Friday, November 29, 2019

In Muffet's Fighting Irish's 4 Losses...


Here's what has transpired in the four games that Notre Dame has lost so far this season -- as you'll see, something different each night has cost the Irish...


TENNESSEE LOSS (74 - 63)
  • Notre Dame shot poorly from the field:  31.4%
  • Tennessee shot great from the field:  47.1%
  • Tennessee made 42.1% of their three point attempts // Notre Dame hit 28%
  • Tennessee had 15 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 11
  • Tennessee took 8 more foul shots than Notre Dame

MICHIGAN STATE LOSS (72 - 69)
  • Notre Dame out shot MSU -- 48% to 40.3%
  • MSU made 8 three pointers to Notre Dame's 3 (yet ND hit a higher percentage)
  • Notre Dame took 15 more free throw attempts than MSU -- but missed 13 of them
  • MSU had 20 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 13
  • Notre Dame blocked 8 shots to MSU's 4 blocks

FLORIDA GULF COAST LOSS (69 - 60)
  • Florida Gulf Coast made 9 three pointers to Notre Dame's 3
  • Florida Gulf Coast had 14 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 7
  • Notre Dame had 25 turnovers to Florida Gulf Coast's 10
  • Florida Gulf Coast took 71 shots compared to 49 for Notre Dame
  • Notre Dame out shot Florida Gulf Coast 46.9% to 38% 

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LOSS (65 - 59)
  • Notre Dame was 1 for 17 from behind the three point line
  • South Dakota State had 18 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 5
  • South Dakota State had 22 turnovers to Notre Dame's 10

Just a FYI -- Notre Dame's women's basketball program has not lost more than 4 games since the 2010-11 season.  That year they ended up going 31 - 8, losing the NCAA Championship game to Texas A&M...