Louisville Basketball: What Did Mike Brey Say About The Cards?
By Derek Snyder
We take a look at what Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey had to say about the Irish’s upcoming game against the Louisville Basketball team.
The Louisville basketball team has a huge conference game coming up on Wednesday night against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where the Cards will be looking for their first ACC win of the 2016-2017 season.
Just like the Cards, Notre Dame has a 12-2 record and looking to overcome Duke and North Carolina to win the ACC conference championship.
Fighting Irish head coach Mike Brey had a few things to say about the Cardinals in an article from the Indy Star. Check them out below.
Mike Brey Speaking On Needing The Fans Help Against Louisville
Take a look at what Mike Brey had to say about needing the Notre Dame fans on Wednesday night, according to Laken Litman from the Indy Star:
"“I’ll tell you one thing,” Brey said emphatically. “We need our fans. A 9 o’clock late game and the students not here is not an excuse. That’s not an excuse. We played Pitt the other day (over Christmas) break and it was rockin’ in that place. We’ve had success here against Louisville when the place has been rockin’. We don’t have our students, so we need our sixth man to help us. If they help us, we have a great chance of winning.”"
Brey is spot on about how crazy that environment in South Bend can be when the Notre Dame students are at their loudest. It truly is one of the toughest places that Louisville has to play every season and that’s a huge reason why the Cards tend to struggle there.
The crowd will be crazy on Wednesday night, therefore this Cardinals team has to rely on their veteran leadership to calm the ship when things start to get out of hand.