The Irish close with Depaul, SJU and USF. Man did they get a gift with

[79Warrior]

that scheduling. Pretty much the bottom of the conference.

[WashDCWarrior]

Just means they did their hard work earlier in the year.  I still don't think they are more than the fifth best team in the conference.

[Norm]

The big difference was who both teams played on the road. Both ND and MU lost @ UConn and @ Louisville and both won @ Seton Hall and @ Villanova. However, ND got to play 3 of the 4 worst teams (as of now) on the road, @ Rutgers, @ DePaul and @ S. Florida, while MU only played 1 of the worst 4 on the road, @ St. John's. Big difference was MU had to play West Virginia, Cincinnati and Syrace all on the road, while ND got these middle of the pack teams at home.

[ecompt]

Goat Boy is a beast, and McAlarney is very dangerous from long range, but I think in the second round of the tournament ND presents us fewer problems than the other big three in the conference.