It appears Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner is impressed with Notre Dame. Maybe a little too impressed.
In previewing the teams’ upcoming game in Atlanta, Pastner let be it known that he has taken note of the Irish’s effectiveness from 3-point range lately. Indeed, the Irish have made at least 10 3-pointers in each of their past four games while making 46.9 percent of those shots. However, he might have given the Irish more credit than they deserve when he dropped this quote:
“They’re like the Golden State Warriors, the way they play.”
Tom Noie, Notre Dame’s beat reporter for the South Bend Tribune, was not impressed with this in the least:
Come on, Josh…seriously?#NotreDame has been good offensively, but not THAT good.
Somebody’s wearing their face shield/mask a little too tight https://t.co/h03jaNYexy
— Tom Noie (@tnoieNDI) January 7, 2022
Noie has a point. While the Warriors have the greatest 3-point shooter of all-time in Steph Curry, no one on the Irish even ranks in the top 10 of 3-pointers made in the ACC. Even if that was the case, Pastner has his own 3-point weapon in Michael Devoe that he can counter with. Still, if Pastner wants to believe this, let him.