Notre Dame-Louisville Game Log

Pre Tip-off: Alright here we go... I've never done this before so it might be horrible. I also may get distracted. Feel free to leave comments to let me know you're here, and I'll try to get to them. Also, ignore the "read more".

And the tip: Louisville get the tip. Didn't even look like Hillesland tried.

Excellent opening defensive possession for the Irish. Unfortunately Luke just shot an airball.
19:27
Louisville scores, then steals off a bad pass on a full-court press. 5-0 L'ville
18:43
The Irish break the press, and Hillesland gets fouled. 5-2 L'ville
18:32
Half-hearted press by the Irish. 3 by Smith. Harangody gets two on the return. Padgett drives and scores. 10-4 L'ville.
18:10
Good defense by the Irish goes to waste as Clark puts back a shot emphatically. Goaltend not called down at the other end, and L'ville is fouled taking the ball the other way. Another 2 for the Cards, and then Gody gets two more. 14-6, L'ville.
17:10
L'ville moving the ball around well. Mcgee open at the top of the key for 3. Timeout ND. This isn't looking good. 17-6 L'ville
16:04
Sorry, reformatting took me away from the game for 40 seconds. L'ville missed a 3, then Harangody made a 2, and then once ND got the ball back, they missed a shot, and a foul was called on Kurz on the rebound. Under 16 TO. 17-8, L'ville
15:24
Doing a spot on white suits... I can't believe that this is what they could come up with.
Back from the timeout... L'ville jumper clanks off the rim. No ability to penetrate inside, and then TJ airballs a 3. 17-8 L'ville.
14:38
Why can't we penetrate like L'ville? Williams makes another statement dunk, followed by another pick-off and another L'ville 3. This is slightly depress. ND TO. 22-8
14:06
And we're back to reality, as Peoples turns the ball over. Luckily, L'ville thinks they can do everything inside and take a bad shot. Then Gody is left alone for the two. Again with the overconfidence as they miss an alley-oop. Kurz misses another three. ND not rebounding well. L'ville 3, Gody 2, L'ville 3, Gody 2. Frenetic pace isn't good for first time live blog. L'ville 3. Now 29-14, L'ville.
11:38
Ayers 2. L'ville now slowing it down. Another 3 at the end of the shot clock. Gody tries for two, misses, gets his own rebound, misses again, and then Kurz gets called for over the back. TV TO. Gody has 12 of ND's 16. 32-16, L'ville.
10:56
Finally a 3 point miss for L'ville, but Caracter there for the rebound. Gody has more made shots than the rest of the Irish has attempts. L'ville pokes the ball out. Running out of time, TJ airballs another. A quick L'ville miscue, followed by a bad K-Mac pass, another L'ville turnover. Kurz gets it underneath, then dribbles on the line. 34-16, L'ville.
9:18
Block by Gody out of bounds. Foul called on Gody. Airball by Caracter. Gody in trouble, kicks it out, bad drive by TJ. Caracter mishandles a pass, another turnover. Harangody hits a 2 from just inside the 3pt line. Sosa tries a 3, misses, and over the back called on Caracter. Under 8 TO. 34-18, L'ville.
7:34
While on this break, I'd just like to say that Gody is having another outstanding game. The Irish got a bad start, then spent some time trading 2s for 3s, which didn't work.
Irish inbound. Gody almost lost the ball, got it to Peoples, who made a nice dish to Kurz. Gody. defends well, and L'ville misses. Two straight misses for Gody. Clark runs into Gody, turns it over. Poor shot selection for the Irish, and foul on L'ville. K-Mac nails a floater on the inbound. Williams hits another 3. Not good. Kurz blocked on the drive. Smith tries a 3, but no such luck. Irish rebound. Took some time, then bad shot for K-mac. Padgett backs in, gets the easy two. This is looking like nightmare. Hillesland gets a kickout from Kurz, hits a two. Padgett misses on a tip, and the Irish drive down fast. Peoples slows it down. Kurz ends the with a bad miss on a bad shot. L'ville gets another 3. TO ND, their 3rd. 42-24, L'ville.
3:08
Ayers in-and-out, shooting just inside the arc. Padgett rolls in, clanks one of the rim. Long possession, bad miss for K-Mac. Ball goes out on the L'ville drive and turned over. Same score as before, Under 4 TO.
1:58
Turnover on the press by TJ, but thankfully Caracter turns it over as well. K-Mac misses with his floater, L'ville runs up the floor and misses a 3. Gody rolls in and misses, and the ball knocked out by L'ville. Under a minute left. Ayers hits the first Irish three of the game. Horrible half. Pellasio (sp?) walks under the basket. 28 seconds, Irish Ball. K-Mac Misses, put-back misses, Pellasio called for a foul on the rebound with 2.2 left. Zeller misses the last shot of the half. 42-27, L'ville.
First Half is over. I'm going to do the second half in a separate post.