2018-19 Notre Dame Basketball Notes 1 2018-19 Schedule
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2018-19 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 2018-19 SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Network Time/Result 11/1 THU % Central State University ACCNet W, 76-54 11/6 TUE + UIC ACCNet 7 p.m. ET 11/8 THU Chicago State ACCNet 7 p.m. ET 2018-19 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL 11/14 WED + Radford ACCNet 7 p.m. ET NOTRE DAME UIC 11/17 SAT + William & Mary ACCNet 12 p.m. ET FIGHTING IRISH FLAMES 11/20 TUE + Duquesne ACCNet 7 p.m. ET 2017-18: 21-15, 8-10 ACC 2017-18: 20-16, 12-6 Horizon 11/24 SAT DePaul ACCNet 12 p.m. ET HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Steve McClain 11/27 TUE & Illinois ESPN 7 p.m. ET CAREER RECORD: 502-254 / 23 CAREER RECORD: 199-175 / 12 RECORD AT ND: 403-202 / 18 RECORD AT UIC: 42-60 / 4 12/4 TUE $ vs. Oklahoma ESPN 7 p.m. ET 12/8 SAT at #21/20 UCLA TBA 10:30 p.m. ET ACC NETWORK EXTRA NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL 12/15 SAT ^ vs. #24/22 Purdue CBS 1:30 p.m. ET Play-by-Play: Juan Jose Rodriguez RADIO NETWORK 12/18 TUE Binghamton ACCNet 7 p.m. ET Play-by-Play: Jack Nolan Analyst: Mike Lightfoot 12/20 THU Jacksonville ACCNet 7 p.m. ET Available anywhere the WatchESPN Analyst: Zach Hillesland 12/29 SAT Coppin State ACCNet 12 p.m. ET app is accessible. XM Channel 383, Notre Dame network affiliates, WSBT AM 960/FM 96.1 local 1/1 TUE * at #15/17 Virginia Tech ESPNU 1 p.m. ET 1/5 SAT * # 16/14 Syracuse Raycom 12 p.m. ET BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH VS. FLAMES 1/12 SAT * Boston College RSN 12 p.m. ET Notre Dame led the country in 2017-18 for personal fouls committed per game (13.1) and finished fourth in 1/15 TUE * at #8/7 North Carolina ESPN 9 p.m. ET 1 fewest fouls committed (470). 1/19 SAT * NC State Raycom 2 p.m. ET Returning starters for the Irish in 2017-18 (Rex Pflueger, T.J. Gibbs), matching the 2002-03 and 2009-10 seasons 1/22 TUE * at Georgia Tech RSN 7 p.m. ET 2 for the lowest in the Mike Brey era (2000-01 - present). 1/26 SAT * #5/5 Virginia CBS 1 p.m. ET Junior guard T.J. Gibbs logged 1,348 minutes in 2017-18, third-most in Notre Dame basketball history and the 3 10th-most in the NCAA for the 2017-18 season. His 704 minutes in ACC play also marked the second-most for an 1/28 MON * #4/3 Duke ESPN 7 p.m. ET ND player. 2/2 SAT * at Boston College RSN 2 p.m. ET UIC is the first of four first-time opponents for Notre Dame basketball this season (Radford, Oklahoma and Jackson- 2/6 WED * at Miami (FL) ESPN2/U 7 pm. ET 4 ville are the others). Mike Brey is 44-3 (.936) at Notre Dame in games featuring first-time program meetings and 2/10 SUN * Georgia Tech ESPNU 6 p.m. ET 129-37 (.777) against all first-time opponents at Notre Dame. 2/16 SAT * at #5/5 Virginia Raycom 2 p.m. ET Under Mike Brey, the Irish have earned four in-season tournament titles, the 2001 Hawaii-Pacific Thanksgiv- 4 ing Classic, the 2010 Old Spice Classic, the 2016 Legends Classic and the 2017 Maui Invitational. 2/19 TUE * Wake Forest ESPN2/U 7 p.m. ET 2/23 SAT * #15/17 Virginia Tech ESPN/2/U 4 p.m. ET The Irish have six players competing for Notre Dame for the first time this season - junior Juwan Durham and 6 freshmen Robby Carmody, Chris Doherty, Dane Goodwin, Prentiss Hubb and Nate Laszewski. Those six match 2/25 MON * at #17/15 Florida State ESPN 7 p.m. ET a Mike Brey-era high from the 2009-10 season. 3/3 SUN * at Louisville CBS 1:30 p.m. ET Notre Dame begins the 2018-19 season with a seven-game homestand - the longest for the program since 1986. It 3/6 WED * #22/23 Clemson ESPN2/U 9 p.m. ET 7 is the second-longest of the Mike Brey era, the Irish played six straight at home to begin the 2013-14 season. 3/9 SAT * at Pittsburgh Raycom 12 p.m. ET The Irish will be putting an eight-game in-season tournament win streak on the line Tuesday afternoon. Notre Dame won the 2016 Legends Classic, sweeping four games in the event and also posted four wins in the 2017 Maui 3/12 ACC Championship 8 Invitational (three on the island) to claim the program’s first Maui title. The school-record for consecutive in-season 3/21 NCAA Championship tournament victories is nine compiled from 1952-57. Rankings indicated are AP/Coaches Poll The freshman class of Robby Carmody, Dane Goodwin, Prentiss Hubb, Nate Laszewski and Chris Doherty was % - Exhibition 10 ranked 10th in the nation by ESPN - the highest recruting class rating of the Brey era. * - Atlantic Coast Conference game + - 2018 Gotham Classic The lack of returning playing time/statistics for Notre Dame in 2018-19 have much in common with 2002-03, & - 2018 ACC/Big Ten Challenge 24 2009-10 and 2012-13. Those three seasons the Irish won an average of 24.3 games, 10.3 conference games and $ - Jimmy V Classic (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY) earned three NCAA bids (see page 5 for more details). ^ - 2018 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) Notre Dame has seen 62 players reach the 1,000-point career plateau, which is tied for the fifth-most in NCAA 62 history. Since joining the ACC, six Irish players have reached 1,000 points (tied with UNC for most in the league) and 13 have reached 1,000 points since 2008-09 - the second-best total in the nation over that time frame. Notre Dame shot .758 from the free throw line in 2017-18, leading the ACC in team free throw shooting percentage 76 for the second consecutive season. The Irish led the ACC and the NCAA in free throw shooting in 2016-17 (.800). With 502 career wins, Mike Brey is the 11th active coach to reach that career milestone coaching at just one or two 502 institutions. See page 3 of the notes package for more details. Notre Dame’s new practice facility home, Rolfs Athletics Hall, boasts over 77,000-square feet of athletic training, 77,000 strength and conditioning, practice courts and team offices for the Irish men’s and women’s teams. The teams have been able to use the practice courts since the start of October and the facility will be completed in mid-November. 2018-19 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball 2 2018-19 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS 2018-19 NOTRE DAME ROSTER Ryan Ayers - Ryan Airs No. Name Pos Class Year Elig. Year Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Rod Balanis - Rod Buh-LAHN-iss Robby Carmody - Robby car-MOE-dee 0 Rex Pflueger (C) G SR 4 6-6 209 Dana Point, CA Mater Dei Nikola Djogo - Knee-Cola Joe-Go 3 Prentiss Hubb G FR 1 6-3 167 Upper Marlboro, MD Gonzaga Juwan Durham - JUH-wan Durham 5 D.J. Harvey G/F SO 2 6-6 225 Bowie, MD DeMatha Dane Goodwin - Dayne Goodwin Ryan Humphrey - Ryan HUMP-free 10 T.J. Gibbs (C) G JR 3 6-3 194 Scotch Plains, NJ Seton Hall Prep Nate Laszewski - Nate La-SHEH-skee 11 Juwan Durham F JR 2 6-11 223 Tampa, FL Tampa Prep Rex Pflueger - Rex - FLOO-grr 12 Elijah Burns (C) F SR 3 6-9 237 Troy, NY Blair Academy (NJ) Harold Swanagan - Harold SWON-uh-gan Alan Wasielewski - Alan Waz-uh-lou-skee 13 Nikola Djogo G JR 2 6-7 217 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Athlete Institute Prep 14 Nate Laszewski F FR 1 6-10 200 Jupiter, FL Northfield Mount Herman (MA) BREY ERA EXHIBITIONS 15 Chris Doherty F FR 1 6-8 225 Marlborough, MA Marlborough Year Opponent Outcome Score 23 Dane Goodwin G/F FR 1 6-6 203 Upper Arlington, OH Upper Arlington 2000 California AAU All-Stars W 98-68 24 Robby Carmody G FR 1 6-4 204 Mars, PA Mars Area 2000 International Select All-Stars W 89-71 2001 International Select All-Stars W 108-75 25 Liam Nelligan G GR 5 6-5 195 La Grange Park, IL Benet Academy 2001 EA Sports All-Stars W 95-70 33 John Mooney F JR 3 6-9 242 Orlando, FL Lake Brantley 2002 Illinois All-Stars W 107-77 Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey George Washington ‘82 403-202 (.667), 19th at ND 2002 EA Sports All-Stars W 81-64 502-254 (.664), 24th career 2003 Hoop Group W 88-76 Associate Head Coach Rod Balanis Georgia Tech ‘93 19th year at ND 2003 Illinois All-Stars W 97-88 (OT) Assistant Coach Ryan Ayers Notre Dame ‘09 Third year at ND 2004 St. Joseph’s (IN) W 80-67 Assistant Coach Ryan Humphrey Notre Dame ‘02 Third year at ND 2004 Quincy W 80-61 Director of Basketball Operations Harold Swanagan Notre Dame ‘02 10th year at ND 2005 Lewis W 59-40 Video Coordinator Eric Atkins Notre Dame ‘14 Third year at ND 2005 Quincy W 80-53 Athletic Trainer William ‘Skip’ Meyer Trenton State ‘74 40th year at ND 2006 Rockhurst W 79-44 Strength and Conditioning Tony Rolinski Penn State ‘91 9th year at ND 2006 Bellarmine W 85-57 Director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes Pat Holmes Notre Dame ‘79 16th year at ND 2007 St.