Buzzketball Central: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (19-13, 8-10) "at" Virginia Tech (21-10, 10-8) 7PM ESPN2

GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: March 7, 2018 / 7 p.m.
Opponent: University of Notre Dame
Site: Brooklyn, New York (Barclays Center)
Radio: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Talent: Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
TV/Internet: ESPN2/ESPN app
Talent: Mike Couzens, LaPhonso Ellis & Allison Williams
TV: The ACC Network
Talent: Wes Durham & Dan Bonner
Live Stats: HokieSports.com
Game Notes: Virginia Tech
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A Totally Different Opponent

Buzzketball hosts Notre Dame in the second round of the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn, NY tonight. The Hokies have to hope this trip to New York turns out better than their recent holiday tournament at Madison Square Garden did. Notre Dame essentially is a totally different team than the ones the Hokies beat 80-75 earlier in the ACC slate. The Fighting Irish have Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell back from injury but is still missing DJ Harvey. Notre Dame comes in winners of six of their last nine contests after suffering a seven game losing streak during the injuries to key players. Their only hope of a NCAA tournament bid is to go deep into the ACC Tournament and a favorable review by the selection committee.

This will be the tenth meeting between the Hokies and Fighting Irish. Notre Dame leads the all-time series 7-2. The one win is historic though, as it was an overtime victory to give Virginia Tech the 1973 NIT championship. The series against Notre Dame started back in 1972. The Hokies lost to the Irish last January 76-71. Colson and Farrell combined for 35 points in the Irish first ACC tournament matchup against Pitt to escape the Panthers 67-64.

The Fighting Irish are coached by Mike Brey, in his eighteenth year at the helm of Notre Dame.. In eighteen years, his team has won 20+ games thirteen times. He has led them to the NCAA Tournament twelve times, with two elite eight appearances. Notre Dame has been to the post season in all but one season under Brey.

Defensively, the Fighting Irish have gone from a steady man to man pressure defense up until a couple seasons ago to being a very situationally based defensive team. This means against Tech we may see man to man and probably some high perimeter zone with defensive players switching off over or under screens to prevent quick penetration by the Hokies guards. The other aspect that we may see a lot of is to double team Blackshear in the post to prevent him easy access and force him to make a good perimeter pass. If this team begins trying to utilize this double team, expect to see Clarke take the interior pass at the free throw line and then force Notre Dame to decide how to approach him.

Offensively, Notre Dame runs a four out, one in motion offense very similar to the Hokies. They don't rely on significant size on the floor to accomplish what they intend to but having Colson back in the lane makes a dramatic difference over the team we saw only a month ago. Blackshear is going to have to be very smart to avoid foul trouble. There is a good chance that PJ Horne is called upon to cover Colson for critical moments in this contest. The Irish shoot almost 22 three point attempts per game, hitting on 8 of them. This means the Irish find almost 24 points a game from behind the perimeter. The Hokies will have to be able to close out on the perimeter to keep the Irish from hitting their usual 37% from outside. That said, they still manage 50 more points per game between the line and inside the arc. 14 of those points come from the line where as a team they are shooting 76% on the season.

Expect the Irish to go after the basket with whatever the Hokies give them in terms of openings and available looks. The last time these two faced each other it was John Mooney driving across the lane to score easy layups time and again, putting up 15 points for someone that averages 6 a game. Gibbs and Pflueger hurt the Hokies from deep, combining to go 9 for 20 from the perimeter. Gibbs had 27 on the night and Pflueger 15 as well.

What does that mean for the Hokies?

The Hokies need to force the issue inside. Using Clarke at the high post and forcing Notre Dame to account for Blackshear on the blocks will consolidate the Irish defense, allowing good open looks outside. Driving to the basket or finding Blackshear down low so he can work inside will be critical to this contest. Blackshear and Clarke combined for 21 points in the last game.

Fouls become even more critical in this contest than they were in the last game now that Colson and Farrell have returned. The Hokies need to cause problems for the Notre Dame starters in terms of spacing and forcing fouls. Notre Dame relies on four players to play over 30 minutes per contest and then spread the rest of the minutes to the bench across four others. The more minutes forced on the end of the bench, the easier the Hokies will find getting to the basket or hitting open shots.

The opposite of this will also be true. The Hokies, especially Blackshear, Clarke and Horne must avoid foul trouble or the game could spin badly out of hand. Tech cannot afford to let Colson have a big night inside while also letting the Irish hit perimeter shots on a steady basis.

The Hokies are going to need to hit their perimeter shots as well considering how well the Irish shoot from outside. They should be able to get open looks as the Irish allow 22 attempts per contest and opponents in the ACC are shooting 38%. The one exception here is Blackshear, who should be banned from shooting the perimeter shot. Blackshear is shooting 32% from outside on the season but was 11 for 37 (29%) in ACC play and was 2 for 19 (11%) in the last ten games.

One other area of concern here is that the last time out the Hokies got 9 points from Ahmed Hill on 3 for 6 from the perimeter. Hill has only scored 9 points twice since that contest, against Boston College and Louisville. Across that ten game stretch he is averaging 3.7 points per game, including those two nine point outbursts. He did manage 7 in the Miami game on 2 for 3 shooting from outside so maybe there is a glimmer of hope.

The Irish with Colson and Farrell back will likely look to slow the pace of this game and the Hokies have to find a way to avoid that trap. They must force the pace and get baskets in transition.

Fighting Irish Backcourt

Matt Farrell (#5) 6', 173 lbs Senior returned from an ankle injury and hasn't missed a beat. He is averaging 16.8 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 5.3 APG and 1.1 SPG. The biggest factor here is his floor vision and ability to create the open shot for teammates. That was missing the last time out so the Hokies will have to be more vigilant on guarding the perimeter in this game because of Farrell returning. Farrell shoots 41% from outside and 80% from the line.

Temple Gibbs, (#2), 6'3, 200 Lbs Sophomore Guard returns to more his natural role as the shooting guard with his teammates back from injury. He went almost ten games averaging right at 40 minutes a game but has had a few games to recover and will likely bring fresh legs to this contest. He is averaging 15.5 PPG, 2.8 RPG, and 3 APG. He is knocking down the outside shot at 40% and 83% from the line.

Rex Pflueger (#0), 6'6, 202 Lbs Junior Guard is averaging 8.2 PPG, 4.2 RPG, and 3.1 APG. Pflueger comes in averaging 20 MPG but has struggled to produce with the increased minutes he is seeing due to injuries. He is considered Notre Dames best all-around shooter, and his numbers have drastically improved since the last game, hitting 33% now instead of the 20% he had been making from outside and still is hitting 78% from the line. Pflueger went 4 for 10 from outside against the Hokies last time out.

Nikola Djogo (#13) 6'7, 203 Lbs Sophomore Guard has seen his time dramatically increase from about 11 minutes per contest to almost 25 minutes, and has doubled his production as well, but only managed 3 points against the Hokies. He is averaging 2.7 PPG and 2 RPG now that he has returned to his normal role of 7 to 14 minutes a contest.

Fighting Irish Frontcourt

Bonzie Colson, (#35) 6'5, 226 lbs senior is the man I thought the Hokies had been blessed to bypass but now comes into focus tonight. He changes the whole dynamic of this team. He is the best little big man in the ACC. He is averaging 20.8 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 1 APG, 1.8 SPG, and 2.4 BPG. Wrecking ball on defense and a 57% shot inside this season. He also hits 80% of his free throws, so sending him to the line isn't a reliable option either. The only area Colson doesn't contribute much is perimeter shooting but with everything else he does it makes it that much easier for his teammates to contribute there.

Martinas Geben, (#23), 6'9, 255 Lbs Senior Forward is averaging 10.9 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 1.2 APG and 1 BPG. Fortunately the Hokies have Blackshear down low to contend with this Irish big. Clarke and Horne will also rotate here defensively if Blackshear is working against Colson.

John Mooney, (#33), 6'9, 245 Lbs Sophomore Forward is now playing a major role for the Irish. He is playing more than 20 minutes a game after averaging around 10 prior to the injuries. His production has grown from 3 PPG to almost 8.2 PPG. He is also grabbing 5-6 rebounds per contest now. He had 15 points and 11 rebounds in the last game against the Hokies.

What to expect from Notre Dame?

The Irish will come out with the majority of their arsenal ready to bear down on the Hokies. Notre Dame is literally playing for their NCAA tournament lives. They will be focused on shooting from outside while Farrell will find Colson down low to keep the Hokies off balance.

They don't really have the size to dominate Tech like most of the other ACC programs and with their bench using fewer players than even Buzz has going out there, expect to see a slower paced game plan from the Irish. This will be even more true as they work Colson back in because it allows them the advantage of scoring on high percentage shots to slowly stretch the game out to a big lead.

2-3 High Zone defense for most of the game and Tech may even see some Diamond and One to keep Farrell guarding Robinson while the others extend to prevent perimeter shooting from the Hokies. Mike Brey has already discussed with the press that he intends to focus on the Hokies outside shooters because that is where Tech hurt them earlier this year. They will attempt to disrupt passing lanes at the top of the key but will collapse into clog the lane with penetration. With this they are hoping to make Tech make mistakes with the ball as they deal with a lot of bodies inside.

The starters are not terrible from the free throw line but almost everyone else on the roster is. The depth of their perimeter shooting is also limited to the starters. Beyond those five or six players it is a significant drop off with the rest of their roster.

The Hokies

Tech needs to keep a high paced tempo for as long as they can to start the game. Even with Colson and Farrell returning the majority of the Irish players have played a majority minutes of their last 12 contests so fatigue could drift in at some point. Scoring in transition would be the best way for Tech to separate themselves in this contest. The last time the Hokies faced Notre Dame, Coach Brey only used seven players.

The Irish zone will only help them slow the game, which allows their players time to recover. Tech needs to be ready to break the zone quickly. Getting the ball down low to Blackshear and letting him work their bigs for fouls could turn this game dramatically in the Hokies favor.

Hopefully Clarke and Blackshear can continue to grab rebounds like they have in recent contests. Notre Dame excels at rebounding even with the recent injuries.

Hitting perimeter shots will be another key factor. Buzz needs Hill to reappear from his disappearing act and really help the Hokies put some distance between themselves and the Irish. Bibbs and Nickiel Walker Alexander can ill afford to take the night off either.

One critical area the Hokies must improve as it could as it continues to haunt in losses. They have to not turn a great defensive play immediately into a poor offensive play. They cannot go from getting a stop or creating a turnover to throwing the ball away. The Hokies committed 15 turnovers against Miami. In the recent string of wins, all turnover totals were below 10.

Highlight of the Miami Game

9 of 20 shooting from outside. Even Hill got in on the act. Otherwise forgettable.

In Closing

Expect to see a faster paced game than the Irish would like but maybe not as fast as Buzz would prefer this evening. Hopefully the Barclays Center isn't the tomb that Madison Square Garden was during the holiday tournament. This team has continuously shown that they need a lively crowd to stay awake in games. No Concrete Feet.

Game will get a little chippy. Clarke and Colson are likely to be chirping at each other all night. The closer they get to the finish, especially if the Irish are down, the uglier this could get as Notre Dame gets desperate for their season being on the verge of NITdom. The Irish are not a program used to struggling and so this has all the makings of an ugly finish to a game. Hopefully it doesn't devolve into a whistlefest with multiple technical fouls to mar the end of the game.

Tech wins 69-64, by steadily pulling away with the outside shot and then making critical free throws down the stretch. Robinson will likely be the key to a successful finish in this one.

BRING ON DUKE!!

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"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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No, I *don't* want to go to the SEC. Why do you ask?

We don't love dem Hoos.

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the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

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the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

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Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

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the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

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Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

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the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

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Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

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They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you're fine when you're not really fine.

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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What a savings

And there's a chance that things'll get weird
Yeah, that's a possibility

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"Runs up the hill! Into the Tech student section! Here in Charlottesville!"

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"For those who have passed, for those to come, reach for excellence."

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"For those who have passed, for those to come, reach for excellence."

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If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

"I want to punch people from UVA right in the neck." - Colin Cowherd

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I don't know what a Hokie is, but God is one of them!

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"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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Hey! It goes beyond big brother in the sky
Beyond the threat of martial law, No Horus eye
No one came to cuff you they just handed you the chain
Blind follows the blind and now the one-eyed man is king

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Hey! It goes beyond big brother in the sky
Beyond the threat of martial law, No Horus eye
No one came to cuff you they just handed you the chain
Blind follows the blind and now the one-eyed man is king

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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Hey! It goes beyond big brother in the sky
Beyond the threat of martial law, No Horus eye
No one came to cuff you they just handed you the chain
Blind follows the blind and now the one-eyed man is king

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

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the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

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the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

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Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

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Marshall University graduate.
Virginia Tech fanatic.
Formerly known as JWillHokieAlum.

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Marshall University graduate.
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Formerly known as JWillHokieAlum.

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Another white bronco? The first one didn't go too far.

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Another white bronco? The first one didn't go too far.

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Marshall University graduate.
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21st century QBs Undefeated vs UVA:
MV7, MV5, LT3, Grant Wells, Braxton Burmeister, Ryan Willis, Josh Jackson, Jerod Evans, Michael Brewer, Tyrod Taylor, Sean Glennon, and Grant Noel. That's right, UVA. You couldn't beat Grant Noel.