2017-18 Notre Dame Basketball Notes 1
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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 NOTRE DAME VS. BETHEL COLLEGE #14/14 Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/Result NOTRE DAME CARDINAL STRITCH Rank Rank FIGHTING IRISH WOLVES 2017-18: 1-2, 0-0 CCAC O20 -/14 +Holy Cross College N/A W, 97-57 2016-17: 26-10, 12-6 ACC N3 14/14 +Bethel College ACCNetXtra W, 88-59 HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Mike Jaskulski N7 14/14 +Cardinal Stritch ACCNetXtra 7 p.m. CAREER RECORD: 481-239 / 22 CAREER RECORD: 63-112 / 7 RECORD AT CS: 26-36 / 3 N11 at DePaul FS1 4 p.m. RECORD AT ND: 382-187 / 17 ACCNETWORK EXTRA NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL N13 ^Mount St. Mary’s ACCNetXtra 7 p.m. Play-by-Play: Nik Valdiserri RADIO NETWORK N16 Chicago State ACCNetXtra 7 p.m. Analyst: Juan Jose Rodriguez Play-by-Play: Jack Nolan N20 ^vs. Chaminade ESPNU 9 p.m. Available anywhere the WatchESPN Analyst: LaPhonso Ellis N21 ^vs. Michigan or LSU ESPN/ESPN2 8/10:30 pm ET app is accessible. Local on WSBT 96.1FM, worldwide at WatchND.tv. N22 ^Maui Invitational Gm 3 TBA TBA N30 2/2 $at Michigan State ESPN 7 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH IN 2017-18 D3 St. Francis Brooklyn ACCNetXtra 2 p.m. A Basketball Times panel, combined with five different rankings criteria, recently named Notre Dame the D5 Ball State ACCNetXtra 7 p.m. 2 second-best men’s basketball program in the country. See page 4 for more details. D9 at Delaware CBS Sports Net 7 p.m. The run to the ACC Championship game last season improved Notre Dame’s ACC tournament record to 6-3 since D16 &vs. Indiana Fox 2:30 p.m. 6 joining the league for the 2013-14 campaign. Only Duke (8-3), North Carolina and Virginia (both 7-3) have better records in the league tournament over the past four seasons. D19 Dartmouth ESPN2 7 p.m. Senior Bonzie Colson is one of eight ACC players to be named to the USBWA Oscar Robertson Award (national D21 Southeastern Louisiana ACCNetXtra 7 p.m. 8 player of the year) 32-member watch list. D30 *Georgia Tech ESPN2 TBA Notre Dame is tied for 12th in Associated Press poll history for most appearances in the preseason poll with 22 J3 *NC State ACC Network 9 p.m. 12 since 1949. The Irish are No. 14 in both the AP and USA Today/Coaches polls. J6 *at Syracuse ESPN/ESPN2 3:15 p.m. The 2016-17 rebounds-per-game average for All-American Bonzie Colson, which led the ACC and finished J10 *at Georgia Tech ESPNU 7 p.m. 10.1 17th in the country. Colson also led the ACC in overall double-doubles (19) and 10-rebound performances (20). J13 9/9 *North Carolina ESPN/ESPN2 6 p.m. Senior Matt Farrell finished the 2016-17 season with a 14.1 ppg scoring average, improving his scoring output 11.5 11.5 points from the 2015-16 season. That improvement ranks 17th all-time for ACC players. J16 16/16 *Louisville ESPN2 7 p.m. J20 *at Clemson ESPN/ESPN2 4 p.m. 16.5 Points-per-game average for senior Martinas Geben in Notre Dame’s two exhibition victories this season. J27 *Virginia Tech ESPN2 8 p.m. Career double-doubles for Bonzie Colson, the most for any returning player in the ACC and tied for 11th nation- 23 ally. See pare 7 for more details. J29 1/1 *at Duke ESPN 7 p.m. F3 *at NC State ESPN/ESPN2 12 p.m. Senior Matt Farrell has connected on at least one three-point field goal in 26 consecutive games, the longest 26 streak of any ACC player entering the 2017-18 season. Farrell finished fourth in the ACC in 3FG% at .420 last F6 *Boston College ACC Network 8 p.m. year. F10 *Florida State ESPN/ESPN2 4 p.m. Victories in four years of ACC play for Notre Dame (10.8 per season). Only Virginia, North Carolina and Duke have F12 9/9 *at North Carolina ESPN 7 p.m. 43 more regular-season ACC wins during that same span. F17 *at Boston College ACC Network 4 p.m. 82 Program-record number of victories over the past three seasons for the Irish. F19 13/12 *Miami (FL) ESPN 7 p.m. Bonzie Colson is the top returning career rebounder (688) in the ACC this season and is the second-leading F24 *at Wake Forest ACC Network 3 p.m. 688 scorer (1,218, behind Duke’s Grayson Allen 1,424) returning to ACC competition in 2017-18. F28 *Pittsburgh ESPNU 7 p.m. 1,847 Wins in Notre Dame basketball history, ninth-best in NCAA history. M3 *at Virginia ACC Network 4 p.m. Mike Brey is closing in on the all-time wins record at Notre Dame, needing 12 M6 ACC Championship ESPN/ESPN2 TBA more victories to establish a new school record. M14 NCAA Championship TBA TBA Coach Years Seasons W L T Games + - Exhibition ^ - Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Lahaina, Hawaii Digger Phelps 1971-91 20 393 197 0 590 $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge, East Lansing, Michigan MIKE BREY 2000-current 17 382 187 0 569 & - Crossroads Classic, Indianapolis, Indiana 382 * - Atlantic Coast Conference game George E. Keogan 1923-43 20 332 100 1 433 rankings indicated are AP/Coaches Poll 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 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 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 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 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 1847-995 (.650) NCAA Appearances/Record 36 / 39-40 (.494) Glenn and Stacey Miller Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey George Washington ‘82 382-187 (.671), 18th at ND First/Last NCAA Appearance 1953 / 2017 481-239 (.668), 22 career ACC Member 2013-14 - present Associate Head Coach Rod Balanis Georgia Tech ‘83 18th year at ND ACC Regular Season 43-29 (.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 NOTRE DAME WRAPS UP ITS EXHIBITION SCHEDULE WITH CARDINAL STRITCH NATIONAL RANKINGS The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team completes its 2017-18 preseason exhibition schedule on Tuesday, November 6, 2017, against Cardinal Stritch at 7 p.m. ET in Purcell Pavilion. The Irish are 2-0 thus far during the exhibition season with a 97-57 win over 2017-18 ASSOCIATE PRESS POLL 2017-18 USA TODAY COACHES Holy Cross College on October 21 and an 88-59 victory over Bethel College on Friday, November 3. (PRESEASON) POLL (PRESEASON) Notre Dame will begin the 2017-18 season on Saturday, November 11, against DePaul as the Blue Demons dedicate WinTrust Arena in 1. Duke 1. Duke 2. Michigan State 2. Michigan State downtown Chicago. 3. Arizona 3. Kansas 4. Kansas 4. Kentucky CARDINAL STRITCH 5. Kentucky 5. Arizona 6. Villanova 6. Villanova Cardinal Stritch is a Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The university takes its name from Cardinal Samuel 7. Wichita State 7. Florida Stritch, who served as the Archbishop of Milwaukee from 1930-39 and eventually the Archbishop of Chicago (1940-58) and Pro-Prefect of 8. Florida 8. Wichita State the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Fatih in Rome, Italy. 9. North Carolina 9. North Carolina The Wolves are an NAIA school (becoming the third NAIA team that Notre Dame has faced this exhibition season) and compete in 10. Southern Cal 10. West Virginia 11. West Virginia 11. Southern Cal the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC).