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I didn't think Clemson had any realistic chance of winning the game but they certainly played well enough to win...for most of the game.

The foul on Mooney that he converted into a four-point play with the game tied at 43 was beyond stupid. That play put the Fighting Irish ahead for the first time in the second half.

Then Clemson simply forgot to guard Pflueger.

As usual, it really boiled down to Clemson not making enough shots. In fact, I think Brownell said as much in his post game presser. They made just three of the first 14 shots which they did manage to overcome. They're getting good looks but, for whatever reason, they're not making those shots which explains why Clemson is 13th in the ACC in points per game with a 66.1 ppg average. Clemson was just 9 of 34 from behind the arc and missed 3 of 4 shots after cutting Notre Dame's lead to 54-52.

Like I said, in the last two to three minutes of the game, they just forgot how to defend and shoot.

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Feb 10, 2020, 4:10 PM [ in reply to Re: You misunderstood, as usual. ]

He has one major upset not just this year, but in his career - that’s Duke. It is his only career Top 5 win. If you mean wins games against clearly better opponents he does that every year - which makes his inability to avoid the disastrous loss that more aggravating. Complaining about using the RPI is complaining for its own sake. It was NCAA metric for years and historical numbers are still readily available. Yes, good teams lose to bad in basketball more than in football. But I don’t believe with the regularity Brownell does. Losing those games is why we don’t more consistently make the NCAA. That is the minimal goal - even JK has said so. So comparing ourselves to team that don’t make the NCAA is pointless. Teams that do make the NCAA, more importantly coaches who consistently make the NCAA, do not make a habit of losing these types of games. In all of the seasons listed we won games against better teams than those listed. Most seasons we won more games against much higher ranked teams than these total losses. I only went through 5 years but I imagine it would be consistent over the remaining seasons. We are good enough to win these games. Even if it is the norm to lose some of these you shouldn’t be losing to sub-100 rpi teams - no matter how you try to dismiss the metric. Not coincidently, the only year we made the tournament is the year we didn’t lost to a sub-100 team. Apologizing for losing that kind of game is simply accepting never ending mediocrity.

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You misunderstood, as usual.