I come back to this video every so often to just remind myself of how good we were back then and how I really hope some day in the near future we will be good like this team. Irish fans miss you Grant, Auguste, Vasturia, Connaughton, Colson, Jackson, and everyone else 😔☘️
In my opinion this was the game of the year and one of the best games we have seen in the last few years. I've always hated Notre Dame buy after that performance they have earned mad respect from me.
This was so heart breaking because nobody gave us a chance nobody believed in us Notre dame men's basketball rose back to the NCAA tournament and went to the elite 8 first time since 1979 I'm so proud of this team these boys gave me a season filled of memories that will last a lifetime they all became like brothers to me and I'm so proud of coach Brey losing his mother during the tournament and really made me proud to see him coach like his this entire year so guys hold your heads up we will be back next season I say thank you for making tnis year so special I love you guys and all I can say is thank you and good luck to Wisconsin Badgers lets beat those blue devils.
My dad went to Notre Dame and I went to Arizona. We were begging for an Arizona Notre Dame final four. I think it would have been just as epic as this game was and I was flying up to Vegas where my folks live for the final four. This loss actually made me angrier than the Arizona loss since Dekker and Kaminsky were hitting lights out contested 3s and I sadly knew it was over.
This was the most heartbreaking sports moment for me, because Notre Dame (as it always seems in big games across multiple sports) had a top team on the ropes before losing in the final seconds. This tournament run is really going to help Notre Dame, though, and hopefully they can achieve a bit more depth with successful recruiting. Certainly tough to replace Connaughton and Grant, but Mike Brey has always been able to find a way. I am so proud of you guys and what you were able to accomplish. There are no moral victories, but you guys put it all on the table. So don't hang your heads, hold em up high! GO IRISH!
It hurt really bad for me too. I really wanted to see a Notre Dame Arizona final four so bad. My Dad is an ND alum and I'm an Arizona alum. Still a huge Irish fan, but that would have been one helluva game had they met in the final four.
This was a good game and a great learning experience for Kentucky. This was the first time in several weeks they were pushed to the brink of defeat. They've got a week to work on the issues they had in this game and get prepared for the Final Four rematch with Wisconsin. It will be a dandy, that's for sure.
Dont know why everyone is mad at grant when you have to remember he has been the leader of this team, he is the main reason for ND winning because he gets everyone open shots. I have no problem with jerian grant taking the last few shots and as a die hard ND i will truly miss him and pat connoughton next year. GO IRISH
I have never been so happy AND sad over a win. Yes, I am a UK fan. But Notre Dame played their hearts out that night. I'll never forget being relieved that we won even tho a few of our guys just seemed to be off that night....but feeling so bad for Notre Dame because they played like a team that WANTED it. Good luck to them this coming year! Hope to meet you again on the court!
ND could have won it all that year. If ND didn't play Grant virtually the entire game, he wouldn't have been short on his shots going down the wire. This game will always be what should have been...
People can complain about questionable calls all they want, but Notre Dame really shot themselves in the foot in the final two minutes. They had the ball with a two point lead, then with the score tied, and both times they just let the shot clock nearly run out before jacking up a three. Meanwhile, when Kentucky was down two, they worked the ball inside to Towns and he tied the game. Then Andrew Harrison drove the ball and drew contact to hit the winning free throws. I was rooting for ND, but UK had the smarter game plan in the final two minutes, thus the smarter team won.
Notre dame to me had the most impressive performance in the tourney in 2015. To almost take out a team that was so much more talented and big was way too impressive. One of my all time favorite teams. They need to bring back the vault of the ncaa tournament and post this game because recently there have been some legendary games.
It's not his fault, it was a great game first of all. Also no one else wanted to take those shots whenever someone else got the ball they would always give it to back to Grant, I'm even saying that as a ND fan
It wasn't just Grant it was the whole team. The whole game everyone was cutting, making a screen passing, getting open. The final two possessions everyone just seemed to stand around.
Heartbreaker, great game Irish. That was the only full game I watched in this years tournament and it was the best. ND Will be back! Young team great coach great school!!
I'm a diehard ND fan and this one hurt because if ND had some more bench depth no doubt in my mind they could've won the championship. Hats off to Kentucky this game hurts to watch but what a fantastic team Kentucky was. Think about all of that nba talent
The last shot at the end? That my friends is how you play defense! Willie Cauley-Stein, Andrew Harrison, and Trey Lyles making sure that Grant could not get a good shot to go.
I was at this game. In my life I have never experienced a live sporting event like this one. The feeling of getting that win after what was supposed to be a perfect season was incredible. I followed it up with a trip to Indy for the Final Four. As high as that win made me feel, the loss to Wisconsin was the exact opposite. I haven't watched Kentucky Basketball the same since. No two games will give me a high and low like those two did.
This game was one of the greatest tournament games of all time as a notre dame fan it still hurts watching these highlights for some reason i still feel joy seeing grant hit the three to take the lead and still pain when he misses at the buzzer
3 missed 3 pointers by grant was the difference no doubt about it. Should've moved the ball around more and maybe should've got it to the rim for a contact foul, but apparently brey or grant thought otherwise. First three pointer by grant was clutch, and I CANNOT believe notre dame had the ball up by 2 with a minute and a half to go and could not score on THREE more chances. Kentucky was a tough team but the game was in note dames favor until grant missed his first of three three pointers with about a minute and a half. Tough game to swallow to this day for Irish fans.
Ironically, the final score of this game is identical to a game at US Bank Arena on November 29, 1999, a Dayton victory over Kentucky. I was a Kentucky fan that night
Wfitz26 Toughest since before their cupcake conference schedule. They had games vs UCLA and Kansas who they dominated but were still good teams then they had closer games vs Louisville and North Carolina.
@@DibbyDibbyDog I was just asking my pops about this, when was the last time yall made it to the tournament? Its weird not seeing Notre Dame in the big dance, especially since yall still got a great coach.
I hate how people say "we are going to be better than uk because of one and dones" . Last time I checked every one stayed from last years natl runner up team besides two. And this year I think only a few will leave as well, I'm think KAT and Willey Cauley and maybe trey. I don't think the twins will go quite yet just because I don't think they are nba ready, but I think next years team won't go undefeated but I think they will have a really good stable team next year too. I give a lot of credit to john caliparie working around all the great players he has.
Had to be honest here. I had ND out by the first round on my bracket since I thought it was an easy 3-14 upset. Apparently I picked the wrong 3 seed since Baylor got beat by RH Hunter’s team. Still shocked tho they went all the way to the regional final and almost beat UK. Just imagine if that happened instead of Wisconsin ending that streak.....
it didn’t have anything to do with how good or bad wvu was. i mean this game isn’t an indicator. it was all psychological for that uk team at that point. they were mentally drained. they played like they did against wvu because of the trash talk by the wvu players leading up to that game. wvu got their attention is all. notre dame and wisconsin stayed mostly pretty quiet leading up to their games against kentucky. and i think kentucky let their guards down. i didn’t think uk played all that great in the tournament with the exception of the wvu. that was probably the best they played all season. i’m a uk fan and after the first game of the tournament i could tell we weren’t winning it. the killer instinct they had all season seemed to be gone and they looked like they just wanted it to be over. that’s the pressure of carrying an undefeated record that late in the season.
This will be a classic College basketball game. I mean this was college basketball at it's finest. As a Kentucky fan, Notre Dame played great, and honestly were one point away several times throughout the game from finishing off Kentucky. Kentucky did what they had to do to win it at the end though. Say what you want about Kentucky, but they were not overrated. Duke and Wisconsin may have been underated, but Kentucky beat the ACC's best in this game. Duke lost to Notre Dame twice just as a reminder.
I know...what's the deal with that?? Each arm pointing in opposite directions LOL I have to say it was fun seeing Calipari sweat and get so flustered by Notre Dame. :-D
@ Nicholas Tirion. He's pointing to two different shot clocks? I don't think so. The shot clocks are not independent, they're synchronized. By the way, why don't you knock it off with the insults.
He's pointing to the shot clock on his left where the possession took place, and pointing to the right to signal it should be Kentucky's ball going to the rim on his right. Pretty easy.
Grant hits a lucky 3 ball, then decides he's going to take the rest of his team's shots. And the best player on ND, Vasturia, doesn't touch the ball again. Pitiful.
i think this was a sign of things to come for kentucky. they seemed like they were out of gas. they had a ton of pressure on them once they were the last undefeated team. it clearly took a psychological toll imo.
I am a Kentucky fan, I just want to say that your team is going to be really good next year. Notre Dame was the only team in the Mid-West bracket that really scared me because of how fluid their offense was. Also Jerian Grant is a future pro, there is no doubt about that. The only thing I disagree with your comment is the "true team players", we have 6 players that came back from last year. 4 Sophomores and 2 Juniors (one did not play yesterday, he tore his ACL in practice in December), but these 6 players that came back wanted to win a Championship. So we had players come back to get better and to win this championship. But it was a great game, one to remember for sure.
James Smith Very valid points, but with respect, I did not direct my comment to Kentucky, but yes I do agree. I respect those Kentucky players for coming back, but some big programs, like Duke, will be losing their big, literally big, freshmen like Jahlil Okafor.
ROTMGdrose I got you bro, but yeah we are going to lose a lot of players this year to the draft. Like the Twins, Karl Anthony Towns, and Willie are the main people but Coach Cal will just reload again. It seams like where always known as the "One and Done" team but yeah Duke is recruiting these type of players, and Kansas did it last year with Wiggins and Embied. But it was a good game and Notre Dame is the only team that has treat us with some class this year in the tournament, I respect you and Notre dame as well. Call me a fan
ND really should've won that game. If jerian didn't keep shooting like he did and played more tm ball they had that win. Had a better team vasturia and beachem were amazing!
itseman2 Wisconsin won't be easy, and whoever comes out of that other Bracket ( Duke, Gonzaga, Louisville, Michigan State) are all capable of beating Kentucky. Kentucky has to play the next two games great if they are to win.
DemandingWaffle | Fifa 15 Content & Gaming Tutorials! They played enough though. Louisville was #4 and got beat. Not only that, but they were held to only 1 assist. Who else played Louisville that well?
If UK would have played the Pick N Roll better it would have been a 10 point lead easy for UK but, the Pick N Roll kept ND in the game and UK off Balance -_- they will need to adjust better for Wisconsin (if they beat Wisconsin) there is no doubt in my mind that Duke or Michigan St Will not stand a chance will the adjustments UK can make.
There is a clip of this game I saw on facebook that I decided to save since you can no longer find it anymore. Its shows that Kentucky at 19 points shoots a 2 pointer and misses and they gave it to Kentucky for 21 points! I wonder if thats normal behavior to miss judge obvious shots that blatantly?? b/c it COMPLETELY clear he missed, and it;'s pretty funny there trying to get rid of the video.
Should have went into overtime, you NEVER see a foul call that late in the game when it's tied. Rigged, you know they can't have their precious kentucky taken out before the final four. Too much betting money on Kentucky to go further.
So you're saying there should be no fouls at the end of the game clearly it was an illegal blocking foul no doubt notre dame played great but stop being butthurt accept it
IWantMyVisionBack It wasn't a charge dude...clearly the other guy was sliding his feet, thus he wasn't fully set to take the charge. I know you are hurting, but lets be fair here, it was not a charging call. Notre Dame still had a chance to win and failed by missing the shot. Deal with it.
tom11zz884 You need to go see an eye doctor. His feet were on the floor both times. And are you going to ignore the fact that Harrison stepped on his feet? Both feet were on the ground when harrison stepped on his foot. Both feet were on the ground when harrison hit him with his shoulder. Big brother NCAA can't have Kentucky lose boo hoo. I don't care for either team.
UK great game on both ends what i do not understand is why should a three in the last seconds why not pass drive to basket for at least a chance for foul to ot smh.
If I was the ref I would have let that Harrison block slide, 16 seconds left in the game ,the game deciding by free throws with 6 seconds left to go to the final four that was trash dude let the players play
Daiyon Harden could have easily been an offensive foul on that last drive to the bucket by kentucky.. defender on notre dame had both feet planted outside the semi circle under the basket and cld legit draw a charge except it wasn't given..
+omnislasherfx I agree more with Daiyon...I would have let it go altogether. The game is tied. Let the players decide it, not a couple of garbage free throws. This was for the Final Four.
GreenDay1981 Again, if im the ref, I don't decide the game like this. I let the players decide it. I would not call anything unless it was a clear hack going up to the rim.
ndfaithful's_son That's why you're not a ref. It doesn't matter if there's 15 minutes or 15 seconds left in the game. Rules are rules and you call a foul when one is committed. It's not like ND didn't have a chance at the end. It was foolish of ND to even try drawing a charge in that situation.
Notre dame should of won by one that missed three from priveous play cost them wow so close they was right there but lost by 2 wow what a game they had em kentucky vs duke kentucky wind 40 0
He didn't have position. The block/charge call is one of the hardest to make in real time. The replay showed that the ref got it right. Jackson was set at first, but had to lean to make contact with Harrison.
TheWoodsworth The commentator said :"you can tell by the direction in which Jackson fell he leaned the wrong way" but I just don't see it other than it was on a full on charge...kind of like Harrison caught him about 2/3 on but looks like his feet are planted
Drew Houchin his feet were planted yes before contact tho..But Harrison side stepped him than u see jackson move his feet and lean in to Harrison if you look at his left foot when the contact is made its not planted
I don't care how close it was.. this game was over when the refs decided to call it like an NBA game. That "foul" on Vasturia towards the end that put Kentucky into the bonus.... are you kidding me???
Don't blame the Refs dude. Yeah we get to see a play in 6 different angles also in slow motion, these Refs get one opportunity in full speed. They do the best that they can, and last night it was well officiated.
Kentucky just too tall and athletic. Hard to get good looks against them. Guys have to have a quicker release against them. ND depended on 1 guy too much
i blame it on grant. He had a chance at the end but he got trapped. Also he kept shooting contested shots late in the game. He could have passed it to the guy aguste. Also they should've double teamed towns better. I also blame on officials. They didn't call some fouls that were clearly fouls. On the second to last play they should've called a charge or no call. The dude BARELY moved. The dude just elbowed him in the chest. It was also a huge travel. Look at the play. So Notre Dame sort of got robbed. It should've been an upset.
Great game... but Kentucky better bring it against Wisconsin. If they want to move on to the final they better bring their A game. Wisconsin wins close games so if Kentucky allows Wisconsin to keep it close. Look for Kentucky to lose.
Darryl Flinch , You act as if Kentucky doesn't know how to win close games also, like this one for example. Kentucky's had several close games this season and won them all. The same can't be said about Wisconsin.
GBeret83 Oh no don't get me wrong. I know Kentucky has won close games because they have great players and an excellent coach. My point is that Wisconsin is nothing to take lightly because they do have experience and as well as a smart coach. Wisconsin knows how to pull away on close games as well. Kentucky needs to get a ten point lead in the first half. Wisconsin is a second half team and so this will give Kentucky room to keep Wisconsin from catching up. Anyways it won't surprise me if it comes down to the end or that their are HORRIBLE FOULS called throughout this game. As I am sure you already know. The big bucks is Kentucky and Duke... Not to say it's rigged but it's a little obvious who they want in the Final. Wisconsin will have to play a perfect game especially if the refs are not in their side.
Grant got so selfish, hit one three then just kept trying to shoot them despite not needing a 3 at all. Never passed it or anything just hogged it. That's what you get Kobe
MrWicked61671 Give an example of the refs favoring Kentucky. Idiot. I suppose you only beat Northeastern in the first round cause of the refs or are the refs only to blame when you lose?
I looked through all these comments and I'm warning people right now, all the comments are about the "block/charge" and how ND fans think the refs cheated them because yeah.
+The Burger King They'd rather do that than wonder why their team wasted two possessions on last-second threes instead of trying to work the ball inside.
Jim Gorman Duke is trash and Okhafor is overrated. When they were getting their butts handed to them by Utah, the refs gave Utah's star point guard 3 fouls within 13 minutes of the first half. And even with him out, Utah was still holding their own.
IWantMyVisionBack Ok, I understand your point but Those three fouls were not the determination of the game. It's not like he's Utah's only decent player. If that were so, Utah would not be in the sweet 16 and a five seed. I don't think it's fair to say Duke is trash because of that when they have been great all season. Just my opinion
ND wins if the refs call a fair game and not allow Towns to throw his shoulder into any Irish player in his way to basket. If the refs called an offensive foul every time he did that and Towns would of fouled out 10 minutes into the game. I guess Ashley Judd blew the refs before (and after) the game. I guess that what she does these days since Hollywood no longer wants her.
That Kentucky team just finds a way to win even when they have an off night. Notre Dame played as good as a game as you could against them, and still lost by two points.......
Norte dame had a nice team that year and some nice uniforms you gave us a scare but my cats prevailed imo Norte dame could have won the natty that year they beat duke jerian Grant and pat would have beat Wisconsin
Beside the championship game, this had to be the best game of the tournament.
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The championship game wasn’t that good. This game and the Kentucky vs Wisconsin game were way better
I come back to this video every so often to just remind myself of how good we were back then and how I really hope some day in the near future we will be good like this team. Irish fans miss you Grant, Auguste, Vasturia, Connaughton, Colson, Jackson, and everyone else 😔☘️
Hello my friend. Do u have the full game? Thanx in advance!
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Dakota F they played it last night on CBS and maybe again today
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In my opinion this was the game of the year and one of the best games we have seen in the last few years. I've always hated Notre Dame buy after that performance they have earned mad respect from me.
Whyd you hate Notre dame?
Duke Wisconsin
This was so heart breaking because nobody gave us a chance nobody believed in us Notre dame men's basketball rose back to the NCAA tournament and went to the elite 8 first time since 1979 I'm so proud of this team these boys gave me a season filled of memories that will last a lifetime they all became like brothers to me and I'm so proud of coach Brey losing his mother during the tournament and really made me proud to see him coach like his this entire year so guys hold your heads up we will be back next season I say thank you for making tnis year so special I love you guys and all I can say is thank you and good luck to Wisconsin Badgers lets beat those blue devils.
My dad went to Notre Dame and I went to Arizona. We were begging for an Arizona Notre Dame final four. I think it would have been just as epic as this game was and I was flying up to Vegas where my folks live for the final four. This loss actually made me angrier than the Arizona loss since Dekker and Kaminsky were hitting lights out contested 3s and I sadly knew it was over.
This was the most heartbreaking sports moment for me, because Notre Dame (as it always seems in big games across multiple sports) had a top team on the ropes before losing in the final seconds. This tournament run is really going to help Notre Dame, though, and hopefully they can achieve a bit more depth with successful recruiting. Certainly tough to replace Connaughton and Grant, but Mike Brey has always been able to find a way.
I am so proud of you guys and what you were able to accomplish. There are no moral victories, but you guys put it all on the table. So don't hang your heads, hold em up high! GO IRISH!
It hurt really bad for me too. I really wanted to see a Notre Dame Arizona final four so bad. My Dad is an ND alum and I'm an Arizona alum. Still a huge Irish fan, but that would have been one helluva game had they met in the final four.
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Just think if that shot went in that would of been the greatest moment in College Basketball history. Even bigger than the Christian Laettner shot.
This was a good game and a great learning experience for Kentucky. This was the first time in several weeks they were pushed to the brink of defeat. They've got a week to work on the issues they had in this game and get prepared for the Final Four rematch with Wisconsin. It will be a dandy, that's for sure.
Dont know why everyone is mad at grant when you have to remember he has been the leader of this team, he is the main reason for ND winning because he gets everyone open shots. I have no problem with jerian grant taking the last few shots and as a die hard ND i will truly miss him and pat connoughton next year. GO IRISH
I have never been so happy AND sad over a win. Yes, I am a UK fan. But Notre Dame played their hearts out that night. I'll never forget being relieved that we won even tho a few of our guys just seemed to be off that night....but feeling so bad for Notre Dame because they played like a team that WANTED it. Good luck to them this coming year! Hope to meet you again on the court!
That Notre Dame team beat Duke (the eventual champions) twice that year. Once in the regular season and also in the ACC tournament.
ND could have won it all that year. If ND didn't play Grant virtually the entire game, he wouldn't have been short on his shots going down the wire. This game will always be what should have been...
People can complain about questionable calls all they want, but Notre Dame really shot themselves in the foot in the final two minutes. They had the ball with a two point lead, then with the score tied, and both times they just let the shot clock nearly run out before jacking up a three. Meanwhile, when Kentucky was down two, they worked the ball inside to Towns and he tied the game. Then Andrew Harrison drove the ball and drew contact to hit the winning free throws. I was rooting for ND, but UK had the smarter game plan in the final two minutes, thus the smarter team won.
...good deal!..thanks for putting the end of that game on there... I had to go over what happened again..it happened too fast last night..
Notre dame to me had the most impressive performance in the tourney in 2015. To almost take out a team that was so much more talented and big was way too impressive. One of my all time favorite teams. They need to bring back the vault of the ncaa tournament and post this game because recently there have been some legendary games.
Graham blew it for ND with his shot selection the final minutes but he's a hero if he makes those threes
It's Grant not Graham
He so did man
His name Is Jerian Grant
It's not his fault, it was a great game first of all. Also no one else wanted to take those shots whenever someone else got the ball they would always give it to back to Grant, I'm even saying that as a ND fan
It wasn't just Grant it was the whole team. The whole game everyone was cutting, making a screen passing, getting open. The final two possessions everyone just seemed to stand around.
Hello! Could u please upload the full game? I think it`s worth! Thanx a lot in advance!
Heartbreaker, great game Irish. That was the only full game I watched in this years tournament and it was the best. ND Will be back! Young team great coach great school!!
I'm a diehard ND fan and this one hurt because if ND had some more bench depth no doubt in my mind they could've won the championship. Hats off to Kentucky this game hurts to watch but what a fantastic team Kentucky was. Think about all of that nba talent
The last shot at the end? That my friends is how you play defense!
Willie Cauley-Stein, Andrew Harrison, and Trey Lyles making sure that Grant could not get a good shot to go.
1:34-1:56 that's your no.1 pick playing both ends of the floor.
I remember i had notre dame in the final 4 this year... man was i pulling for them hard! Great game
This was a really great game!..hats off to both teams and Coaches.
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Grant took five steps either way he walked.
Dude what a game but watch out for Wisconsin those lads are on fire from downtown R.I.P. Kentucky if they shoot like that against them.
It hurts me to know that we still didn't win it all 😅😫
This was a really good game! I think it's the best game of the tournament so far!
I was at this game. In my life I have never experienced a live sporting event like this one. The feeling of getting that win after what was supposed to be a perfect season was incredible. I followed it up with a trip to Indy for the Final Four. As high as that win made me feel, the loss to Wisconsin was the exact opposite. I haven't watched Kentucky Basketball the same since. No two games will give me a high and low like those two did.
This game was one of the greatest tournament games of all time as a notre dame fan it still hurts watching these highlights for some reason i still feel joy seeing grant hit the three to take the lead and still pain when he misses at the buzzer
3 missed 3 pointers by grant was the difference no doubt about it. Should've moved the ball around more and maybe should've got it to the rim for a contact foul, but apparently brey or grant thought otherwise. First three pointer by grant was clutch, and I CANNOT believe notre dame had the ball up by 2 with a minute and a half to go and could not score on THREE more chances. Kentucky was a tough team but the game was in note dames favor until grant missed his first of three three pointers with about a minute and a half. Tough game to swallow to this day for Irish fans.
Ironically, the final score of this game is identical to a game at US Bank Arena on November 29, 1999, a Dayton victory over Kentucky.
I was a Kentucky fan that night
Kentucky's first tough game of that season
Wfitz26 Toughest since before their cupcake conference schedule. They had games vs UCLA and Kansas who they dominated but were still good teams then they had closer games vs Louisville and North Carolina.
I remember crying this game as a kid cause I thought we were gonna lose
Jhugh lol I did two I was with my dad watching it and I was crying and when we lost to Wisconsin I threw a temper tantrum but rn we in sweet 16 #UK
Jhugh I did vs Wisconsin and I probably would’ve if we lost this one
I cried because I was a Notre Dame fan and I thought we were gonna make it to the final four but we blew it
@@DibbyDibbyDog I was just asking my pops about this, when was the last time yall made it to the tournament? Its weird not seeing Notre Dame in the big dance, especially since yall still got a great coach.
CellarDoorx06 we made it to the 2nd round a couple years ago but lost to West Virginia
Great respect for Mike Bray and Notre Dame. They played a great game and also displayed class afterwards. Up next; Wisconsin. GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!
Shame the game had to come down to free throws. Notre Dame was a few bad calls away from winning this..
I hate how people say "we are going to be better than uk because of one and dones" . Last time I checked every one stayed from last years natl runner up team besides two. And this year I think only a few will leave as well, I'm think KAT and Willey Cauley and maybe trey. I don't think the twins will go quite yet just because I don't think they are nba ready, but I think next years team won't go undefeated but I think they will have a really good stable team next year too. I give a lot of credit to john caliparie working around all the great players he has.
Had to be honest here. I had ND out by the first round on my bracket since I thought it was an easy 3-14 upset. Apparently I picked the wrong 3 seed since Baylor got beat by RH Hunter’s team. Still shocked tho they went all the way to the regional final and almost beat UK. Just imagine if that happened instead of Wisconsin ending that streak.....
I was hoping for an Arizona Notre Dame final four so bad. My Dad is an ND alum and I'm an Arizona alum. It would have been another classic game
On this night , I was in downtown Chicago , watching this ballgame at McDonald's .
As a wvu fan was hoping for a notre dame win or a uk blowout-makes us look even worse now
it didn’t have anything to do with how good or bad wvu was. i mean this game isn’t an indicator. it was all psychological for that uk team at that point. they were mentally drained. they played like they did against wvu because of the trash talk by the wvu players leading up to that game. wvu got their attention is all. notre dame and wisconsin stayed mostly pretty quiet leading up to their games against kentucky. and i think kentucky let their guards down. i didn’t think uk played all that great in the tournament with the exception of the wvu. that was probably the best they played all season.
i’m a uk fan and after the first game of the tournament i could tell we weren’t winning it. the killer instinct they had all season seemed to be gone and they looked like they just wanted it to be over. that’s the pressure of carrying an undefeated record that late in the season.
thats not a foul at 1:24..and at 1:55 it looks like the ball went out on UK before the shot clock expired
who cares it didn't matter at all
If only ND had a deeper bench this year because they had the best starting 5 by far but a very small bench
Still stings to this day
This will be a classic College basketball game. I mean this was college basketball at it's finest. As a Kentucky fan, Notre Dame played great, and honestly were one point away several times throughout the game from finishing off Kentucky. Kentucky did what they had to do to win it at the end though.
Say what you want about Kentucky, but they were not overrated. Duke and Wisconsin may have been underated, but Kentucky beat the ACC's best in this game. Duke lost to Notre Dame twice just as a reminder.
grant could have passed the ball in the final 2 minutes
lol Calipari is so confused at 1:59 about who has possession he's pointing in both directions at once.
I know...what's the deal with that?? Each arm pointing in opposite directions LOL I have to say it was fun seeing Calipari sweat and get so flustered by Notre Dame. :-D
@ Nicholas Tirion. He's pointing to two different shot clocks? I don't think so. The shot clocks are not independent, they're synchronized. By the way, why don't you knock it off with the insults.
He's pointing to the shot clock on his left where the possession took place, and pointing to the right to signal it should be Kentucky's ball going to the rim on his right.
Pretty easy.
Easy to figure out he’s pointing at the 0 on each shot clock
Patty Fastball (el Capitan) Connaughton should have been the shooter on last play...he wouldn't have been able to miss
Grant hits a lucky 3 ball, then decides he's going to take the rest of his team's shots. And the best player on ND, Vasturia, doesn't touch the ball again. Pitiful.
I predict the final score on april 4th to be Wisconsin 71 to wildcats 64
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I had Notre Dame beating Kentucky in this game too😭I was like 8 and just didn’t like Kentucky but still what a pick it would’ve been
I vivid night in Chicago , Illinois .
i think this was a sign of things to come for kentucky. they seemed like they were out of gas. they had a ton of pressure on them once they were the last undefeated team. it clearly took a psychological toll imo.
The tourney will be ours next year. With all the one and done's leaving and the true team players staying, we will make the final four.
Notre dame and kansas will be the best teams becuz there players are gonna return
I am a Kentucky fan, I just want to say that your team is going to be really good next year. Notre Dame was the only team in the Mid-West bracket that really scared me because of how fluid their offense was. Also Jerian Grant is a future pro, there is no doubt about that. The only thing I disagree with your comment is the "true team players", we have 6 players that came back from last year. 4 Sophomores and 2 Juniors (one did not play yesterday, he tore his ACL in practice in December), but these 6 players that came back wanted to win a Championship. So we had players come back to get better and to win this championship. But it was a great game, one to remember for sure.
James Smith Very valid points, but with respect, I did not direct my comment to Kentucky, but yes I do agree. I respect those Kentucky players for coming back, but some big programs, like Duke, will be losing their big, literally big, freshmen like Jahlil Okafor.
ROTMGdrose I got you bro, but yeah we are going to lose a lot of players this year to the draft. Like the Twins, Karl Anthony Towns, and Willie are the main people but Coach Cal will just reload again. It seams like where always known as the "One and Done" team but yeah Duke is recruiting these type of players, and Kansas did it last year with Wiggins and Embied. But it was a good game and Notre Dame is the only team that has treat us with some class this year in the tournament, I respect you and Notre dame as well. Call me a fan
James Smith Back at you, my friend. Who knows, Notre Dame v. Kentucky 2.0 in the tourney 2016!
I wish notre dame would of won
Notre Dame and Arizona for me, man. I'm an Arizona alum and still a huge ND fan. My dad went to ND and we wanted that final four so so bad
Notre Dame was the better team. Gave Kentucky fits all game long till about 1:40 to go in the game.
Notre Dame wasnt the better team...Ky was the better team by far but just didnt play well that game....
This game almost killed me that year.
ND really should've won that game. If jerian didn't keep shooting like he did and played more tm ball they had that win. Had a better team vasturia and beachem were amazing!
*38-0 to 40-0*
itseman2 getting a little cocky ay?
itseman2 Wisconsin won't be easy, and whoever comes out of that other Bracket ( Duke, Gonzaga, Louisville, Michigan State) are all capable of beating Kentucky.
Kentucky has to play the next two games great if they are to win.
ya you gotta remember Kentucky hasn't played to many great teams this year and a team like Wisconsin or duke will not be easy for them at all...
DemandingWaffle | Fifa 15 Content & Gaming Tutorials! They played enough though. Louisville was #4 and got beat. Not only that, but they were held to only 1 assist. Who else played Louisville that well?
Stephene Smith bro that was months ago and we all know Louisville was a pretty Sub par team back then
Man I remember watching this game. What a great game but Notre Dame got robbed with a bunch of calls.
Every year in the tourney the committee throw's they're best teams at Kentucky..
If UK would have played the Pick N Roll better it would have been a 10 point lead easy for UK but, the Pick N Roll kept ND in the game and UK off Balance -_- they will need to adjust better for Wisconsin (if they beat Wisconsin) there is no doubt in my mind that Duke or Michigan St Will not stand a chance will the adjustments UK can make.
I change my mind, this Kentucky team is very much beatable.
There is a clip of this game I saw on facebook that I decided to save since you can no longer find it anymore. Its shows that Kentucky at 19 points shoots a 2 pointer and misses and they gave it to Kentucky for 21 points! I wonder if thats normal behavior to miss judge obvious shots that blatantly?? b/c it COMPLETELY clear he missed, and it;'s pretty funny there trying to get rid of the video.
The only time to root for ND is when they play Kentucky. The Ky team is great, but the fans are arrogant and obnoxious. Thank you, Wisconsin.
+Colerain Fan Have you seen Dook fans?
It's called passion
Colerain Fan its called passion
Should have went into overtime, you NEVER see a foul call that late in the game when it's tied.
Rigged, you know they can't have their precious kentucky taken out before the final four. Too much betting money on Kentucky to go further.
So you're saying there should be no fouls at the end of the game clearly it was an illegal blocking foul no doubt notre dame played great but stop being butthurt accept it
cmpunk2002
No it wasn't. Go look at it again. He had his feet planted before Harrison hit him with his shoulder.
IWantMyVisionBack Notre Dame would have won had it gone to OT, which is why it was so important for Kentucky to win it in regulation.
IWantMyVisionBack It wasn't a charge dude...clearly the other guy was sliding his feet, thus he wasn't fully set to take the charge.
I know you are hurting, but lets be fair here, it was not a charging call. Notre Dame still had a chance to win and failed by missing the shot. Deal with it.
tom11zz884
You need to go see an eye doctor. His feet were on the floor both times. And are you going to ignore the fact that Harrison stepped on his feet?
Both feet were on the ground when harrison stepped on his foot. Both feet were on the ground when harrison hit him with his shoulder.
Big brother NCAA can't have Kentucky lose boo hoo. I don't care for either team.
I go for Louisville so I really hoped they were gonna lose and it was close
I think Duke and Kentucky are going to be in the championship.
Kaity Dunaway yup, me too
Good D willie Cayley stine. Don’t let him get the shot away
kingtucky really bro
UK great game on both ends what i do not understand is why should a three in the last seconds why not pass drive to basket for at least a chance for foul to ot smh.
If I was the ref I would have let that Harrison block slide, 16 seconds left in the game ,the game deciding by free throws with 6 seconds left to go to the final four that was trash dude let the players play
Daiyon Harden could have easily been an offensive foul on that last drive to the bucket by kentucky.. defender on notre dame had both feet planted outside the semi circle under the basket and cld legit draw a charge except it wasn't given..
+omnislasherfx I agree more with Daiyon...I would have let it go altogether. The game is tied. Let the players decide it, not a couple of garbage free throws. This was for the Final Four.
+omnislasherfx Not really. The ND defender did not have his feet set. Textbook blocking foul.
GreenDay1981 Again, if im the ref, I don't decide the game like this. I let the players decide it. I would not call anything unless it was a clear hack going up to the rim.
ndfaithful's_son That's why you're not a ref. It doesn't matter if there's 15 minutes or 15 seconds left in the game. Rules are rules and you call a foul when one is committed. It's not like ND didn't have a chance at the end. It was foolish of ND to even try drawing a charge in that situation.
Notre dame should of won by one that missed three from priveous play cost them wow so close they was right there but lost by 2 wow what a game they had em kentucky vs duke kentucky wind 40 0
That drive by Harrison at the end...he should have been called for an offensive foul. Looks pretty clear to me that Jackson had position.
He didn't have position. The block/charge call is one of the hardest to make in real time. The replay showed that the ref got it right. Jackson was set at first, but had to lean to make contact with Harrison.
TheWoodsworth The commentator said :"you can tell by the direction in which Jackson fell he leaned the wrong way" but I just don't see it other than it was on a full on charge...kind of like Harrison caught him about 2/3 on but looks like his feet are planted
WAPJ WEBBLOG every time you watch the replay, look at his feet when contacts made. The answer is clear then
Drew Houchin his feet were planted yes before contact tho..But Harrison side stepped him than u see jackson move his feet and lean in to Harrison if you look at his left foot when the contact is made its not planted
Jay Mar it sounds like you have found the answer
Best game of the tourney. Wisconsin choked big time vs duke. & duke wasn’t even any good.
I don't care how close it was.. this game was over when the refs decided to call it like an NBA game. That "foul" on Vasturia towards the end that put Kentucky into the bonus.... are you kidding me???
Don't blame the Refs dude. Yeah we get to see a play in 6 different angles also in slow motion, these Refs get one opportunity in full speed. They do the best that they can, and last night it was well officiated.
You don't need six different angles to prove that the officiating favored Kentucky much, much more than that of ND
lol what ever man, believe what you want to believe. It was well officiated, but haters gonna hate.
Kentucky just too tall and athletic. Hard to get good looks against them. Guys have to have a quicker release against them. ND depended on 1 guy too much
i blame it on grant. He had a chance at the end but he got trapped. Also he kept shooting contested shots late in the game. He could have passed it to the guy aguste. Also they should've double teamed towns better. I also blame on officials. They didn't call some fouls that were clearly fouls. On the second to last play they should've called a charge or no call. The dude BARELY moved. The dude just elbowed him in the chest. It was also a huge travel. Look at the play. So Notre Dame sort of got robbed. It should've been an upset.
Way to move your feet big man
They cheated so it should've been notre dame in final 4
26nba2ki6 nah
Google Plux yeah
26nba2ki6 nah
"cheated"
Nah
They the us, cause they ain't us!
GO Cats
GO ZACK AGESTE
Aiden Currie LOL YOU TRIED
Great game... but Kentucky better bring it against Wisconsin. If they want to move on to the final they better bring their A game. Wisconsin wins close games so if Kentucky allows Wisconsin to keep it close. Look for Kentucky to lose.
Darryl Flinch , You act as if Kentucky doesn't know how to win close games also, like this one for example. Kentucky's had several close games this season and won them all. The same can't be said about Wisconsin.
GBeret83 Oh no don't get me wrong. I know Kentucky has won close games because they have great players and an excellent coach.
My point is that Wisconsin is nothing to take lightly because they do have experience and as well as a smart coach.
Wisconsin knows how to pull away on close games as well.
Kentucky needs to get a ten point lead in the first half. Wisconsin is a second half team and so this will give Kentucky room to keep Wisconsin from catching up.
Anyways it won't surprise me if it comes down to the end or that their are HORRIBLE FOULS called throughout this game.
As I am sure you already know. The big bucks is Kentucky and Duke... Not to say it's rigged but it's a little obvious who they want in the Final.
Wisconsin will have to play a perfect game especially if the refs are not in their side.
Grant got so selfish, hit one three then just kept trying to shoot them despite not needing a 3 at all. Never passed it or anything just hogged it. That's what you get Kobe
Not even.
Im a kentucky fan, but Notre Dame got robbed with some of those calls at the end
You're not a Kentucky fan.
Joey Carnaggio Like what?
I'm a kentucky fan and notre dame played their hearts out and deserved that game but kentucky stepped up at the end
So true
MrWicked61671 Give an example of the refs favoring Kentucky. Idiot. I suppose you only beat Northeastern in the first round cause of the refs or are the refs only to blame when you lose?
Still a charge
I looked through all these comments and I'm warning people right now, all the comments are about the "block/charge" and how ND fans think the refs cheated them because yeah.
+The Burger King They'd rather do that than wonder why their team wasted two possessions on last-second threes instead of trying to work the ball inside.
DUKE!!!
PUKE!!!
Nd had Kentucky beat are comes Duke duke duke duke duke
Jim Gorman Duke is trash and Okhafor is overrated. When they were getting their butts handed to them by Utah, the refs gave Utah's star point guard 3 fouls within 13 minutes of the first half. And even with him out, Utah was still holding their own.
Gonzaga will beat duke
cmpunk2002
Let's see if the NCAA allows it.
IWantMyVisionBack Ok, I understand your point but Those three fouls were not the determination of the game. It's not like he's Utah's only decent player. If that were so, Utah would not be in the sweet 16 and a five seed. I don't think it's fair to say Duke is trash because of that when they have been great all season. Just my opinion
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I agree, Duke isn't trash but in my opinion they seemed better last year. So I was comparing the two.
ND wins if the refs call a fair game and not allow Towns to throw his shoulder into any Irish player in his way to basket. If the refs called an offensive foul every time he did that and Towns would of fouled out 10 minutes into the game. I guess Ashley Judd blew the refs before (and after) the game. I guess that what she does these days since Hollywood no longer wants her.
Christopher G. Stop hating
That Kentucky team just finds a way to win even when they have an off night.
Notre Dame played as good as a game as you could against them, and still lost by two points.......
Sorry 36 0
Actually Kentucky is 38 - 0.
Jephro Kimbo Now Kentucky is 38-1
refs cheated for uk
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Kentucky Cheaters continue on...
How do they cheat?
+Mark Gayer Butthurt?
Norte dame had a nice team that year and some nice uniforms you gave us a scare but my cats prevailed imo Norte dame could have won the natty that year they beat duke jerian Grant and pat would have beat Wisconsin