oh my.... what a first half collapse

[TVDirector]

didn't think we could keep up the intensity all game after that  hot start, but what the heck happened to pin us down by 6 at half?

nasty finish to an otherwise tough first half

[dethfire]

james is not a leader

[79Warrior]

We are about to go from a "shoe in" two weeks ago for a Top 4 seed in BE Tourney to dropping 4 of last 5 and falling to middle of the pack in BE.

[CTWarrior]

This was the Villanova game in reverse.  We hit a few 3s early and started settling for the jump shot for much too long a stretch.  ND finished the first half on a 32-13 run.

[lab_warrior]

That collapse was aided quite a bit by the officials, who whistled McNeal for that ridiculous offensive foul, and the half ended up with ND shooting 17 FTs. 

[muhoops1]

Lab-

I agree the officiating was pathetic.  The "foul" on Matthews to foul out of the game?  These guys were on a different planet.  ND is beatable, and Fitz played like a 40 yr old at the Y. 

The only guy that had a worse game than Fitz was Jimmy Dykes for ABC...what a spaz.  That guy is a total moron.

[tower912]

Foul shots brought ND back, and foul trouble disruped our defensive pressure and offensive flow.   Officials dictated the outcome.