Notre Dame Men's Basketball Game Notes 1 2020-21 Schedule
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NOTRE DAME MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 2020-21 SCHEDULE Date Day AP C Opponent Network Time/Result 11/28 SAT 13 12 at Michigan State Big Ten Net L, 70-80 12/2 WED Western Michigan RSN cancelled 12/4 FRI 13 14 Tennessee ACC Network cancelled NOTRE DAME #11/11 FLORIDA STATE 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne cancelled FIGHTING IRISH SEMINOLES 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACC Network W, 78-70 2020-21: 9-14, 6-11 ACC 2020-21: 15-4, 11-3 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Leonard Hamilton 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 545-299 / 26 CAREER RECORD: 596-435 / 23 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS W, 64-63 RECORD AT ND: 446-247 / 21 RECORD AT FSU: 396-225 / 19 12/16 THU 21 23 * Duke ESPN L, 65-75 ACC NETWORK SERIES HISTORY 12/19 SAT ^ vs. Purdue ESPN2 L, 78-88 PLAY BY PLAY: Doug Sherman 4-6 | Home: 3-1 | Away: 0-5 | Neutral: 1-1 | ACC: 3-6 12/23 WED Bellarmine W, 81-70 ANALYST: Cory Alexander BREY VS. FSU: 4-7/4-7 Full series history available on page 2 of this notes package 12/30 WED 23 24 * Virginia ACC Network L, 57-66 1/2 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network L, 65-66 1/10 SUN 19 20 * at Virginia Tech ACC Network L, 63-77 BY THE NUMBERS: 2021 GRADUATE CLASS 1/13 WED 18 22 * at Virginia ACC Network L, 68-80 The career Notre Dame field goal percentage for graduate student forward Juwan Durham. That number 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network W, 80-70 .583 would rank second among all Mike Brey era players with at least 400 FGA, behind Jack Cooley’s (2009-13) .601 and ahead of Zach Auguste’s (2012-16) .562. 1/18 MON at Howard FOX cancelled Career blocks-per-game average at Notre Dame for Juwan Durham. He will finish his career third on the 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network W, 73-59 all-time career blocked shots list (behind Jordan Cornette and LaPhonso Ellis). He also joins Ellis and current 1/27 WED 20 19 * Virginia Tech RSN L, 51-62 2.09 assistant coach Ryan Humphrey as the only Notre Dame players to average over two blocks per game during their Irish careers. 1/30 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network W, 84-58 The team-best nine-game double-figure scoring streak for Juwan Durham entering Saturday’s game, the 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network W, 79-58 9 highest for the Irish this season and best run in Durham’s career. He also has reached double figures in 12 of 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network L, 80-82 his last 14 games played. 2/9 TUE * at Duke ACC Network W, 93-89 Career-best minutes-played-per-game average for graduate student forward Nikola Djogo in 2020-21. Djogo 18.6 is averaging a career-best 4.8 ppg and 3.2 rpg in his final year with the Irish. 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network W, 71-61 2/20 SAT * at Syracuse ACC Network L, 67-75 Career high points scored in a game by both seniors being honored today - Nikola Djogo and Juwan 21 Durham. Durham scored 21 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Feb. 15, 2020, while Djogo’s career-best came at 2/23 TUE * at Louisville ACC Network L, 57-69 Conte Forum in a victory over Boston College on Feb. 2, 2019. 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network L, 90-94 Shooting percentage increase for Nikola Djogo in his final year on the roster. Entering 2020-21 with a career 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network L, 69-80 23 .304 average, Djogo has become a clutch shot maker for Notre Dame and is shooting .530 this season. 3/6 SAT 11 11 * Florida State ESPN2 12 p.m. Nikola Djogo will be playing in his 100th game in an Irish uniform on Saturday afternoon, becoming the 31st 100 Notre Dame player during the Mike Brey era to reach 100 games played. 1/6 WED * Georgia Tech RSN PPD 2/17 WED * Clemson RSN PPD BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH vs. SEMINOLES 3/9 TUE ACC tournament begins So far this season, Notre Dame has seen eight scheduled games affected by COVID-19 safety guidelines AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game enacted by the opposing team. Two games (at Pittsburgh Jan. 30, Syracuse, Feb. 20) were rescheduled while was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks 8 Notre Dame’s postponed home games with Georgia Tech (Jan. 6) and Clemson (Feb. 17) were eventually not * - Atlantic Coast Conference game provided a make up date and have been cancelled. & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge ^ - 2020 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) Florida State enters Saturday’s contest ranked 11th in both national polls. The Irish have not played a team 9 All times listed are ET ranked 11th since 2013 and are 5-4 against the nation’s Associated Press No. 11 team in the Mike Brey era. Game cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 safety guidelines Notre Dame and Florida State will be meeting for the 11th time on Saturday afternoon with the Seminoles 11 holding a 6-4 advantage in the series. The last three meetings (all FSU wins) have been decided by an average of 2.6 points including Florida State’s first win in Purcell Pavilion last season 73-71. NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL Prentiss Hubb needs 15 more points to become the 65th Notre Dame player and 24th of the Mike Brey era to RADIO NETWORK reach 1,000 points in a career. Should he reach 1,000 points this season, he would be the sixth player of the PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan 15 Brey era (that played all seasons for Coach Brey) to reach that plateau in his third season of action. See page 5 ENGINEER: Bob Henning for more details. Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM Career assists for Prentiss Hubb, which ranks 10th all-time at Notre Dame entering Wednesday night’s game. 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- Hubb is one of just 15 active players in the NCAA with 430 assists and 170 3FGM. Of those 15 players, Hubb joins FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, 433 UConn’s RJ Cole as the only two players who have accumulated those numbers in three years of competition (the NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/Fort other 13 players are either in their fourth or fifth season of competition). Pierce, FL) | und.com | Sirius/XM (channel TBA) Season-high attendance for the Irish against NC State on Wednesday night. The University is allowing student to 497 attend the men’s basketball games free of charge with a limited capacity at approximately 400 tickets. NC State Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications was the first game played under the new attendance regulations. Alan Wasielewski, Associate Athletics Communcations Director [email protected] | c: 574-532-4167 | @NDmbbSID 2 NOTRE DAME MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS 2020-21 NOTRE DAME ROSTER Rod Balanis - Rod Buh-LAHN-iss No. Name Cap. Pos Class Year Elig. Year Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Robby Carmody - Robby car-muh-dee Nikola Djogo - Knee-Cola Joe-Go 2 Trey Wertz G JR JR 6-5 195 Charlotte, NC Providence Day School Nixon Dorvilien - Nixon door-VILL-ee-an 3 Prentiss Hubb C G JR JR 6-3 175 Upper Marlboro, MD Gonzaga Juwan Durham - JUH-wan Durham 5 Cormac Ryan C G JR SO 6-5 195 New York, NY Milton Academy (MA) Nate Laszewski - Nate La-SHEH-skee Harold Swanagan - Harold SWON-uh-gan 11 Juwan Durham C F GR SR 6-11 231 Tampa, FL Tampa Prep Alan Wasielewski - Alan Waz-uh-lou-skee 12 Tony Sanders Jr. G FR FR 6-7 202 Miami, FL Gulliver Prep 13 Nikola Djogo C G GR SR 6-8 230 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Athlete Institute Prep MEDIA INFORMATION 14 Nate Laszewski F JR JR 6-10 227 Jupiter, FL Northfield Mount Herman (MA) 2020-21 Credentials 22 Elijah Taylor F FR FR 6-8 231 Philadelphia, PA Imhotep Charter Please fill out a request at 23 Dane Goodwin G JR JR 6-6 200 Upper Arlington, OH Upper Arlington und.com/credentials 24 Robby Carmody G JR SO 6-4 215 Mars, PA Mars Area Media Tools 25 Matt Zona F FR FR 6-9 243 Blauvelt, NY Bergen Catholic (NJ) Game notes, full game books, headshots, broadcast rosters, ac- tion photos and archived press conferences are available at 31 Elijah Morgan G SO SO 6-1 165 New Orleans, LA Jesuit und.com/pressbox Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey George Washington ‘82 21st year at ND Virtual Media Opportunities Associate Head Coach Rod Balanis Georgia Tech ‘93 21st year at ND After each game Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Bas- Assistant Coach Ryan Humphrey Notre Dame ‘02 Fifth year at ND ketball Coach Mike Brey will be available approximately 5-10 minutes after the game’s completion at Interim Assistant Coach Scott Martin Notre Dame ‘12 Second year at ND und.com/mbbmedia Director of Basketball Operations Harold Swanagan Notre Dame ‘02 12th year at ND Athletic Trainer Nixon Dorvilien Park University ‘01 Second year at ND Weekly media opportunities will be scheduled throughout the season and announced via e-mail (see below for distribution list re- Strength and Conditioning Tony Rolinski Penn State ‘91 24th year at ND quest).