Notre Dame
2007-08 Men’s Basketball
Notre Dame (9-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) vs.
North Florida (1-10, 0-0 Atlantic Sun)
2007-08 Schedule
NOVEMBER
- 2
- ST. AMBROSE (IA) - Exhibition
ST. EDWARD’S (TX) - Exhibition LONG ISLAND
W, 109-53 W, 71-56 W, 82-50
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Monday, December 31, 2007 • 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Joyce Center (11,418) • Notre Dame, Ind.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS PARADISE JAM - University of Virgin Islands - 5th place
(UVI Sports and Fitness Center - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas)
MEDIA INFORMATION
16 18 19
24 26
- Monmouth
- W, 76-33
L, 64-68 L ,69-70
W, 87-57 W, 94-63
Baylor
Television: None
Georgia Tech
YOUNGSTOWN STATE COLGATE
Radio: Jack Nolan (play-by-play analyst)
LaPhonso Ellis (color analyst)
Notre Dame Sports Properties originates the Notre Dame Radio Network which includes: WLS 890 AM in Chicago, Ill. (Chicagoland area and Midwest); WZOW 97.7 FM and 102.3 FM in South Bend, Ind.; ESPN 950 AM in Indianapolis, Ind.; WLYV 1450 AM in Fort Wayne, Ind. and Northeast, Ind.; WLUV 96.7 AM in Rockford and DeKalb, Ill., and Beloit and Janesville, Wis.; WLUV 1520 AM in Rockford and DeKalb, Ill., and Beloit and Janesville, Wis.; WEFM 95.9 FM in Michigan City and Gary, Ind.; ESPN (WRSW) 1480 AM in Warsaw, Ind.; WAMW 107.9 FM and 1580 AM in Washington, Ind., Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 159 and www.und.com.
DECEMBER
- 1
- EASTERN MICHIGAN
- W, 76-65
- W, 68-59
- 4
- Kansas State! (ESPN)
NORTHERN ILLINOIS SAN FRANCISCO BROWN
- 8
- W, 108-62
22 29 31
W, 84-78 W, 87-54
- 1:00 p.m. (EST)
- NORTH FLORIDA
JANUARY
- 3
- WEST VIRGINIA* (ESPN2)
CONNECTICUT* (ESPN)
at Marquette*
CINCINNATI* (ESPNU)
at Georgetown* at Villanova*
7:00 p.m. (EST) 9:00 p.m. (EST)
2:00 p.m. (EST)
7:00 p.m. (EST)
12:00 p.m. (EST) 12:00 p.m. (EST)
7:00 p.m. (EST)
Real-Time Stats: Live in-game statistics are available for all home games, via the Notre Dame athletic website (www.und.com).
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12
15
19 26
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Notre Dame vs. North Florida
PROVIDENCE* (ESPN/ESPN2)
• Notre Dame concludes regular-season play this afternoon when the Irish play host to North Florida. This afternoon’s New Year’s Eve contest is the fourth of six straight home games for the Irish and the second in less than 48 hours.
• Notre Dame is slated to play three games over the course of the next five six days and four games in the span of eight days.
• With a win today, Notre Dame will run its home win streak to 28 straight (a school record). After tying the school record of 24 straight victories against Eastern Michigan on December 1, the Irish broke the 30-plus year record with its win over Northern Illinois on December 8. The Irish have not lost at the Joyce Center since February 25, 2006 with an 80-72 loss to Marquette.
• Following the matchup with the Ospreys, Notre Dame opens up BIG EAST play with home games against West Virginia (January 3) and Connecticut (January 5).
• Notre Dame’s first BIG EAST road test will be on Saturday, January 12 when it travels to Milwaukee, Wis., to face Marquette.
FEBRUARY
- 2
- DEPAUL* (ESPNC)
- 6:00 p.m. (EST)
7:30 p.m. (EST)
12:00 p.m. (EST)
7:00 p.m. (EST)
12:00 p.m. (EST)
7:00 p.m. (EST) 2:00 p.m. (EST)
7:00 p.m. (EST)
- 6
- at Seton Hall*
- 9
- MARQUETTE* (ESPN)
at Connecticut* (ESPNU) at Rutgers*
PITTSBURGH* (ESPN/ESPN2) SYRACUSE* (CBS)
at Louisville* (ESPN/ESPN2)
13 17
21 24
28
MARCH
2
5
8
- at DEPAUL*
- 1:00 p.m. (EST)
7:30 p.m. (EST)
7:00 p.m. (EST)
ST. JOHN’S*
at USF* (ESPN360)
12-15 BIG EAST Championship Madison Square Garden
(New York, NY)
20-23 NCAA Championship - First and Second Rounds 27-30 NCAA Championship - Regionals
APRIL
Series Record vs. North Florida
- 5
- NCAA Final Four - Semifinals
NCAA Championship - Final
Alamo Dome
(San Antonio, TX)
• This will mark the first meeting between the two schools.
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Irish vs. Atlantic Sun
! - Jimmy V Classic (Madison Square Garden) * - BIG EAST Conference game
• Notre Dame is 4-0 all-time versus teams from the Atlantic Sun.
- (
- ) - indicates Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today poll
rankings at time of game
Friend or Foe?
• North Florida head coach Matt Kilcullen is a familiar name to Irish fans. Kilcullen spent six years (1985-91) as an assistant coach on Digger Phelps’ staff. During his time
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at Notre Dame, he helped the Irish to five NCAA appearances and four 20-win seasons.
North Florida Series Record
First Meeting
Now That’s Something To Talk About
• Notre Dame’s current record-setting 27-game home win streak current spans three seasons — the final two games played during the 2005-06 campaign, the entire 2006-07 season and seven games in 2007-08. Here’s a look at the dominance of the Irish during its present win streak:
Current Streak: – Brey vs. North Florida: – ND Biggest Win: – North Florida Biggest Win: – ND Biggest Win Streak: – North Florida Biggest Win Streak: –
- Notre Dame
- Opponents
FG Percentage
- 777-1585 (.490)
- 625-1602 (.390)
175-508 (.344) 1,709 (63.3 ppg.)
3-FG Percentage 244-590 (.414) Points/Avg. 2,294 (85.0 ppg.) Margin of Victory +585 points (+21.7)
Notes: Notre Dame has shot .500 or better in 14 of 27 games
Notre Dame opponents have shot .500 or better in 3 of 27 games 21 wins by 10-plus points 13 wins by 20-plus points 9 wins by 30-plus points 5 wins by 40-plus points 1 win by 50-plus points
Hot Stuff
• Since returning from the three games in the Virgin Islands where Notre
Dame shot 33.9 percent against Baylor and 40.7 percent versus Georgia Tech in its final two games, Notre Dame has shot 212-428 (.495) from the field and 69- 154 (.448) from three-point range. Against Northern Illinois, the Irish connected on a season-best 62.1 percent (36-58) from the field and a season-high 56.0 percent (14-25) from three-point range.
Valuing The Basketball
• In its back-to-back wins over Colgate and Eastern Michigan, Notre Dame committed just eight and nine turnovers, respectively, marking the only time this
TONIGHT’S PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP
2007-08 Statistics
- PPG. RPG Notes
- No. Player
31 Rob Kurz 44 Luke Harnagody
- Pos Ht.
- Wt.
232 251
Yr.
Sr. Jr.
FF
6-9 6-8
13.3 17.3
7.3 9.2 4.1 2.3 3.5
Registered third double-double with 15 pts. and 11 rebs. vs. Brown Leads the Irish in both scoring and rebounding
- 2
- Tory Jackson
- G
- 5-11 193
- So. 7.1
- 19 assists and just five turnovers in last two games
23 Kyle McAlarney 42 Ryan Ayers
GG/F
6-0 6-8
196 210
Jr. Jr.
14.5 8.9
Has scored in double figures in a career-high seven consecutive games Fourth-leading scorer and netted double figures in fourgames
OFF THE BENCH
2007-08 Statistics
- No. Player
- Pos Ht.
- Wt.
220 180 206 215 224 233 198
Yr.
Fr Fr. Fr.
- PPG. RPG
- Notes
Has played in six games First year walk-on Missed the first four games with a groin injury Has played in all 11 games and averaging 15.4 minutes per game Career-high seven points vs. Nothern Illinois Has grabbed five or more rebounds in 10 of 11 games Has not played in a game this season
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Tyrone Nash Tom Kopko
GGGGF
6-8 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-8 6-9 6-7
1.8 1.3 2.0
3.0 0.5 0.8 1.7 1.5 5.5 --
13 Ty Proffitt 20 Jonathan Peoples 21 Tim Abromaitis 33 Zach Hillesland 34 Carleton Scott 40 Luke Zeller
So. 4.2 Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr.
2.3 6.4 --
FFF/C F
6-10 239 6-8 210
- 5.6
- 2.6
1.0
Matched career-high with 14 points versus Colgate
- Second-year walk-on; Father Tim played basketball at ND (1979-83)
- 41 Tim Andree
- So. 1.5
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season that the Irish had fewer than 10 turnovers in back-to-back contests. In the Irish win over Brown two nights ago, the Irish registered seven turnovers, including just one in the first half. Two of the strengths of Notre Dame basketball teams under head coach Mike Brey have been distributing and taking care of the basketball. The Irish are averaging 19.9 assists per game and 12.4 turnovers for a 1.6 assists-to-turnover ratio. Notre Dame has dished off 20 or more assists in five games this season.
2007-08 BIG EAST
Preseason Coaches’ Poll
Pts. 217 217 191 170 153 149 143 141 122 112
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1. Georgetown (8)
Louisville (8)
3. Marquette 4. Pittsburgh 5. Syracuse
Double The Pleasure
6. Connecticut 7. Villanova 8. Providence 9. NOTRE DAME 10. West Virgnia 11. DePaul 12. Cincinnati 13. Seton Hall 14. St. John’s 15. Rutgers
• Luke Harangody posted three consecutive double-doubles for the first time in his career in wins over Kansas State, Northern Illinois and San Francisco and in four of the last seven games. He had 19 points and a career-high 14 boards against Kansas State, netted 14 points and grabbed 12 boards versus Northern Illinois and finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds against San Francisco. Harangody was the first player to record three straight double-doubles since Ryan Humphrey did it in 2001-02 as he ended the campaign with nine consecutive double-double efforts.
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Record-Setting Home Performance
• Notre Dame put an exclamation point on its record-setting 25th consecutive win at the Joyce Center on December 8. In the 108-62 win over Northern Illinois, the 108 points were the most points scored by the Irish under head coach Mike Brey in a regulation games (ND scored 116 vs. Georgetown in a four overtime contest in 2002), while the 46- point margin of victory was the third-largest during the Brey era. In addition, Notre Dame shot a blistering 72.0 percent from the field in the first half which marked the best shooting performance by an Irish team in the first half under Brey. The Irish also owned a 52-27 advantage on the boards.
- 16. USF
- 23
First-place votes in parentheses
McAlarney Shines On The Big Stage
2007-08 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
• Staten Island native Kyle McAlarney made his return to New York City and Madison
Square Garden a happy one on December 4 as he led his Irish to a 68-59 victory over Kansas State. McAlarney finished with 18 points in the contest on 6-13 shooting from the field (2-5 from three-point range). He scored 14 points in the second, including nine straight in the final 2:10 of the contest. McAlarney nailed a three-pointer with 1:30 to play and converted four key free throws down the stretch.
*Roy Hibbert, Georgetown Jeff Adrien, Connecticut
Jonathan Wallace, Georgetown
David Padgett, Louisville Terrence Williams, Louisville Dominic James, Marquette Jerel McNeal, Marquette Geoff McDermott, Providence
Kentrell Gransberry, USF
Eric Devendorf, Syracuse
*Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
*unanimous
Unstoppable Luke
• Luke Harangody leads the Irish in scoring and rebounding averaging 17.3 points and 9.2 rebounds. Harangody had a career outing in Notre Dame’s 87-75 win against Youngstown State as he netted a personal best 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Harangody was 12-17 from the field in addition to dishing off four assists in 27 minutes. In the last nine games, the 6-8 forward has been averaging 18.6 points (167) and 10.0 boards (90). Harangody netted 20-plus points in three consecutive outings for the first time in his career against Baylor (22 points), Georgia Tech (22 points) and Youngstown State (25 points) and had back-to-back double-doubles for the first time in his career versus Yellow Jackets (22 points, 11 rebounds) and the Penguins (25 points, 13 rebounds). He leads the team with five double-doubles and owns a career-best nine-game double-figure scoring streak.
2007-08 Preseason
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention
Edgar Sosa, Louisville Levance Fields, Pittsburgh
Twenty Something
2007-08 BIG EAST Player of the Year
• Luke Harangody’s string of three consecutive games with 20-plus points ended against Colgate when he finished with 11 points and seven rebounds in 19 minutes of action. Prior to that game, he had registered 20-plus points in three consecutive games
— Baylor (22), Georgia Tech (22) and Youngstown State (25) for the first time in his career.
• Kyle McAlarney also had a three-game 20-plus point outing streak of his own that came to end against Kansas State. McAlarney registered his first 20-point outing of the
Roy Hibbert, Georgetown
2006-07 Preseason BIG EAST
Co-Rookies of the Year
Donte Green, Syracuse Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
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season against Youngstown State when he tallied 23 points (a then career best). He followed that up with another career-high outing for the second time in as many games when tallied 25 points versus Colgate. In the Eastern Michigan outing, McAlarney led the Irish for the second straight game with a 21-point performance.
2007-08 Notre Dame
Men’s Basketball Teleconferences
10:00 a.m. (EST)
Phone Number: (317) 263-8800
Passcode: 401575
• The last Irish player to score 20-plus points in three consecutive outings was Russell
Carter during the 2006-07 campaign when he netted 27 against Alabama, 21 versus Elon and 28 against Portland.
• The last Irish player to net 20-plus points in four consecutive outings was Chris Thomas in 2003-04 (his junior year) versus Pittsburgh (23 points), Connecticut (31 points), Seton Hall (26 points) and Syracuse (25 points).
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Thursday, January 24, 2008 Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Thursday, February 7, 2008 Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Tuesday, March 4, 2008
McAlarney Finds The Range
• Since returning from St. Thomas, USVI, no Irish player is playing better than Kyle
McAlarney. In the last seven games, the Irish junior guard is averaging 18.6 points (130 points). He has shot 41-79 (.519) percent from the field and 30-57 (.526) from three-point range. In back-to-back wins over Youngstown State and Colgate, McAlarney recorded back-to-back career-highs. In the 87-75 victory over the Penguins, he connected on 6-13 shots from the field and was 5-10 from three-points en route to a then personal best 23- point performance. He followed that up with a career-high 25-point effort against Colgate in the 94-63 win as he connected on 8-12 shots from the field and was 7-10 from threepoint range and then was 8-10 from the field and 5-7 from beyond the stripe in the victory over Eastern Michigan and connected on 6-10 from the field and 5-9 from beyond the arc against Northern Illinois. McAlarney then added 14 points in a 84-76 win over San Francisco, adding two assists while going 2-6 from beyond the three-point arc and 6-7 from the charity stripe.
2007-08 BIG EAST Teleconferences
Call: (913) 381-5533
Jan. 10, Jan. 24, Feb. 7 and Feb. 21
11:00 a.m. Tom Crean (Marquette) 11:08 a.m. Bob Huggins
(West Virginia)
McAlarney was just 9-31 (.290) from the field and 5-17 (.294) from three-point range in
Notre Dame’s three games at the Paradise Jam.
11:16 a.m. Stan Heath (South Florida) 11:24 a.m. Jim Clahoun (Connecticut) 11:32 a.m. Norm Roberts (St. John’s) 11:40 a.m. Tim Welch (Providence) 11:48 a.m. Bobby Gonzalez
(Seton Hall)
One Is A Lonely Number
• Rob Kurz is the lone senior among the 14 players on this year’s Irish roster. The last time Notre Dame had only one senior on the roster was during the 1983-84 when Cecil Rucker was the only senior member of that team that consisted of four juniors, five sophomores and three freshmen. The 1988-89 Irish squad featured no seniors on that team and was comprised of five juniors, two sophomores and five freshmen.
11:56 a.m. Rick Pitino (Louisville)
Jan. 17, Jan. 31, Feb. 14 and Feb. 28
11:00 a.m. Jay Wright (Villanova)
11:08 a.m. Mike Brey (Notre Dame)
11:16 a.m. Jerry Wainwright (DePaul) 11:24 a.m. John Thompson, III
(Georgetown)
Elite Company
• Notre Dame joined an elite group last year when it registered its 1,600th win against
Providence on February 15, 2007. In its 103rd season, Notre Dame has 1,612 victories. Only 12 other schools have reached the mark: Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Duke, Syracuse, Temple, St. John’s, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Utah and UCLA.
Eight Straight Postseason Appearances
11:32 a.m. Mick Cronin (Cincinnati) 11:40 a.m. Jamie Dixon (Cincinnati) 11:48 a.m. Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) 11:56 a.m. Fred Hill (Rutgers)
• Notre Dame’s appearance in last year’s NCAA tournament field marks the fourth
NCAA berth for the Irish in seven years. Since 2000, Notre Dame has appeared in either the NCAA or NIT tournaments each of the last eight years. The Irish played in the 2000 NIT and then earned consecutive NCAA tournament berths — 2001, ‘02, ’03 — followed by NIT appearances in ‘04, ‘05 and ‘06. This current postseason streak matches the longest stretch since making eight straight from 1983-90 (NIT in 1983 and ‘84 and NCAA from 1985-90).
Four 20-Win Seasons Under His Belt
• Notre Dame’s 24-8 campaign a year ago marked the fourth time in seven seasons under head coach Mike Brey that the Irish won 20-plus games. The 24 wins also equaled
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the most for Notre Dame during the Brey era. Notre Dame’s 20-win campaigns under Brey have been in 2000-01 (20-10), 2001-02 (22-11) and 2002-03 (24-10). In the 102- year history of the program, Notre Dame teams have won 20 or more games on 31 occasions.
Notre Dame’s Records in 2007-08 when ...