Basketball Team Moves Up

Notre Dame moved up from an 8 seed to a 7 seed in ESPN's practically meaningless bracketology page despite taking heavy beatings from Marquette and Georgetown in the last week. This is due mostly to a very helpful rise in ND's RPI, but what makes the losses causes for some concern is that after Marquette beat Notre Dame by 26, they were blown out by 20 at Louisville. Similarly, after Georgetown thumped the Irish, they were taken into overtime by Syracuse last night, proving that while these teams looked dominant against Notre Dame, they are by no means unbeatable teams, and arguably, they are not even superior in the Big East.

The bottom line is that Notre Dame's poor play on the road (to be fair, the entire Big East has experienced major difficulties on the road this season) has lead to the team getting blown out by teams that other schools in the conference have found a way to beat. The Irish should use their practice time wisely before squaring off at Villanova on Saturday; another disastrous road loss could begin to weigh in heavily when it comes to Selection Sunday.