It’s no secret that guard play is what takes teams far into the NCAA Tournament and Notre Dame basketball’s best guard, Demetrius Jackson, is peaking at just the right time. His play has guided the Irish to their first back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances since they went to three in a row in 1977, 1978 and 1979.
By now it has been well documented that Jackson’s offensive game sputtering going into the tournament, so I won’t bore you with stats. To his credit, Jackson wrote the ship in the first two tourney games against Michigan and Stephen F.