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This was a big win for the Irish - Pomeroy pegged them as an 11-point underdog going into the game - and effectively turns the rest of their Big East season from playing for a Big East tournament bye to playing for a double-bye (i.e. a top-4 seed).
The main reason I wanted to look at the game is because of Notre Dame's "burn" offense, which shortens the game by stalling until 10 seconds or so remains on the shot clock for each offensive possession. For the game, the Irish averaged an amazing 29.2 seconds per possession, and they sucked Pitt into this pace: the Panthers averaged more than 20 seconds on their offensive possessions. The end result was a 48(!)-possession game. Contrast this with the last Pitt game I looked at (vs. Syracuse), when Pitt punished the Orange by getting scores early in the shot clock.
To put that in perspective, the slowest-paced team in college this season, the Wisconsin Badgers, averages 58 possessions per game and hasn't played a game with less than 50 possessions all year.
The Irish were led by a hot shooting night from Carleton Scott (5/6 3FG), and forced a defensive mismatch by isolating Ben Hansbrough. Additionally, the normally sharp-shooting Pitt guards struggled from behind the arc: Ashton Gibbs leads the team in 3FG%, but was 1-5 tonight, and Gilbert Brown - a 41% shooter himself - was 1-4. I wonder if Notre Dame's size across the backline [Hansbrough 6'3", Abromitis 6'7", Scott 6'8"] had something to do with that?
The fancy-pants stats package is after the jump.
TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Notre Dame PITT . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Pace 24 24 48 Points 23 33 56 28 23 51 Effic. 94.6 137.8 116.3 115.2 96.0 105.9 eFG% 50.0 72.2 60.3 50.0 43.2 46.7 TO% 16.5 25.1 20.8 12.3 20.9 16.6 OR% 14.3 55.6 30.4 37.5 53.8 44.8 FTA/FGA 14.3 55.6 33.3 34.8 36.4 35.6 Assist Rate 75.0 45.5 57.9 77.8 22.2 50.0 Block Rate 15.4 11.8 13.3 18.2 10.0 14.3 Steal Rate 0.0 8.4 4.2 8.2 8.4 8.3 2FG% 27.3 70.0 47.6 30.8 47.1 40.0 3FG% 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 20.0 40.0 FT% 66.7 70.0 69.2 62.5 50.0 56.2
INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS Notre Dame Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts Nash, Tyrone 36 17.7 98.7 6.3 36 90.9 6.5 +0.1 Abromaitis, Tim 35 3.6 211.6 2.7 36 128.7 9.3 -2.8 Scott, Carleton 43 16.6 173.6 12.4 42 97.5 8.2 +4.8 Martin, Scott 44 23.1 74.7 7.6 42 105.7 8.9 -2.2 Hansbrough, Ben 47 40.9 118.9 22.9 46 97.0 8.9 +9.1 Atkins, Eric 26 2.6 220.8 1.5 28 97.0 5.4 -1.6 Cooley, Jack 9 5.1 200.0 0.9 10 87.1 1.7 -0.2 TOTALS 48 119.7 54.2 48 102.0 49.0 +6.8 PITT Off % Pts Def Pts Player Poss Poss O.Rtg Prod Poss D.Rtg Allow Net Pts BROWN, Gilbert 41 22.3 143.1 13.1 41 118.2 9.7 +2.8 ROBINSON, Nasir 37 16.1 112.4 6.7 35 105.6 7.4 -0.1 McGHEE, Gary 28 18.7 111.2 5.8 28 121.8 6.8 -0.8 GIBBS, Ashton 38 24.5 78.5 7.3 38 129.7 9.9 -3.7 WANAMAKER, Brad 43 28.7 83.6 10.3 43 93.4 8.0 +0.5 WOODALL, Travon 26 10.9 77.8 2.2 26 88.7 4.6 -1.4 TAYLOR, Dante 17 9.9 81.3 1.4 17 120.4 4.1 -1.7 PATTERSON, Lamar 7 0.0 - 0.0 8 137.5 2.2 -2.2 ZANNA, Talib 3 0.0 - 0.0 4 175.0 1.4 -1.4 TOTALS 48 100.6 46.8 48 112.7 54.1 -6.6
HD BOX SCORE
Notre Dame vs PITT
1-24-11 7:00 PM at Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Final score: Notre Dame 56, PITT 51
Notre Dame Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Nash, Tyrone 29:17 + 9 5/44 1- 2 0- 0 3- 5 2/29 2/14 0/36 2/36 1/21 1/17 3/22 2
Abromaitis, Tim 29:15 - 9 2/36 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 0/27 0/12 0/36 0/35 1/22 1/17 1/20 1
Scott, Carleton 34:20 + 7 16/51 0- 5 5- 6 1- 1 11/36 0/13 0/42 0/43 1/24 3/21 6/24 2
Martin, Scott 36:43 + 9 10/53 0- 4 3- 6 1- 2 10/36 1/15 0/42 1/44 0/29 0/21 1/29 2
Hansbrough, Ben 38:56 + 7 19/56 7- 8 1- 6 2- 3 14/38 7/11 1/46 5/47 0/28 1/22 3/29 3
Atkins, Eric 21:57 + 0 2/28 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/22 1/ 8 1/28 0/26 0/17 0/14 0/18 0
Cooley, Jack 09:32 + 2 2/12 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1/ 7 0/ 3 0/10 0/ 9 1/ 9 0/ 3 1/ 8 2
TOTALS 40:00 56 10-21 9-18 9-13 39 11/19 2/48 10/48 4/30 7/23 16/29 12
. 0.476 0.500 0.692 0.579 0.042 0.208 0.133 0.304 0.552
PITT Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
BROWN, Gilbert 35:06 - 6 13/41 2- 3 1- 4 6- 6 7/38 1/12 0/41 0/41 2/18 4/26 2/19 2
ROBINSON, Nasir 30:04 - 2 4/38 1- 4 0- 0 2- 4 4/37 1/13 1/35 1/37 0/14 4/26 1/16 3
McGHEE, Gary 25:30 - 4 5/29 2- 4 0- 0 1- 4 4/29 0/10 0/28 0/28 1/13 3/19 4/13 1
GIBBS, Ashton 33:21 -10 9/38 3- 8 1- 5 0- 0 13/39 2/10 0/38 2/38 0/17 1/27 0/16 2
WANAMAKER, Brad 35:38 - 3 12/45 3- 8 2- 4 0- 0 12/39 3/11 2/43 3/43 0/19 0/26 5/22 1
WOODALL, Travon 18:55 + 4 6/29 0- 0 2- 2 0- 0 2/20 2/ 7 1/26 2/26 0/12 0/12 1/15 2
TAYLOR, Dante 13:25 + 1 2/22 1- 3 0- 0 0- 2 3/13 0/ 5 0/17 0/17 0/ 7 0/ 8 2/ 8 1
PATTERSON, Lamar 05:22 - 1 0/10 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 7 0/ 3 0/ 8 0/ 7 0/ 3 0/ 4 0/ 4 2
ZANNA, Talib 02:39 - 4 0/ 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0/ 3 0/ 1 0/ 4 0/ 3 0/ 2 0/ 2 1/ 2 0
TOTALS 40:00 51 12-30 6-15 9-16 45 9/18 4/48 8/48 3/21 13/29 16/23 14
. 0.400 0.400 0.562 0.500 0.083 0.167 0.143 0.448 0.696
Efficiency: Notre Dame 1.167, PITT 1.062
eFG%: Notre Dame 0.603, PITT 0.467
Substitutions: Notre Dame 22, PITT 24
2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Notre Dame 0-1, PITT 1-1
Layups/Tips: Notre Dame 7-10, PITT 6-13
Jumpers: Notre Dame 3-10, PITT 5-16
Fast break pts (% FG pts): Notre Dame 0 (0.0), PITT 0 (0.0)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Notre Dame 7 (350.0), PITT 4 (100.0)
Seconds per poss: Notre Dame 29.2, PITT 20.8
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