah, the school in the Midwest that plays in the ACC. Happens more than it should.

Richard Hertz

11:50

How the hell was Mooney not on the Nais Top 25???

Thomas Noie

11:41

Joe: So after Notre Dame goes the former Duke assistant route, its best choice is to go the former Duke player route?

joe from the south side

11:40

Tom: You go to Hurley and Wojo. Tell them "only one of you can get Duke when Coach K goes". See who blinks. Perfect fits.

Thomas Noie

11:40

Mark: Better late than never my man! lol....Robby Carmody is progressing after ACL surgery. Durham and Djogo have not given any indication that they're not expected back for their fifth years. Any hope at the NCAA tournament starts with a 12-8 finish.

Mark Oliver

11:38

Hi Tom, Just jumping in so I'm not sure if this has been asked, but looking ahead to next year I'm just wondering what the latest is with Robby Carmody's rehab process and also wondering the latest on whether Durham or Djogo may be back. Still hoping to get to at least 11-9 if not 12-8 this year and maybe win a game or two in tourney. Thanks.

Thomas Noie

11:38

Smitty: Maybe. If the sophomores elevate their collective games next season, if Cormac Ryan is as good as expected, if the freshmen can offer something and the Irish hit it big in upgrading the roster in the offseason, they might not be that far off.

Smitty, Tempe

11:37

Tom - this year has been uneven at best and pretty rough overall. But with Gibbs and Mooney leaving, are we in for an even more difficult season next year?

Thomas Noie

11:36

Eric: Too easy....maybe too early.

Eric (South Bend)

11:36

I'll throw a name out there for Murph - none other then Martin Ingelsby!

Thomas Noie

11:27

Murph: First team lock.

Murph, South Bend

11:26

Which All-ACC team does Mooney find himself on at seasons end?

Thomas Noie

11:26

Murph: Honestly, don't know. And don't care to speculate. There might be time for that down the road. But here's the thing - nobody knows who's ready for this job or who'd be interested in this job. Throwing a name or two or three out there is silly. For now.

Murph, South Bend

11:25

Let's assume Brey calls it quits after this year (purely hypothetical) - is Inglesby seasoned enough to assume that role? Outside of Martin, what are a few names you think could potentially be a good fit here?

Thomas Noie

11:25

Bill: I'd put it at 50-50. The one question Mike Brey will have to ask himself whenever this season ends, and regardless of how it ends, is does he have the energy and the juice and the drive to do what's needed to do to not only survive but thrive in the ACC? Can this program get back to where it was in 2015-16 or was that as good as it gets? It doesn't matter who's coming back or who's coming in. Does the guy at the top have it in him to coach and lead and teach at this point in his life or is ready to write another chapter?

Bill

11:22

As of today, what would you put the odds of Brey being the coach next year?

Thomas Noie

11:22

Erik: I asked Mike Brey about that last week, thinking the reason was playing a second road game in three days with the quick turnaround from the Clemson game. His response to why they slowed tempo against Virginia was as follows - "It's really hard to speed a team up. It's much easier to play slow when you really set your mind into grinding. We knew we were going to walk things up and be efficient in our halfcourt sets." Understood, and if a few more of those 3s fell, it would've been a moot point. And did that Duke game even happen? Wiped that one clean from the memory. Oooof!

Erik (Granger, IN)

11:20

Sportsbeat reported that the reason we didn't push the ball more against UVA was to save our legs. Do you buy that? Given that "you can't design a play to get an easy bucket against that defense" (M. Brey), don't you think they should have tried to steal a few without letting the D get set up? I guess they tried that against Duke and it didn't work either. BTW, I hope they handed out umbrellas before the Duke game, because it was absolutely RAINING in the second half. I've never seen such discrepancy between the house we were building on one end of the court and the swishfest at the other.

Thomas Noie

11:19

Erik: I'm sure this will be taken as a slight on Gibbs in some form or fashion, but when you're the leading active scorer in the ACC, as Gibbs is, you should never struggle that much against Virginia or Duke. The defense trying to take you away? Find a way through that. And as well as he's shot it from distance this year, he really struggles to finish at the rim. Anything other than a long jumper's probably not going in.

Erik (Granger, In)

11:17

It was painful to watch Gibbs slump so bad against UVA and Duke. Happy to see him back to form at the end of the UNC game. Was he pressing, or did the D’s take him away? You could see the surprise in his body language when the easy ones weren’t falling for him. I think we’ll miss him next year despite his ups and downs.

Thomas Noie

11:17

Bill: Opening the regular season with conference games was something we'd never seen before this season, and something we'll never see again. The coaches hated, hated, hated it. It was done simply for television. And yeah, how the heck does Pittsburgh beat Florida State????

Bill

11:15

Will the ACC open the season again with a conference game next year or was that just a one-time deal to promote the new netowrk? Kind of jarring to go back and see that Pitt beat FSU in the opener.

Thomas Noie

11:15

Erik: He better. He becomes option No. 1 and 2 and 3 in the low post next season.

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