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Way to Go Irish Women's Basketball Good Luck In page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u IRISH INSIDER Friday, March 30, 2012 COMMENTARY Irish enter semifinal rematch Final Four competition By JOSEPH MONARDO Sports Writer For the second consecutive poses challenge for Irish year, the Irish and the Huskies will face off in the Final Four Here come the Irish to the more games where a combina- with a berth in the national Final Four, and here come the tion of their usual rebounding championship game on the nail-biting, down-to-the-buzz- techniques and good offensive line. In last year’s semifinal, er games Irish fans have been management by each of their the two-seed Irish entered the waiting for since the tourna- four guards on the court can game as the heavy underdogs, ment began. run away with a lead as soon trying to prove they belonged It’s about time they get a as the ball is tipped. among the game’s elite. real soul-shaking 40 minutes Against Maryland, they What a difference a year of play in the most important executed this perfectly with makes. part of their season. hardly a flaw in their play and No. 4 Notre Dame (34-3, 15-1 These — potential — two structure, and a triple-double Big East) and No. 3 Connecti- ASHLEY DACY/The Observer games won’t disappoint, for Diggins. They made a vic- cut (33-4, 13-3) both enter this Irish graduate student guard Brittany Mallory dribbles the ball whether the Irish reach their tory over No. 2 seed Maryland, year’s Final Four matchup during Notre Dame’s 81-61 home victory over Akron on Nov. 11. goal of the ACC conference tourna- in Denver as top seeds. No. 1 tourna- ment champions who held an Baylor and No. 2 Stanford also The Irish used a dominant defen- to replicate the successes from ment obvious height advantage, look reached the Final Four as top sive effort to get past five-seed St. their two wins. champions far easier than expected. They seeds, making this the first Fi- Bonaventure, 79-35 in the Sweet “[In our wins over Connecti- or if they ran away with the game like nal Four since 1989 populated 16, and crushed two-seed Mary- cut,] we were just clicking, espe- fall short. it was the first of the tourna- entirely by number-one seeds. land in the Elite Eight, 80-49. cially on defense we were getting Notre ment, not a regional final For the Irish, the arrival “Our last game against Mary- a lot of stops,” Irish graduate- Dame where teams have to not only at Denver is a long-awaited land seemed one of the best we student forward Devereaux Pe- has old work hard and show poise, but achievement that brings re- have played this whole tourna- ters said. “In the [Big East title] conference fight off a team that shares the lief. ment, maybe all year, and we just game, we were letting them do tension to Molly Sammon court as their relative equal. “I feel like we have accom- have to really use that as momen- what they wanted to do … and break open Conference foe Connecticut plished what we needed to,” tum going into this game,” Irish we let them decide what we were against Sports Writer will want to shake Notre Dame Irish coach Muffet McGraw graduate student guard Brittany running [on offense] and we Connecticut. first, in their fourth and final said. “I think we would have Mallory said. weren’t as aggressive as we nor- This team is time the Irish will play their been extremely disappointed The Irish must face a familiar mally are, so that definitely has incredibly hungry for a cham- Big East rival this season with had we not gotten this far. I foe in their Final Four matchup to change.” pionship, which will fuel them the veteran team they have think the expectation from with the Huskies, who fell to the As they attempt to move past into the finals. now. Senior guards Natalie probably November was that Irish twice in the regular season Connecticut and into the cham- No matter the outcome, Novosel and Fraderica Miller these are the four teams that before denying Notre Dame its pionship game, the Irish gain Notre Dame’s season will end and graduate students guard were going to advance, and first-ever Big East tournament confidence from last year’s tour- here with a pressure-filled Brittany Mallory and forward that is a heavy burden to car- championship. nament, Mallory said. contest, in the truest sense of Devereaux Peters have one ry throughout the year.” “We know them pretty well, “Since we have been there the word. In entirely predict- last chance to play the once- Despite the burden, the they know us pretty well, so I before, we aren’t as star-struck able fashion, all No. 1 seeds invincible team before they Irish managed to sustain suc- don’t think there is going to be a from the whole Final Four atmo- and the top four teams in the graduate. It follows that it will cess throughout the season, lot of mystery in the game,” Mc- sphere,” she said. “We are a little polls made it this far, and they be either the most important losing only to Baylor (38-0, Graw said. “I think it’s a matter more relaxed going in, and just promise to or the second 18-0 Big-12), Big East foe West of who is going to play well, who knowing what to expect.” not make it more impor- Virginia and Connecticut. is going to make shots, who is go- The Irish will tip off with Con- easy for the These — potential — two tant game In the tournament’s open- ing to be able to defend a little necticut at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Irish any- games won’t disappoint, of their last ing rounds, the Irish made the bit better. The adrenaline will the Pepsi Center, as they try to more. whether the Irish reach season with most of their home-court ad- be flowing, I think anything can advance to their second-straight Notre their goal of tournament an Irish jer- vantage, and blew out 16-seed happen.” national championship game. Dame won by sey on their Liberty 74-43 before ham- The Irish have plenty of prior champions or if they fall mering out a 73-62 victory 30 points or short. Notre Dame has backs. experience and game tape to Contact Joseph Monardo at more in three In the Big over eight-seed California. help guide them as they attempt [email protected] of the four old conference tension East tourna- contests it to break open against ment final, took to get to Connecticut. This team Connecticut Denver and is incredibly hungry for gave the was comfort- a championship, which Irish one ably leading will fuel it into the finals. of the rare at halftime in chances to two of those. feel the real Sure, Cal was even with the and raw panic associated with Irish mid-game in the second losing. Not just a shot-for-shot round back at home to light a final few minutes where the little fire under Notre Dame’s Irish had a chance to win, but feet. But after a good talking-to the feeling of being down by 10 at halftime, the Irish escaped points or more and knowing the pressure and unleashed that losing was inevitable. the true character of their They will see that same relentless defense, recorded encompassing panic one more multiple steals and rebounded time, but now it will be magni- better. fied as the importance grows. Now they are surrounded by If the Irish want to reach their the elite company that their goal of returning to South play resembled all season, with Bend and graduate this senior teams they know, teams they class with a national champi- have seen and teams that de- onship, they will need to show serve to be there just as much the utmost composure, even if as the Notre Dame deserves to they are down by 10. be there. One of the benefits of playing Two of Notre Dame’s three on a Final Four team is not losses this season came at the having to play through many hands of teams represented in discouraging situations. But in the trifecta of tournament top- this year’s finals, stacked with seeds, once faltering against the teams who have been on all-too-familiar Connecticut top all year, Notre Dame will in the postseason and letting need to learn how and learn it Baylor taint the loss column on quickly. their record early last Novem- ber. Contact Molly Sammon at These are teams that not [email protected] only can beat the Irish, but The views expressed in this have proven it as well. In the column are those of the author Final Four, there should not and not necessarily those of be any more blowout wins, no The Observer. Friday, March 30, 2012 The Observer u IRISH INSIDER ndsmcobserver.com | page 3 The fantastic four Unique offensive system relies on guards’ speed and versatility, produces strong results for Irish By CHRIS MASOUD 2001, but the vehicle responsible added the coaching staff selects Senior Sports Writer couldn’t be more different. Take specific plays in particular to away the loss to Connecticut in signal Diggins it’s her time to Notre Dame isn’t running up the Big East tournament finals, take over a game.
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