Happy 100

While it may be hard to believe, the internet has allowed Charlie's Nasties to stay online for 100 posts. The milestone got the Nasties crew thinking which is cooler: 100 posts, or 100 hula hoops?

There are, however, other world news events than CN reaching 100 career posts. I'm talking of course about the Big East tournament, where Notre Dame will face off against Marquette in an important rubber match at 9:30 tonight. Seton Hall took the Golden Eagles down to the wire last night; the Pirates got the score to 57-54 with five minutes left, but they failed to score the rest of the game and ended up loosing 67-54. Seton Hall made Marquette work for their points, fouling them anytime they had an easy shot. This ended up costing Seton Hall; 3 of the 9 players on their roster (all big men) ended up fouling out early into the second half. The strategy did keep the game close mainly because Marquette only hit 20 of their 35 FT attempts (57%). Irish fans can take some comfort after watching Marquette's poor performance at the charity stripe, but it should also be noted that they dominated Seton Hall on the glass, out rebounding them 52 to 29. ND will have to establish themselves in the paint if they want to be successful tonight.

Recently named Big East Coach of the Year, Mike Brey, had this to say about facing Marquette (article courtesy of the beloved Observer):

"I think we have great energy and great momentum," Brey said. "This group is really excited. We're going in with a lot of juice."

Juice? That was a good one! Go Irish! Beat Eagles!