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Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com NOTRE DAME 219-631-7516 219-631-7941 FAX B A S K E T B A L L 2001-02 Notre Dame Schedule/Results NOTRE DAME Fighting Irish (18-8, 8-5) at (18-8, 8-5) NOVEMBER (17/13) MIAMI Hurricanes (21-5, 8-5) Game No. 27 1 Thur. SPORT.COM ALL-STARS (Ex.) W, 108-75 8 Thur. EA SPORTS ALL-STARS (Ex.) W, 95-70 16 Fri. NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 95-53 Date: Saturday, February 23, 2002 19 Mon. CORNELL W, 78-48 Place: Miami Arena (15,388), Miami, Fla. 23 Fri. at Hawaii Pacific# W, 98-58 24 Sat. vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga# W, 97-84 Time: 7:30 p.m. EST 25 Sun. vs. Monmouth# W, 85-48 28 Wed. ARMY W, 86-49 Television: ESPN Regional — Dave Ryan (play-by-play) and Bucky Waters (color). WMWB in South Bend. DECEMBER 1 Sat. vs. DePaul! W, 82-55 Radio: Host Communications Inc. (Jack Lorri, Jack Nolan) originates the Notre Dame 4 Tue. at Indiana L, 75-76 Radio Network (includes WNDV 92.9 FM and 1490 AM in South Bend, Ind./Michiana 8 Sat. at Miami of Ohio W, 70-69 Region, WCNS 820 AM in Chicago. Ill., WRMN 1410 AM and WBIG 1280 AM in Chicago, 22 Sat. at Canisius W, 84-73 27 Thur. vs. (21/21) Alabama@ L, 76-79 Ill., WXNT 1430 AM in Indianapolis, Ind., WGL 1250 AM in Fort Wayne, Ind., WEFM 95.9 30 Sun. COLGATE W, 92-61 FM in Michigan City, Ind., WGOM 860 AM in Marion, Ind., WVHI 1330 AM in Evansville, JANUARY Ind., WLUV 1520 AM in Rockford, Ill.). All radio broadcasts can also be heard through the 6 Sun. VILLANOVA* L, 72-74 World Wide Web at www.und.com. 9 Wed. at West Virginia* W, 67-64 12 Sat. at (23/25) Pittsburgh* W, 56-53 Real-Time Stats: Live in-game statistics are available for all home games, via the Notre 14 Mon. at (8/7) Syracuse* L, 51-56 Dame athletic website (www.und.com). 19 Sat. (12/12) KENTUCKY L, 65-72 21 Mon. GEORGETOWN* L, 73-83 IRISH ITEMS FOR MIAMI — 26 Sat. SETON HALL* W, 60-51 The Notre Dame men's basketball 30 Wed. (21/21) PITTSBURGH* W, 89-76 team concludes its regular season with LAST IRISH OUTING three BIG EAST East cross-divisional FEBRUARY matchups in the next seven days. The Notre Dame 89, West Virginia 76 3 Sun. at Seton Hall* W, 63-61 Irish face the first East divisional test February 20, 2002 6 Wed. RUTGERS* W, 89-72 Joyce Center on the road at 17/13th-ranked Miami 9 Sat. at Georgetown* W, 116-111 (4OT) Notre Dame, IN (21-5, 8-5) this evening. Notre Dame 14 Thur. at Rutgers* L, 62-65 West Virginia (76) 17 Sun. (NR/21) SYRACUSE* L, 65-68 finished with an 8-4 record against BIG EAST West Division opponents. Player min fg fga ft fta reb ast pf tp 20 Wed. WEST VIRGINIA* W, 89-76 Briggs 35 5 11 0 1 12 4 2 10 23 Sat. at Miami* 7:30 p.m. Coach Mike Brey's squad is coming Yeager 26 6 10 0 0 5 0 1 14 27 Wed. at St. John's* 7:30 p.m. off of an 89-76 victory at the Joyce Cen- Moss 33 5 12 1 3 4 1 0 11 ter against West Virginia on Wednes- Hargett 25 5 14 4 5 3 2 3 15 MARCH Schifino 36 5 15 4 6 3 2 3 15 day night as the Irish snapped a two- Sally 16 2 3 1 2 3 0 1 6 2 Sat. PROVIDENCE* 4:00 p.m. game losing streak and completed a Hewitt 191500 3 402 6- Wed.- at BIG EAST Championships Oliver 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 Sat. (Madison Square Garden) regular-season series sweep of the Chan 7 1 4 1 2 3 0 4 3 14- Thur. NCAA First & Second Rounds Mountaineers. It was the third regu- Team 4 17 Sun. lar-season series sweep as Notre Dame Totals 200 30 74 11 19 40 13 16 76 21- Thur. NCAA Regionals also defeated Seton Hall and Pitts- 24 Sun. burgh twice. The three regular-season Notre Dame (89) 30 & Sat. sweeps are the most ever in a single Player min fg fga ft fta reb ast pf tp Humphrey 36 9 18 1 2 13 4 2 19 season by an Irish squad since joining APRIL Graves 35 9 15 0 0 5 5 1 20 Swanagan 23 1 3 0 0 9 4 5 2 1 Mon. NCAA Final Four the BIG EAST in 1995-96. Miami is coming off of a 64-61 loss Thomas, Chris 35 8 13 7 8 3 12 2 26 (Georgia Dome — Atlanta, Ga.) Carroll 12 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 at Rutgers six days ago. Thomas 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 *BIG EAST Conference game Following tonight's contest, Notre White 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 #Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic Cornettte 24 3 8 0 0 10 2 1 8 Dame will travel to New York City for Jones 15 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 3 (Honolulu, Hawaii) a matchup with the St. John's Red Timmermans 12 2 4 0 0 4 0 5 4 !Dell Classic For Kids (United Center — Chicago, Ill.) Storm on Wednesday, February 27 at Markwood 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 @Nokia Sugar Bowl Classic (New Orleans Arena — 7:30 p.m. and then plays its regular- Team 2 New Orleans, La.) Totals 200 35 72 11 14 49 28 17 89 season finale at home against Provi- dence on Saturday, March 2 at 4:00 p.m. West Virginia 39 37 -- 76 in a game to be televised by CBS Sports. Notre Dame 49 40 -- 89 ( ) - indicates rankings at time of game in This will be the 14th meeting be- FG Pct: West Virginia 37.0, Notre Dame 44.2. 3-PT FG Pct: Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. tween the two teams and first since the West Virginia 33.3, Notre Dame 26.3. FT Pct: West Virginia quarterfinal round of the 2000 BIG 69.2, Notre Dame 58.3. 3-PT FG: West Virginia 5, Notre All times are local to site EAST Championship in Madison Dame 5. Turnovers: West Virginia 11, Notre Dame 14; Square Garden. Miami leads the series Blocked Shots: West Virginia 2, Notre Dame 4; Steals: 7-6 and has won the last three meet- West Virginia 8, Notre Dame 6. Attendance: 10, 821. ings, including a 61-58 decision at the BIG EAST Championship. This will be 2001-02 NOTRE DAME MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME DAY NOTES the first matchup between the two teams since the 1999-2000 campaign. Since joining the BIG EAST in '95-'96, Notre Dame is 1-3 against the Hurricanes at Miami Arena. Notre Dame has been stellar on the road this season with an overall 7-3 road mark play- Page 2 ing opponents on their home floor. The Irish are 3-1 in neutral site contests, giving them an overall 10-4 mark in games played away from the friendly confines of the Joyce Center. ASSOCIATED PRESS Brey's squad is 4-2 overall in BIG EAST road games, with their two losses coming at Syra- (Week #16 — Feb. 18-Feb. 24) cuse (56-51) and Rutgers (65-62). The eight losses the Irish have suffered this season are by a combined 34 points for an LW average margin of defeat of 4.25 points per game. The 83-73 setback against Georgetown 1. Duke 1 was the largest loss of the season. Prior to that loss, Notre Dame's five other defeats had 2. Kansas 2 been by a combined total of 18 points. 3. Maryland 3 In its 13 BIG EAST contests, Notre Dame is averaging 73.2 points, while giving up 66.5 4. Cincinnati 5 points per game. Brey's squad has held six league foes to 65 points and under and three of 5. Alabama 7 those teams (Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Seton Hall) to under 60 points. 6. Oklahoma 4 Notre Dame has enjoyed a strong defensive presence at the Joyce Center this season 7. Gonzaga 8 as the Irish have allowed an average of 65.25 points per game. Coach Mike Brey's squad 8. Florida 6 has held its 12 home opponents to 53 points and under on four occasions. The 83 points 9. Marquette 11 scored by Georgetown were the second-most given up by the Irish at the Joyce Center this 10. Stanford 12 season. 11. Pittsburgh 14 Four Notre Dame players are averaging double figures with senior Ryan Humphrey 12. Kentucky 10 leading the team in both scoring and rebounding as he is averaging a double double, 18.5 13. Oklahoma State 16 points and 10.5 rebounds. Humphrey has had nine double doubles in the last 11 games. 14. Arizona 9 He has registered a double double in each of the last four games, which matches a season- 15. Oregon 17 high. Earlier, Humphrey posted four consecutive double figures outings against Syracuse, 16 Illinois 18 Kentucky, Georgetown and Seton Hall. His most recent double double came in Wednesday's 17.