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Al DeMarco
Al DeMarco Saturday's Play 5 Dime - Notre Dame
At first glance it might seem strange backing a team coming off consecutive losses, one that is laying double digits, versus one that is coming off argueably its biggest win of the season, but as I often say, you sometimes have to look much deeper than just the final score and the boxscore to get a sense of how a team is playing.
Notre Dame last played on Monday when it dropped an 84-71 decision at home to Syracuse. Losing that game was nothing to be embarrassed about since the Orange were clearly the better squad and are not only among the best in the Big East, but a legit Top-5 team in the country. That loss was preceded by a heart-breaking 60-58 loss at Cincinnati four days earlier.
Okay, here's what the final scores don't tell you about those two games: First of all, this is the first time all season Notre Dame has dropped consecutive games. Second, in the game against Syracuse, the Irish were within five points with 3:21 to play before the Orange iced it with a 17-7 run. Against a superior team, that's nothing to be ashamed of. Third, in the Cincinnati loss, Notre Dame's Luke Harangody, the Big East's No. 1 scorer, managed a season-low 14 points after missing 15-of-20 shots. Forward Ty Nash had zero points and fouled out with 13 minutes to play. As a team, the Irish missed 10-of-19 free throw attempts, including five tries in the closing four minutes. Yet, they still only lost 60-58 on the road.
DePaul arrives in South Bend fresh off a 51-50 home upset of Marquette which snapped its 24-game Big East regular-season losing streak and earned interim coach Tracy Webster, who took over for the recently fired Jerry Wainwright, his first victory. Mike Stovall canned a shot with seven-tenths of a second remaining to give DePaul its only lead of the night in a game in which it trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half.
Here's how I look at that game: Marquette, a team that has clearly struggled on the road all season, got caught looking ahead to today's big showdown with Syracuse. How could the Golden Eagles not get caught looking past a woeful DePaul squad, a team that everyone had beaten up, with the Orange on the horizon? And the Blue Demons have shown no indication of being competitive of late. Look at what they had done prior to shocking Marquette: a 20-point loss at St. John's, a 17-point home loss to Providence, a 22-point road loss to Villanova, a 13-point road loss to Pitt, and a three-point road loss to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (I don't even know who they are). Any wonder why Wainwright got fired?
Notre Dame isn't a great defensive team, but the Irish can put points on the board. And they've had a full week to get over their loss to Syracuse.
Here's an added benefit: DePaul is once again without its leading scorer and rebounder, Mac Koshwal (15 points, 11 rebounds), who had 26 points and 11 boards in last year's 10-point home loss to the Irish. That's bad news for a team that has little depth as is and played just seven players in the Marquette upset. And the Blue Demons don't score much anyway; averaging 59.4 points a game.
Notre Dame pulls away in the second half and rolls to an 83-57 win.
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thanks cork...
it says on the sportsinfo site that he had a 20 dime play today in hoops?
