2017-18 Notre Dame Basketball Notes 1
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 Fighting Irish Media Contacts Alan Wasielewski • [email protected] • 574-532-4167 Robby Hamman • [email protected] • 574-808-9575 2017-18 RESULTS 2017 NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/Result NOTRE DAME LOUISVILLE Rank Rank FIGHTING IRISH CARDINALS 2017-18: 13-4, 3-1 ACC N11 14/14 at DePaul FS1 W, 72-58 2017-18: 13-5, 3-2 ACC N13 13/14 ^Mount St. Mary’s ACCNetXtra W, 88-62 HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: David Padgett N16 13/14 Chicago State ACCNetXtra W, 105-66 CAREER RECORD: 494-244 / 23 CAREER RECORD: 13-4 / 1 RECORD AT UL: Same N20 13/12 ^vs. Chaminade ESPNU W, 83-56 RECORD AT ND: 395-192 / 18 ESPN2 NATIONAL BROADCAST NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL N21 13/12 ^vs. LSU ESPN W, 92-53 Play-by-Play: Rece Davis RADIO NETWORK N22 13/12 6/6 ^Wichita State ESPN2 W, 67-66 Analyst: Fran Fraschilla Play-by-Play: Jack Nolan N30 5/5 3/3 $at Michigan State ESPN L, 63-81 Analyst: LaPhonso Ellis D3 5/5 St. Francis Brooklyn ACCNetXtra W, 71-53 Broadcast also available on the See affiliates Page 8 - also on WatchND. WatchESPN app. tv and locally at WSBT-AM960/FM 96.1 D5 9/8 Ball State ACCNetXtra L, 77-80 D9 9/8 at Delaware CBS Sports Net W, 92-68 BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH VS. CARDINALS D16 18/18 &vs. Indiana FOX L, 77-80 (OT) Notre Dame leads the country in least amount of personal fouls committed per game with a 12.9 average. The D19 Dartmouth ESPNU W, 97-87 1 Irish are also third in the NCAA in terms of total fouls committed (232). D21 Southeastern Louisiana ACCNetXtra W, 86-50 Sophomore T.J. Gibbs and senior Matt Farrell are both ranked in the top 10 of the ACC assist/turnover ratio D30 *Georgia Tech ESPNU W, 68-59 2 statistcal ranking (all games). Only the Irish and Duke have two players in the top 10 of that category. J3 *NC State ACC Network W, 88-58 Mike Brey is the fourth-longest tenured head coach among power five conference teams - now in his 18th season at Notre Dame. Jim Boeheim (42), Mike Krzyzewski (38) and Tom Izzo (23) are the only other power five J6 *at Syracuse ESPN2 W, 51-49 4 conference head coaches with a longer tenure at their current institution. J10 NR/25 *at Georgia Tech ESPNU L, 53-60 There are only four players in the ACC avearging a double-double in league play, including senior forward J13 NR/25 20/18 *North Carolina ESPN L, 68-69 Martinas Geben. Geben is averaging 11.2 ppg and 10.0 rpg in five ACC games, joining Marving Bagley III J16 *Louisville ESPN2 7 p.m. 4 (Duke), Luke Maye (UNC) and Ben Lammers (Georgia Tech) as the four ACC players to average a double-double in league competition. J20 20/18 *at Clemson ESPN/ESPN2 4 p.m. Notre Dame has won the the last six meetings at Purcell Pavilion vs. Louisville, dating back to the 1993-94 J27 *Virginia Tech ESPN2 8 p.m. 6 season. The Cardinals’ last win at Notre Dame was a 85-82 overtime win on Feb. 26, 1994. J29 5/5 *at Duke ESPN 7 p.m. More weeks of game action expected to be missed by senior Bonzie Colson after fracturing a bone in his foot F3 *at NC State ESPN/ESPN2 12 p.m. on Friday, December 29. Colson was averaging 21.4 points, 10.4 rebounds and over two steals and two blocks 7 F6 *Boston College ACC Network 8 p.m. per game - the only college player to hit those averages this year and the only player to reach those averages since Sports Reference started tracking statistics in the 1992-93 season. F10 *Florida State ESPN/ESPN2 4 p.m. The four-year Notre Dame senior class (Bonzie Colson, Matt Farrell, Martinas Geben and Matt Gregory) has F12 15/14 *at North Carolina ESPN 7 p.m. 23 won 23 ACC home games over the past four seasons - the fifth-best total in the league. F17 *at Boston College ACC Network 4 p.m. Points-per-game average combined for Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell, who were both sidelined for the Syra- F19 25/23 *Miami (FL) ESPN 7 p.m. 37.3 cuse, Georgia Tech and North Carolina games with injuries. Farrell is expected back in the lineup vs. Louisville. F24 *at Wake Forest ACC Network 3 p.m. ACC victories over the past four years for Notre Dame, which as of Jan. 15, 2018, is tied for the third-most in the F28 *Pittsburgh ESPNU 7 p.m. 40 league over the past four seasons (Virginia 45 and North Carolina 42 rank ahead of the Irish, Duke also has 40). M3 2/2 *at Virginia ACC Network 4 p.m. The senior class of Bonzie Colson, Matt Farrell, Martinas Geben, Matt Gregory and Austin Torres (graduate M6 ACC Championship ESPN/ESPN2 TBA student) is three wins away from becoming the all-time winningest senior class in Notre Dame basketball 95 history. The 2016-17 and 2012-13 senior classes currently hold the record with 97 wins over a four-year span. M14 NCAA Championship TBA TBA See page 3 of this notes package for more details. ^ - Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Lahaina, Hawaii Mike Brey became the all-time Notre Dame men’s basketball coaching wins $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge, East Lansing, Michigan leader on January 3, 2018, with an 88-58 victory over NC State. & - Crossroads Classic, Indianapolis, Indiana * - Atlantic Coast Conference game rankings indicated are AP/Coaches Poll Coach Years Seasons W L T Games MIKE BREY 2000-current 18 395 192 0 587 395 Digger Phelps 1971-91 20 393 197 0 590 George E. Keogan 1923-43 20 332 100 1 433 2017-18 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball 2 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 2017-18 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATIONS No. Name Position Eligibility Height Wt. Hometown High School Nikola Djogo - Knee-Cola Joe-Go Juwan Durham - JUH-wan Durham 0 Rex Pflueger Guard Junior 6-6 206 Dana Point, CA Mater Dei Martinas Geben - Mar-TIN-ess Gebb-in 1 Austin Torres (C) Forward Graduate 6-7 235 Granger, IN Penn Rod Balanis - Rod Buh-LAHN-iss Ryan Ayers - Ryan Airs 3 D.J. Harvey Guard/Forward Freshman 6-6 1/2 220 Bowie, MD DeMatha Ryan Humphrey - Ryan HUMP-free 5 Matt Farrell (C) Guard Senior 6-1 175 Bridgewater, NJ Point Pleasant Beach Harold Swanagan - Harold SWON-uh-gan 10 Temple ‘T.J.’ Gibbs Guard Sophomore 6-3 188 Scotch Plains, NJ Seton Hall Prep Alan Wasielewski - Alan Waz-uh-lou-skee 11 Juwan Durham+ Forward Sophomore 6-11 1/2 215 Tampa, FL Tampa Prep TEAM INFORMATION 12 Elijah Burns Forward Junior 6-8 238 Troy, NY Blair Academy (NJ) Conference Atlantic Coast 13 Nikola Djogo Guard Sophomore 6-7 211 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Athlete Institute Prep Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion 21 Matt Gregory Forward Senior 6-8 204 Avon, IN Cathedral at the Joyce Center (9,149) 23 Martinas Geben (C) Forward Senior 6-10 252 Vilnius, Lithuania St. Maria Goretti (MD) Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Monogram Winners 25 Liam Nelligan Guard Senior 6-5 195 La Grange Park, IL Benet Academy Returning/Lost 9/3 33 John Mooney Forward Sophomore 6-9 248 Orlando, FL Lake Brantley Newcomers 4 First Season 1898 35 Bonzie Colson (C) Forward Senior 6-6 224 New Bedford, MA St. Andrew’s School (RI) Full Seasons 111 + - will sit out the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules All-Time Record 1860-999 (.651) NCAA Appearances/Record 36 / 39-40 (.494) Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey George Washington ‘82 395-192 (.675), 18th at ND First/Last NCAA Appearance 1953 / 2017 494-244 (.672), 22 career ACC Member 2013-14 - present Associate Head Coach Rod Balanis Georgia Tech ‘93 18th year at ND ACC Regular Season 46-31 (.597) Assistant Coach Ryan Ayers Notre Dame ‘09 Second year at ND ACC Tournament 8-4 (.667) Assistant Coach Ryan Humphrey Notre Dame ‘02 Second year at ND ACC Championships 1 - 2015 Director of Basketball Operations Harold Swanagan Notre Dame ‘02 Ninth year at ND Video Coordinator Eric Atkins Notre Dame ‘14 Second year at ND IRISH FOCUSED TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST LOUISVILLE NATIONAL RANKINGS The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team (13-5, 3-2 ACC) renews its rivalry with Louisville (13-4, 3-1 ACC) Tuesday evening in Purcell Pavilion at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The Irish will welcome back Matt Farrell to the lineup after the senior guard missed the last three 2017-18 ASSOCIATED PRESS 2017-18 USA TODAY COACHES full games (and 25 minutes of the NC State game) with a sprained ankle. POLL (Jan. 15, 2018) POLL (Jan. 15, 2017) The Irish will be looking to extend their Purcell Pavilion win streak over the Cardinals to five games. Louisville has not won at Notre 1. Villanova 1. Villanova 2. Virginia 2. Virginia Dame since a overtime three-point victory in 1994. 3. Purdue 3. Purdue 4. Oklahoma 4. Wichita State QUICK FACTS 5. Duke 5. Duke 6. West Virginia 6. Oklahoma • Notre Dame has collected 206 rebounds over the past five conference games - the most for the program in a five-game stretch since the 7.