2019-20 Notre Dame Basketball Notes
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2019-20 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 NOTRE DAME VIRGINIA TECH FIGHTING IRISH HOKIES 2019-20: 18-12, 9-10 ACC 2019-20: 16-14, 7-12 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Mike Young CAREER RECORD: 534-285 / 25 CAREER RECORD: 315-258 / 17 RECORD AT ND: 435-233 / 20 RECORD AT VT: 16-14 / 1 Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network ACC Network Jack Nolan (play-by-play) Dave O’Brien (play-by-play) Zach Hillesland (Notre Dame ‘09) (analyst) Jordan Cornette (Notre Dame ‘05) (analyst) Available locally on WSBT AM/FM and worldwide Katie George (sideline) on und.com. Available online through network carrier authen- tication. 2019-20 SCHEDULE BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH VS HOKIES Date Day Opponent Network Time/Result 1 Notre Dame leads the country in least amount of fouls committed per game (12.5). 11/6 WED * at # 9/11 North Carolina ACCNet L, 65-76 Notre Dame leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.70. The Irish are ahead of BYU (1.60) and 11/9 SAT + Robert Morris ACCNetX W, 92-57 1 Belmont (1.55). Notre Dame has 495 assists this season compared to just 291 turnovers. 11/12 TUE + Howard ACCNetX W, 79-50 Senior John Mooney leads the nation with 25 double-doubles this season (in 29 games) ahead of William & 1 Mary’s Nathan Knight (22 in 31 games) as of Friday, March 6. 11/15 FRI + Marshall ACCNetX W, 74-64 11/18 MON Presbyterian ACCNetX W, 63-53 Notre Dame is second in the country in least amount of turnovers committed per game (9.7), behind Liberty 2 (9.5) and ahead of St. Mary’s (CA) (9.8). 11/21 THU + Toledo ACCNet W, 64-62 OT John Mooney is second in the nation and leads all major conference players in rebounds-per-game with 11/26 TUE Fairleigh Dickinson RSN W, 91-66 2 a 12.8 average. Mooney has recorded double-doubles in 25 of 29 games played this season. He is the only 12/4 WED & at #3/4 Maryland ESPN L, 51-72 player in Division I averaging 16-plus points and 12-plus rebounds per game this season. 12/7 SAT * Boston College ESPNU L, 72-73 A victory on Senior Day against Virginia Tech on Saturday would push the Irish to .500 in the ACC and provide the 10th conference victory of the season. Finishing 10-10 would mark the fourth time in seven ACC seasons 12/10 TUE Detroit Mercy ACCNet W, 110-71 10 the Irish will finish the conference slate with 10 or more wins, joining Duke, UNC, Virginia, Syracuse, Louisville, 12/14 SAT UCLA ABC W, 75-61 Miami and Virginia Tech as the only ACC teams with four seasons of 10 or more wins since 2013-14. 12/21 SAT ^ vs. Indiana ESPN L, 60-62 Notre Dame and Virginia Tech will be meeting for the 13th time, with the Irish holding an 8-4 advantage in the series. Notre Dame is 3-2 against Virginia Tech in Purcell Pavilion and 4-3 against the Hokies as ACC 12/29 SUN Alabama A&M ACCNetX W, 82-56 13 regular-season opponents. 1/4 SAT * at Syracuse ESPN2 W, 88-87 Since 1997-98 John Mooney is the only ACC player with 13 or more double-doubles in league play in 1/8 WED * at NC State ESPN2 L, 68-73 16 consecutive seasons (or over any two seasons). Mooney had 13 double-doubles in the ACC last season and 1/11 SAT * #13/11 Louisville ESPN L, 64-67 has followed up with an ACC record 16 so far in 2019-20. 1/15 WED * at Georgia Tech ACCNet W, 78-74 Notre Dame is currently ninth in the country and first in the ACC for assists per game with a 16.5 average. The 16.5 Irish have posted seven games this season with over 20 team assists (22 vs. Howard, 24 vs. FDU, school-record 1/22 WED * Syracuse ESPN2 L, 82-84 tying 33 vs. Detroit Mercy, 23 vs. Alabama A&M, 26 at Syracuse, 23 vs. Syracuse, 21 vs. Miami). 1/25 SAT * at #5/6 Florida State ACCNet L, 84-85 With 25 double-doubles so far this season – and finishing 2018-19 with 20 total - John Mooney joins 1/29 WED * Wake Forest ACCNet W, 90-80 Tim Duncan and Sheldon Williams as the only ACC players to post consecutive seasons with 20 or more 20 double-doubles in the past 25 years. Since 1996-97, Mooney joins Angel Delgado, Jordan Murphy, Emeka 2/1 SAT * Georgia Tech RSN W, 80-72 Okafor, Josh Hawkinson and Williams as the only major conference players with multiple seasons of 20 or 2/5 WED * Pittsburgh ACCNet W, 80-72 more double-doubles. 2/9 SUN * at Clemson ACCNet W, 61-57 Shooting percentage in ACC competition this season for Juwan Durham (.568), which would place him sec- ond on the Notre Dame single-season list (minimum of 50 attempts). Currently he is behind of Zach Auguste 2/11 TUE * at Virginia ESPN2 L, 49-50 56% (.570 in 2014-15) and tied with Martinas Geben (.568 in 2017-18). 2/15 SAT * at #7/7 Duke ESPN L, 60-94 Percentage of double-doubles in games played this season for John Mooney (25 of 29, .862). That percent- 2/17 MON * North Carolina ESPN W, 77-76 86% age is the best in the country and threatens Blake Griffin from Oklahoma (30 of 35, .857) and Kenny Adeleke 2/23 SUN * Miami (FL) ACCNet W, 87-71 (Hartford, 24 of 28, .857) for the highest percentage in Division I over the past 20 years. 2/26 WED * at Boston College ACCNet W, 62-61 Career games played by graduate student Rex Pflueger, matching the school-record held by Pat Connaugh- ton (2011-15) Pflueger is tied for seventh in the country for active players in games played. The Dana Point, 2/29 SAT * at Wake Forest RSN L, 73-84 139 California, will set a new mark for games played at Notre Dame on Senior Day Saturday afternoon against 3/4 WED * #7/8 Florida State ESPN2 L, 71-73 Virginia Tech. 3/7 SAT * Virginia Tech ACCNet 2 p.m. Total victories in the history of Notre Dame men’s basketball, as the Irish close in on becoming the eighth program to reach 1,900 victories (Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Temple, Syracuse and UCLA have all reached that 3/10 TUE ACC Championship Begins 1898 plateau). The Irish were 12th all-time in college basketball victories when Mike Brey took over the program in Rankings indicated are AP/Coaches Poll 2000-01 – they have since passed Oregon State, Pennsylvania, St. John’s and Indiana on the all-time wins list into * - Atlantic Coast Conference game eighth place. + - 2019 Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational & - 2019 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Career minutes played by T.J. Gibbs, becoming the seventh player in Notre Dame men’s basketball history to reach ^ - 2019 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) 4084 4,000 minutes played. Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications Alan Wasielewski, Associate Athletics Communcations Director [email protected] | c: 574-532-4167 For more information on post-season award candidate John Mooney, please vist und.com/mooney #RunItBack | @NDmbb 2 2019-20 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS 2019-20 NOTRE DAME ROSTER Rod Balanis - Rod Buh-LAHN-iss No. Name Pos Class Year Elig. Rem. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Robby Carmody - Robby CAR-muh-dee Nikola Djogo - Knee-Cola Joe-Go 0 Rex Pflueger (C) G GR 0 6-6 218 Dana Point, CA Mater Dei Nixon Dorvilien - Nixon door-VILL-ee-an 3 Prentiss Hubb G SO 2 6-3 175 Upper Marlboro, MD Gonzaga Juwan Durham - JUH-wan Durham 5 Cormac Ryan G SO 3 6-5 190 New York, NY Milton Academy (MA) Nate Laszewski - Nate La-SHEH-skee Rex Pflueger - Rex - FLOO-grr 10 T.J. Gibbs (C) G SR 0 6-3 185 Scotch Plains, NJ Seton Hall Prep Harold Swanagan - Harold SWON-uh-gan 11 Juwan Durham F SR 1 6-11 223 Tampa, FL Tampa Prep Alan Wasielewski - Alan Waz-uh-lou-skee 13 Nikola Djogo G SR 1 6-7 222 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Athlete Institute Prep 14 Nate Laszewski F SO 2 6-10 225 Jupiter, FL Northfield Mount Herman (MA) SEASON SUPERLATIVES 23 Dane Goodwin G SO 2 6-6 200 Upper Arlington, OH Upper Arlington TEAM 24 Robby Carmody G SO 4 6-4 201 Mars, PA Mars Area Points 110 Detroit Mercy 12/10 31 Elijah Morgan G FR 4 6-0 165 New Orleans, LA Jesuit Rebounds 54 Marshall 11/15 33 John Mooney (C) F SR 0 6-9 245 Orlando, FL Lake Brantley Assists 33 Detroit Mercy 12/10 Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey George Washington ‘82 20th year at ND Turnovers 15 Twice Associate Head Coach Rod Balanis Georgia Tech ‘93 20th year at ND Blocks 10 Alabama A&M 12/29 Assistant Coach Ryan Ayers Notre Dame ‘09 Fourth year at ND Steals 12 Toledo 11/21 Assistant Coach Ryan Humphrey Notre Dame ‘02 Fourth year at ND FG 41 Detroit Mercy 12/10 Director of Basketball Operations Harold Swanagan Notre Dame ‘02 11th year at ND FGA 76 Marshall 11/15 Development and Recruiting Coordinator Scott Martin Notre Dame ‘12 First year at ND FG% .594 Detroit Mercy 12/10 Athletic Trainer Nixon Dorvilien Park University ‘01 First year at ND 3FG 20 Detroit Mercy 12/10 Strength and Conditioning Tony Rolinski Penn State ‘91 23rd year at ND 3FGA 39 Twice Director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes Pat Holmes Notre Dame ‘79 17th year at ND 3FG% .513 Detroit Mercy 12/10 Equipment Manager Joseph Nagle Ball State ‘08 Ninth year at ND FT 22 Three times Date City Site ND Rk Opp.