On Charel Allen, who is also from Pittsburgh, and what she brings to the Fighting Irish “Shes a great player.
She’s a slasher who can get to the basket, has an outside game. She’s a complete player. I know for her going home to Pittsburgh, she scored over 3000 points in high school. Her name is out there. People are supporting her back home, too. Notre Dame is much more athletic than they used to be in the past, and they’re using that athleticism. They run a great transition game. They get up and down the court. They look to score early. They run four guards out, a post in, at times. She’s a huge part of their offense. A lot revolves around her. They set her up off of ball screens and face screens. They like to take people to the basket and get to the free throw line a lot. She’s a big part of that.” On the tip-off time being 9 a.m. California time “We did it last year. We were in the first game last year. We’re going to come out late Thursday and try to have at least a couple of days to adjust to the time change. We’re going to have early morning practices for two days. By the time Sunday rol
