By Brian Hamilton
NEW YORK -- There's just a lot of time on the hands of talking heads everywhere, which is why the Big East tournament tilt between Notre Dame and Seton Hall tonight is being framed as the most intense battle since Antietam.
The reality is far less stark, of course, though there are Selection Sunday chits at stake. Win, and Notre Dame should have little to worry about when the invitations start flowing in over the weekend. Lose, and those NCAA Tournament hopes aren't completely vaporized, but there will be some nerves to deal with.
Seton Hall needs the victory more, not solidly in anyone's projected tournament field at all. It should be an interesting conflict of style, the Pirates racing to 109 points just last night and the Irish now controlling tempo and demanding defensive patience from its foes.
Winner faces No. 2-seed Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Loser spends the next week or so convincing everyone it's not dead yet.
NEW YORK -- There's just a lot of time on the hands of talking heads everywhere, which is why the Big East tournament tilt between Notre Dame and Seton Hall tonight is being framed as the most intense battle since Antietam.
The reality is far less stark, of course, though there are Selection Sunday chits at stake. Win, and Notre Dame should have little to worry about when the invitations start flowing in over the weekend. Lose, and those NCAA Tournament hopes aren't completely vaporized, but there will be some nerves to deal with.
Seton Hall needs the victory more, not solidly in anyone's projected tournament field at all. It should be an interesting conflict of style, the Pirates racing to 109 points just last night and the Irish now controlling tempo and demanding defensive patience from its foes.
Winner faces No. 2-seed Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Loser spends the next week or so convincing everyone it's not dead yet.
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