Notre Dame and Georgia Tech played a tight ACC men's basketball game on Tuesday night, with Micah Shrewsberry's Fighting Irish edging out the Yellow Jackets for a 71–68 home victory to move to 10–10 on the season.
Shrewsberry felt pretty good after his team pulled out a close league win ... that is, until he caught a stray text message from an anonymous fan that was sent during the game. Rather than block the number and delete it, the second-year Fighting Irish coach decided to share the text to members of the media during his postgame press conference.
"I was just walking in, grabbed my phone so I don' t have to go back to the locker room, and I got this text at 10:15. So obviously the game was still going. Whoever sent this, I appreciate you, thank you for being cool," Shrewsberry said, before reading a presumably censored version of the message.
"'WTF am I watching? Do you have any plays written up because holy 'S,' your team is unorganized as hell. What are they paying you for?'"
Notre Dame basketball head coach Micah Shrewsberry shared a text from an unknown number he received during Tuesday night's game... pic.twitter.com/9XpXJkl3u3
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Shrewsberry used the message, which drew raucous laughter from the room, as a lesson in humility.
"I'm glad it didn't have a name attached to it, but that right there fellas is a lesson in humility. Because as good as you feel, some people think you stink," he said.
The ACC men's basketball picture is a mess below a clear top three of Duke, Clemson and Louisville. At .500 with a 4–5 league record, Notre Dame is right in the middle of the muddled league standings, currently occupying the 11th spot in the 18-team conference.
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