JotCast | February Notre Dame Hoops Chat

February Notre Dame Hoops Chat

Thomas Noie

2:46

That will do it for today. Solid effort. Let's do it again, maybe early in March. Where will Notre Dame be then? Where will the ACC? College basketball? Will be fascinating to see it all play out. Question or comment can't wait, drop me an email at tnoie@sbtinfo.com. Take care and stay healthy!

2:45

My guy's getting a steal and breakaway layup as time expires. Easy.

Chet from Indiana

2:45

Okay you’re a basketball coach -hypothetical scenario: your team is down 2, the other team has the ball with a 4 second differential on the shot and game clock. No timeouts remaining.

Thomas Noie

2:43

Robb: Don't think that's part of the plan, because any alternate team would have to have followed the NCAA quarantine protocols to be eligible to get them to Indianapolis. It's all contingent on being really, really careful and confident that the plans will remain in place.

Robb, Durango

2:41

Hey Tom, Any chance they have alternate's for the NCAA tournament? If you have teams need to drop out due to Covid after being selected, can a team like ND be a first alternate or something?

Thomas Noie

2:41

Rod (wave to get fans to stand up) Balanis is good people.

Chet from Indiana

2:41

You know it’s a great chat when Disco Rod (balanis) gets a shout out! Will the Ivy League news have any effect on Atkinson or is he locked and loaded for ND?

Thomas Noie

2:41

Jimmy: That news about the Ivy League allowing graduates to stay with their schools and compete next year broke during the chat. I've reached out to Paul Atkinson to see if it changes his thinking. Have not heard from him. Will also ask Mike Brey during our scheduled media Zoom session on Friday.

Jimmy

2:40

Listen I don’t know if you said this already I just got here but will the Ivy League allowing seniors return impact Paul Atkinson? I find it hard to believe it will but I really hope not. PLEASE

Thomas Noie

2:35

It's all good!

2:35

Sorry Tom, just are almost exactly the same size and that is what came to mind. We are about the same age my man. I enjoy all ages of ND basketball. When your a kid just seems those teams are stay with you forever.

Thomas Noie

2:32

None. It's not an easy job. Well into 80 hours a week. Will be interesting who wants that role.

Mike from Madison, WI

2:31

Any idea as to who maybe replacing Jack Nolan?

Thomas Noie

2:27

Can we go with someone from this century on this? Like say, Ben Hansbrough? Or Matt Farrell? Not everything about Irish hoops has to compare to 1978 and Tripucka and Digger et al. Sorry. Rant over. LOL

2:26

Agree with Goodwin, needs to be much more aggressive. Even demanding on the offensive end when he floats through the paint area. I would love to see more "Tripucka" attitude out of him.

Thomas Noie

2:23

Junior class? It was going to take time before we saw what we're seeing. Thing is, too many want it now, now, now. It doesn't work that way. They were too good not to be good.

2:21

Finding his fit. Love that he doesn't rely solely on his outside shot. Still think he misses too many open looks. But like how he's not afraid to go post up if the matchup dictates. Would like to see him get to the foul line more. He's too good a foul shooter to have taken only 43 in 18 games.

2:20

What is your evaluation of Goodwin? The JR class as a whole? Thanks

Thomas Noie

2:20

Dwight: I think it's made pretty clear on the front end if you're interested in Notre Dame that the way the program works is you'll get time to grow your game. To adjust to the college life in every way. Take your time and figure out what the ACC is all about and how your game fits. How demanding the academic challenges are. You may not play much as a freshman. You may not play much as a sophomore. But when you're a junior, you're going to log heavy minutes. I don't know if any freshman this year or the year the current juniors were freshmen expected to be major players. Get old, stay old is how this program was able to survive in the Big East, now the ACC.

Dwight from central Arkansas

2:18

I know this subject has been discussed numerous times, but It still doesn't make sense in some ways. Brey likes 'old' when it comes to players. I watched the ND-Duke game and he used 7 players. I would look at the bench and see the young guys sitting there realizing they weren't going to play, as in many games. Duke played a lot of younger guys and it will pay off I have to believe. I don't know why a high school senior would consider ND when he knows the bench will be his home for 1 or 2 years until they ripen. Does he lose out on some prospective players who go elsewhere because of that factor? The 2 South Bend kids coming in next year are destined to sit beside Sanders, Zona & company.

Thomas Noie

2:11

Gonna hold you to that, my man! Be well and stay healthy!

Morgan McKinley

2:11

Tom - gotta go buy thanks for answering so many questions. See you next month getting ready to make a Final Four run!!!

Thomas Noie

2:09

Morgan: Toughest - Cameron Indoor, Smith Center, Yum! Center. Easiest - Conte Forum, Joel Coliseum, Watsco Center. Purcell Pavilion kind of middle of the road. It has its moments, but it also has a lot of quiet ones as well.

Morgan McKinley

2:08

What are the toughest 3 road venues currently if no Covid? Easiests? How does Joyce rank?

Thomas Noie

2:08

Liam: Good stuff, and love hearing about my man Tim Abro. Still will say that he doesn't blow out his knee his final year, he's the Big East player of the year. Guy's now a pro's pro.

Liam from London:

2:07

Tom, a few questions came into my wheelhouse as a broadcast journalist covering European basketball. Ben Hansbrough played two seasons in Spain. He played for Gran Canaria and Saski Baskonia in Vitoria. He was a Big East Player of the Year, but was just an average pro in Spain. Similarly, Luke Harangody played for Valencia and Badalona in Spain. Like Ben, he was a Big East POY, but was just a journeyman pro. He just finished last year. Zach Auguste plays a small role for Panathinaikos, Athens who play in the Euroleague, the best league outside the NBA. Zach plays a small roll as a screener and a banger. Probably the most successful recent ND guy in Europe is Tim Abromaitis. He has played for Tenerife, Zenit St Petersburg - Euroleauge - and now plays for Malaga in Spain.

Thomas Noie

2:07

JT: It might mean myriad things. He sees something he doesn't like on offense. Or a hole in the defense. Or wants to say something to a particular player about a just-made decision. I think it also says that he doesn't value timeouts anywhere near the fan base does.

2:05

Just mean he burns timeouts in almost every game at around the 9 minute mark. Why? What is the philosophy behind it? Is there some metric/reason that points to this time of the game for a timeout? I'm just trying to understand.

Thomas Noie

2:04

Of the Top 100 players nationally, Notre Dame might be able to look at 10 seriously for academic admission. Of those 10, you might have maybe three or four who have legit interest in Notre Dame. That's a pretty small pool. It's one that Notre Dame often chooses not to swim in.

Morgan McKinley

2:02

Back to recruiting then. What leeway does ND have for recruits with so so academics? Obviously guys who go to SEC schools, yes I said it, wouldn’t be able to go to ND but what does a top 50 player need academically to be admitted, at a minimum? And at very difficult schools like Stanford, Duke, Georgetown & others is that the same standards

Thomas Noie

2:02

Bob: Nobody's assuming it. But it's a whole lot easier to say, how about this route instead of saying yeah, it's going to be Martin Ingelsby or Chris Quinn or John Beilein. Yeah, um, why??? What would lead anyone to think those three should be on any short list? The point is NOBODY knows who the coach is going to be or who the AD is going to be looking to hire the new coach when that day arrives. Why not go outside the box of choosing Coach in Waiting A, B or C and make a different kind of hire? That's what made replacing Muffet McGraw with Niele Ivey so ... refreshing. You're not going to the same retread list of coaching candidates and picking off the first few that might be on EVERYONE'S short list. Think different. Think revolutionary. If Notre Dame is as forward thinking as it likes to say it is, then go that route. Be different. Be Notre Dame. Right?

Bob

1:57

Shouldn’t the criteria for the next coach to be the best candidate no matter their race ? Ty willingham was a bad choice just like Charlie Weis and Bob Davie were poor choices. I’m all for a young, black head coach if he is determined to be the best candidate based on his qualifications and other criteria for the job. But to assume that up front is a mistake in

Thomas Noie

1:57

Morgan: You keep asking, I'll keep answering. There's slippage, but there's reasons for slippage if you really want to look closely and drill down on it. Injuries are a factor. Player development is a factor. A program that has run a certain way for so long suddenly can't run that way, that's a factor. Notre Dame isn't Duke or Carolina or Kansas stringing together 20-plus seasons of NCAA tournament runs. This isn't 1970 or 1980. It's difficult to do.

Morgan McKinley

1:55

I’ll keep asking until this ends!! Looking back, hasn’t Brey’s tenure been in waves? Hot from the start, near misses, great Hansborough era, then to 2014-16, died off a bit on to the 2022 Final Four. But seriously, do you see it that way, as a natural progression like happens in life?

Thomas Noie

1:55

JT: If you're referring to the other night in Atlanta, I'm OK with it. Notre Dame got the ball back with 7.2 seconds left. In that situation, would you rather go against a set defense out of a timeout or let the defense try and figure it out on the fly? I'll take Door No. 2 with a confidence that your guys are going to make the right play. But he's never been, gotta have a timeout in case guy. He figures his guys will figure it out at the end. That narrative is right there with Notre Dame hoops has done little under Brey. Bring something fresh! lol

1:52

Please explain Brey's philosophy of taking a TO with about 9 minutes left and usually leaving himself short a TO at the end of the game?

Thomas Noie

1:52

Mark: Too many to mention. Back when covering college hoops was normal, shared many a pre-game meal in many arena dining rooms with Jack. He already was a respected voice and a pro's pro when I arrived in 1998. He was a friend first. I'll always be thankful for him and for those times. We saw a lot together.

Mark Kruz from Mishawaka

1:50

Tom with Jack Nolan retiring do you have a cool story to share with us about him in your travels with ND hoops? G rated of course lol

Thomas Noie

1:50

Morgan: Not sure what else needs to be said. Let's have the legal system do its job and see where it goes. We broke the story, and yes, there's a whole lot more to what we can print. I'll say what I've said from the start - for the good of all involved, this can't go to trial. Hopefully Ryan Ayers understands that and accepts any plea deal that might be offered.

Morgan McKinley

1:49

Tom - do you want to comment here about the Ayers situation?

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