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 BOSTON COLLEGE 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne cancelled FIGHTING IRISH EAGLES 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACC Network W, 78-70 2020-21: 3-8, 0-5 ACC 2020-21: 3-9, 1-5 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Jim Christian 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 539-293 / 26 CAREER RECORD: 320-272 / 19 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS W, 64-63 RECORD AT ND: 440-241 / 21 RECORD AT BC: 78-128 / 7 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: Mike Monaco 23-11 | Home: 14-5 | Away: 9-6 | Neutral: 2-0 | ACC: 13-1 12/23 WED Bellarmine W, 81-70 ANALYST: Dan Bonner BREY VS. CHRISTIAN/BC: 12-1/17-2 BREY VS. ACC: 102-109 12/30 WED 23 24 * Virginia ACC Network L, 57-66 ND ALL-TIME VS. ACC: 169-215 1/2 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network L, 65-66 Full series history available on page 2 of this notes package 1/10 SUN 19 20 * at Virginia Tech ACC Network L, 63-77 1/13 WED 18 22 * at Virginia ACC Network L, 68-80 BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH vs. EAGLES 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network 4 p.m. Junior forward Nate Laszewski’s NCAA-leading effective field goal percentage in 2020-21. 1/18 MON at Howard FOX 2:30 p.m. .763 The statistic accounts for the fact that a three-point field goal is more worth more than a two-point field goal 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. – the formula is (FGM + 0.5 * 3PM) / FGA 1/27 WED 20 20 * Virginia Tech RSN 7 p.m. Nate Laszewski’s field goal percentage in 2020-21, which leads the ACC, is fifth among major conference 1/30 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network 8 p.m. .634 players and 12th in the NCAA (min 5 FGM/G, 5 GP). 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network 7 p.m. Nate Laszewski’s three-point field goal percentage in 2020-21, which is first in the ACC, is sixth among .545 major conference players and 11th in the NCAA (min 1.5 3PM/G, 5 GP). 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network 8 p.m. The kenpom.com strength of schedule rating for Notre Dame this season and the highest of any ACC team. The 2/9 TUE 19 23 * at Duke ESPN/2 9 p.m. 4 next highest strength of schedule according to the rating from the ACC is Saturday’s opponent Boston College 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. at 15th. 2/17 WED 12 12 * Clemson RSN 7 p.m. The Irish are fifth in the country and first in the ACC in free throw percentage at .812 (the Irish went 19-20 at 2/23 TUE 16 18 * at Louisville ACC Network 8 p.m. the line at Virginia on Wednesday night). Trim that national list to teams that have played at least five games 5 and Notre Dame is third in the country and Colorado is the only major conference team ahead of the Irish 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network 2 p.m. (first, .845). 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network 7 p.m. Notre Dame has faced a rugged schedule this season, both by current team ratings and historical records. 3/6 SAT 25 22 * Florida State ESPN/2 12/2 p.m. Of the top 50 programs in terms of winning percentage in CBB history, Notre Dame will face nine of those 9 programs 10 times this season: 12/22 TUE * at Syracuse ACC Network PPD 1. Kentucky 2. North Carolina 4. Duke (twice) 7. Syracuse 11. Louisville 25. Purdue 31. NC State 38. Michigan 1/6 WED * Georgia Tech RSN PPD State 43. Ohio State - the Irish are 14th all-time on the winning percentage list. 3/9 FRI ACC tournament begins Notre Dame’s NCAA-leading fouls per game number, as the Irish continue their tradition of not fouling the AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game 12.3 opponent to allow easy points late in a contest. The Irish are ahead of Appalachian State (13.1) and Lipscomb was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks (13.8) for the national lead. * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Nate Laszewski’s ACC-only scoring average this season, which ranks third in the league (Matthew Hurt, & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge 17.8 Duke, 20.3; Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech, 19.3) entering this weekend’s conference action. In all games, ^ - 2020 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) Laszewski is sixth in the conference with a 16.7 ppg average. All times listed are ET Game cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 safety guidelines Notre Dame has 22 regular-season conference wins vs. its two dedicated ACC rivals – Boston College and 22 Georgia Tech – since it joined the ACC for the 2013-14 season. Those 22 wins are the most in that time frame for a team against its two yearly home-and-home opponents in the league. See page 4 for more information. A recent project by CBSSports.com ranked the ‘Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever’ with Notre Dame placing 23rd on the list and sixth in the ACC. Notre Dame will face eight of the teams ranked above them NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL 23 this year a total of nine times: No. 19 NC State, No. 14 Michigan State (0-1), No. 12 Ohio State (0-1), No. 11 RADIO NETWORK Syracuse, No. 6 Louisville, No. 3 Duke (0-1, twice), No. 2 North Carolina (0-1), No. 1 Kentucky (1-0). PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan ENGINEER: Bob Henning The offensive efficiency rating for the Irish this season according to kenpom.com, 28th in the country and the Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM 112.0 highest ranking for the rating since the end of the 2018 season (32nd). 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- Total victories in the history of Notre Dame men’s basketball, as the Irish became the eighth program to reach FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, 1,900 victories in 2019-20 (Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Temple, Syracuse and UCLA have all reached NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/ 1907 that plateau). The Irish were 12th all-time in college basketball victories when Mike Brey took over the program in Fort Pierce, FL) 2000-01 – they have since passed Oregon State, Pennsylvania, St. John’s and Indiana on the all-time wins list into Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications eighth place. 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).