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| Notre Dame steals Elite Eight spot from Wisconsin |
But already again, he had to watch his Irish appear from abaft afterwards a poor cutting bisected and arrange a agitated accomplishment to survive. No. 6 berry Notre Dame exhausted No. 7 Wisconsin 61-56 to beforehand to the Fighting Irish’s additional afterwards Elite Eight. Notre Dame led for just 2:13 of the bold — but it was the a lot of important part.
“Maybe there’s some afterlife complex in this thing,” arch drillmaster Mike Brey said.
With Wisconsin arch by one and 19.5 abnormal to play, Irish bouncer Demetrius Jackson blanket the brawl from Badgers brilliant Nigel Hayes and denticulate an simple layup.
Irish advanced V.J. Beachem afresh affective a backlash off a Bronson Koenig absent layup, and added two chargeless throws. Jackson grbabed addition abduct and two chargeless throws of his own to allowance a a lot of doubtful win.
After starting the bold 1-for-10 from the field, Jackson denticulate 10 credibility in the final four account of the game.
"That affectionate of sums up madness, just aerial around, accomplishing whatever it takes to win the game," Jackson said. "I'm so beholden to be able to go back, abide to put the jersey on, abide to play and represent our university."
Perhaps Brey knew the Irish had luck on their ancillary — on Good Friday, no less; absolutely the continued two-point jump attempt Jackson launched backward had to advance that. It bounced off the rim, went boundless and swished through the net.
After a bold abounding with bad bounces and absent layups, the game’s a lot of absurd attempt fell.
“The Irish don’t lose on Good Friday or Easter Sunday,” Brey told his aggregation in the locker room. “Can I get an Amen?”
Zach Auguste aswell hit two big chargeless throws late, hitting both afterwards Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ befuddled out afterwards a clutter on the cloister with 46.5 abnormal left. That gave Notre Dame a 55-53 lead. Auguste accomplished the bold with yet addition double-double.
Notre Dame blanket the win from the butt of the Badgers, who thoroughly outplayed the Irish for abundant of the game, the aboriginal bisected in particular. Notre Dame’s 19 first-half credibility were its everyman point absolute of any bisected this year.
"We were laughing, I said, gosh, we can't play any worse," Brey said, absorption on a lot of of the game. "Guys were affectionate of laughing, and I said we'll play better. I said we've consistently been abundant in additional halves. Down the amplitude from 12 min -- I said, fellas, they're traveling to feel us coming. We're coming. That's what we've done all year, not alone in this tournament. We're traveling to get this to a bold situation. Keep plugging."
Once again, Brey and his players fabricated the all-important second-half adjustments to cull off a a lot of blood-tingling victory. Wisconsin contributed with poor cutting and bad turnovers down the stretch, too.
Notre Dame will face North Carolina on Sunday with a cruise to the Final Four at stake.
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