Notre Dame shall beat both Kentucky and Duke.
The Virgin Mary herself has ordained this, and so it shall come to pass.:lol:
Actually I have adopted them after hearing of Mike Breys' mother passing away...plus I hate Duke.
Unless the death of Mike Breys' mother really propels the team, that team is most likely done against Wichita State..if not they're going to get destroyed by Kentucky.
Yeah, they have a great offense... Their defense is terrible though. Going into this tournament they had the #2 adjusted offensive efficiency and were 112th in defense. That's a wide gap and history has shown that won't get you far in the tourney in most cases.
Over the past several years.. teams with a large gap in efficiency and their results
2014-#3 seed Duke (#2, #116) - L - 1st round
2012-#2 seed Missouri (#1, #146) - L - 1st round
2005-#2 seed Wake Forest (#1, #134) - L - 2nd round
2004-#4 seed Wake Forest (#1, #134) - L - Sweet 16
2003-#3 seed Marquette (#2, #119) - L - Final Four
2003-#1 seed Texas (#1, #80) - L - Final Four
2002-#3 seed Arizona (#3, #97) - L - 2nd round
So 1 year, 2003, those great offenses got to the Final Four behind great guard play in Dwyane Wade and TJ Ford. Marquette also had the first three rounds in which they barely won each game before beating Kentucky handily in the Elite 8 and then got utterly destroyed by Kirk Hinrich's Kansas team in the Final Four. Carmelo Anthony's Syracuse team took care of Texas. Man was that Final Four full of good players or what.
They will need to be on fire from 3 point land.
