Notre Dame-UCLA pregame thread

[GoForIt]

I'm not sold on UCLA yet. They are good, but I'm not ready to put them on the Final Four level they have been the last three years.

 

[GoForIt]

LET"S GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of course, take the 10.5

 

[apacholikewhoa]

UCLA has cruised through the Pac 10. UCLA isn't the type of team to go out and hang 80 something on you like some of these Big East teams will. That is just not how Howland wins games. I can see ND scoring some points as well. UCLA has no answer for Harangody, as most teams don't. McAlraney gives the Irish good balance, and it should keep Howland from sending double team after triple team down at Gody in the post. They also won't get abused on the boards like some B.E. teams have the potential to do. Regardless of their record ND is no slouch. There is a reason they were picked in the pre season top 10, I believe ahead of UCLA? I have a feeling we are going to see some fight from the Irish tomorrow with a good shot at the upset.

GL tomorrow

the pac 10, esp UCLA gets no love. UCLA plays excellent defense (and so far through the first half, they seem to have an answer for Harangody). People forget that Howland was a Big East coach (and national coach of the year when he was with Pitt) and he knows how to play against these B.E. schools.
UCLA.


and as far as UCLA not being able to put up points (like 80)? What about the 97 they dropped on Stanford last week? You're right...thats not how Howland wins games...but they still can do it if they wanted to.

Go Bruins :cripwalk:

 

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[GoForIt]

the pac 10, esp UCLA gets no love. UCLA plays excellent defense (and so far through the first half, they seem to have an answer for Harangody). People forget that Howland was a Big East coach (and national coach of the year when he was with Pitt) and he knows how to play against these B.E. schools.
UCLA.


and as far as UCLA not being able to put up points (like 80)? What about the 97 they dropped on Stanford last week? You're right...thats not how Howland wins games...but they still can do it if they wanted to.

Go Bruins :cripwalk:

I would say great analysis, but your post is at halftime of the ND-UCLA game instead of BEFORE the game. :nohead:
LET"S GO IRISH +10.5

 

[cadillacman]

the LAPD needs to be called in to put an end to this assualt...

 

[-Chase-]

i agree 100%. while ND has been toughened up fighting through the Big East, UCLA has cruised through the Pac 10. UCLA isn't the type of team to go out and hang 80 something on you like some of these Big East teams will. That is just not how Howland wins games. I can see ND scoring some points as well. UCLA has no answer for Harangody, as most teams don't. McAlraney gives the Irish good balance, and it should keep Howland from sending double team after triple team down at Gody in the post. They also won't get abused on the boards like some B.E. teams have the potential to do. Regardless of their record ND is no slouch. There is a reason they were picked in the pre season top 10, I believe ahead of UCLA? I have a feeling we are going to see some fight from the Irish tomorrow with a good shot at the upset.

GL tomorrow

hno:

hope this wasnt your "play of the decade"

 

[-Chase-]

ND wont be abused on the glass like they were @ pitt.

you're right, it was much much worse than it was @ pitt.

ucla = final four team.

notre dame = first round exit in the NIT

big east = incredibly overrated

hope you're caught up now before you continuously lose your dough betting on the irish:toast:

 

[homedawg]

hno:

hope this wasnt your "play of the decade"

nope. just a regular play. lots of talk from somebody who has posted 30 plays.

 

[homedawg]

just another negative poster who is a know it all. big fuckin mouth with little production

 

[jordan17]

Nd has no defense...I smell a ucla rout...

Ucla eaZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZy winna!



and still NO QUALITY WINS!

cuz Nd sux like I said...:lol:

 

[-Chase-]

nope. just a regular play. lots of talk from somebody who has posted 30 plays.

i dont even feel the need to post plays. i started doing so so i could rip big mouths like you without you coming back with "where are your posted plays i bet you hit 45%". incredibly small sample size, but last i checked 19-12 is better than 60%. what were you hitting again, below 53%? that's not even making money if you're flat betting, which you should be.

give it up kid, you tried to talk big again today and the better cappers were able to identify the shitty big east teams BEFORE THE GAME. nice of you to realize it afterwards, must be hard coming to terms with the cuse and nd being bad teams, but maybe if you were a better evaluater of basketball you could have been able to tell that before the game and saved some money.

nd has been the best fade in the nation this year, and so has syracuse on the road.

 

[homedawg]

i dont even feel the need to post plays. i started doing so so i could rip big mouths like you without you coming back with "where are your posted plays i bet you hit 45%". incredibly small sample size, but last i checked 19-12 is better than 60%. what were you hitting again, below 53%? that's not even making money if you're flat betting, which you should be.

give it up kid, you tried to talk big again today and the better cappers were able to identify the shitty big east teams BEFORE THE GAME. nice of you to realize it afterwards, must be hard coming to terms with the cuse and nd being bad teams, but maybe if you were a better evaluater of basketball you could have been able to tell that before the game and saved some money.

nd has been the best fade in the nation this year, and so has syracuse on the road.

congrats pal. you knew nd and syracuse were shit. really??? must have took a genius to figure that out. i have advised playing against syracuse the last 3 weeks, and i have been against ND more then i have been on. i never said they were good, just thought it might have been a good spot for them to stay within a large number.
good job on the 60% after your 30 something games. come talk to me after the season is complete.

 

[apacholikewhoa]

UCLA isn't the type of team to go out and hang 80 something on you like some of these Big East teams will.

Im sorry...just had to bring it up again b/c the Bruins just dropped 80+ points on the Irish.

no ill will HD (i follow some of your plays)...just a little gloating! haha @)

 

[homedawg]

Im sorry...just had to bring it up again b/c the Bruins just dropped 80+ points on the Irish.

no ill will HD (i follow some of your plays)...just a little gloating! haha @)

congrats. it is possible for people to be wrong from time to time

 

[-Chase-]

i never said they were good, just thought it might have been a good spot for them to stay within a large number.

hmm..you for some reason brought up that they were a preseason top 10 team for a reason? yeah, but you never said they were good. you only said they had a shot at beating ucla on the road, but shitty teams do that all the time, right? even better, shitty teams that don't play defense.

i guess it's not your fault though. being a big syracuse fan and going to all the games you can't be that familiar with the concept of playing defense. you see DEFENSE is what GOOD teams play, you know, teams like UCLA that could score 80 a night if they wanted to play playground ball like cuse, nd, providence and nova. maybe someday howland can teach boehiem about this crazy secret of defense that has escaped him this year.

 

[-Chase-]

congrats. it is possible for people to be wrong from time to time

even the great almighty homedawg? say it aint so:shocked:

 

[homedawg]

hmm..you for some reason brought up that they were a preseason top 10 team for a reason? yeah, but you never said they were good. you only said they had a shot at beating ucla on the road, but shitty teams do that all the time, right? even better, shitty teams that don't play defense.

i guess it's not your fault though. being a big syracuse fan and going to all the games you can't be that familiar with the concept of playing defense. you see DEFENSE is what GOOD teams play, you know, teams like UCLA that could score 80 a night if they wanted to play playground ball like cuse, nd, providence and nova. maybe someday howland can teach boehiem about this crazy secret of defense that has escaped him this year.

totally agree. have always been a howland fan. was upset to see him leave pitt. what's your point?

 

[homedawg]

even the great almighty homedawg? say it aint so:shocked:

ya it is. i'm not the one claiming to be a know it all. whenever games lose i played where i felt i was on the wrong side i would always come back and say i was wrong. however i would never ever expect to see something like that coming from you.

 

[homedawg]

even the great almighty homedawg? say it aint so:shocked:

please point me to the post where i have ever claimed to be better than anyone?