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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 (9-1) vs. (9-1, 0-0) NOVEMBER 23/21 ALABAMA Crimson Tide (9-2) Game No. 11 1 Thur. SPORT.COM ALL-STARS (Ex.) W, 108-75 8 Thur. EA SPORTS ALL-STARS (Ex.) W, 95-70 Nokia Sugar Bowl Basketball Classic 16 Fri. NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 95-53 19 Mon. CORNELL W, 78-48 Date: Thursday, December 27, 2001 23 Fri. at Hawaii Pacific# W, 98-58 Place: New Orleans Arena (18,000), New Orleans, La. 24 Sat. vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga# W, 97-84 25 Sun. vs. Monmouth# W, 85-48 Time: 7:00 p.m. CST. 28 Wed. ARMY W, 86-49 Television: Fox Sports Net — Barry Tompkins (play-by-play), Marques Johnson (color) DECEMBER and Dwayne Ballen (sideline). 1 Sat. vs. DePaul! W, 82-55 4 Tue. at Indiana L, 75-76 Radio: Host Communications Inc. (Jack Lorri, Jack Nolan) originates the Notre Dame 8 Sat. at Miami of Ohio W, 70-69 Radio Network (includes WNDV 92.9 FM and 1490 AM in South Bend, Ind./Michiana 22 Sat. at Canisius W, 84-73 Region, WCNS 820 AM in Chicago. Ill., WRMN 1410 AM and WBIG 1280 AM in Chicago, 27 Thur. vs. Alabama@ 7:00 p.m. 30 Sun. COLGATE 2:00 p.m. Ill., WXNT 1430 AM in Indianapolis, Ind., WGL 1250 AM in Fort Wayne, Ind., WEFM 95.9 FM in Michigan City, Ind., WGOM 860 AM in Marion, Ind., WVHI 1330 AM in Evansville, JANUARY 6 Sun. VILLANOVA* Noon Ind., WLUV 1520 AM in Rockford, Ill.). All radio broadcasts can also be heard through the 9 Wed. at West Virginia* 7:00 p.m. World Wide Web at www.und.com. 12 Sat. at Pittsburgh* 7:30 p.m. 14 Mon. at Syracuse* 7:00 p.m. Real-Time Stats: Live in-game statistics are available for all home games, via the Notre 19 Sat. KENTUCKY Noon Dame athletic website (www.und.com). 21 Mon. GEORGETOWN* 7:00 p.m. 26 Sat. SETON HALL* Noon IRISH ITEMS FOR ALABAMA GAME — 30 Wed. PITTSBURGH* 7:30 p.m. The Notre Dame men's basketball team (9-1) meets its first ranked oppo- LAST IRISH OUTING FEBRUARY nent of the 2001-02 season when the Irish 3 Sun. at Seton Hall* Noon 6 Wed. RUTGERS* 7:30 p.m. face 23/21 Alabama (9-2) in the Nokia Notre Dame 84, Canisius 73 December 22, 2001 9 Sat. at Georgetown* Noon Sugar Bowl Classic. Notre Dame heads into the contest sporting its best record HSBC Arena 14 Thur. at Rutgers* 9:00 p.m. Buffalo, NY 17 Sun. SYRACUSE* 3:30 p.m. since the 1985-86-79 campaign when that 20 Wed. WEST VIRGINIA* 7:30 p.m. Irish squad began the season with a 9-1 Notre Dame (84) 23 Sat. at Miami* 7:30 p.m. mark. A win this evening would give Player min fg fga ft fta reb ast pf tp 27 Wed. at St. John's* 7:30 p.m. Humphrey 38 6 11 2 4 11 1 3 14 Notre Dame its best start since the 1978- Graves 40 5 8 8 10 5 3 2 20 79 season when that Irish squad began Swanagan 31 3 4 9 12 5 1 3 15 MARCH Thomas, Chris 32 5 9 5 6 5 6 4 17 2 Sat. PROVIDENCE* 4:00 p.m. the season with a 12-1 mark. Carroll 32 3 11 11 12 4 2 1 18 6- Wed.- at BIG EAST Championships Tonight's contest ends a five-game Cornette 11 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 Sat. (Madison Square Garden) road stretch for the Irish who have not Jones 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 14- Thur. NCAA First & Second Rounds Markwood 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 played at home since an 86-49 victory Team 6 17 Sun. over Army on Nov. 28. Notre Dame al- Totals 200 22 44 35 44 40 14 15 84 21- Thur. NCAA Regionals ready has played seven of its first 10 24 Sun. 30 & Sat. games on the road. Canisius (73) This will be just the second meeting Player min fg fga ft fta reb ast pf tp between the two schools who are better Mallory 21 1 9 0 2 4 2 5 3 APRIL Foster 34 3 9 2 4 6 0 3 9 1 Mon. NCAA Final Four known for their battles on the football Bush 26 6 14 1 2 3 3 2 13 (Georgia Dome — Atlanta, Ga.) gridiron. The only contest played be- Doss 26 5 9 0 0 0 0 4 12 tween the two teams was on December Dux 35 6 9 4 6 2 7 5 17 *BIG EAST Conference game Hampton 14 3 3 0 0 4 1 5 6 29, 1955 in the first round of the Sugar Jones 15 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 9 #Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic Bowl Tournament in New Orleans as the Ravello 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 (Honolulu, Hawaii) Ferris 14 0 3 1 2 2 0 3 1 !Dell Classic For Kids (United Center — Chicago, Ill.) Irieh prevailed with an 86-60 victory over Team 5 @Nokia Sugar Bowl Classic (New Orleans Arena — the Crimson Tide before eventually earn- Totals 200 28 65 8 16 27 16 29 73 New Orleans, La.) ing the tournament crown. Notre Dame 33 51 -- 84 Notre Dame has played in four Sugar Canisius 35 38 -- 73 Bowl tournaments and has been victori- ous in three of those championships. The FG Pct: Canisius 43.1, Notre Dame 50.0. 3-PT FG Pct: ( ) - indicates rankings at time of game in Irish claimed titles in 1954, 1955 and 1992, Canisius 33.3, Notre Dame 31.3. FT Pct: Canisius 50.0, Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. Notre Dame 79.5. 3-PT FG: Canisius 9, Notre Dame 5. while also finishing as the runnerup in Turnovers: Canisius 9, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: All times are local to site 1969. Canisius 0, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Canisius 9, Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey's squad heads into 4. Attendance: 7,351. the contest riding a two-game win streak. Notre Dame earned an 84-73 road win at Canisius on Sat., Dec. 22, which marked 2001-02 NOTRE DAME MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME DAY NOTES the first outing for the Irish in two weeks. Prior to the matchup with the Golden Griffins, Notre Dame was a one-point winner, 70-69, at Miami of Ohio on Dec. 8. Only a one-point loss (76-75) at Indiana separates the Irish from a perfect season. Page 2 The Irish are outscoring their opponents by an average of 23.7 points per game and have recorded four wins of 37 or more points. Notre Dame is averaging 85.0 points per ASSOCIATED PRESS contest, while limiting its opponents to just 61.3 points per game. They are shooting 50.8 (Week #7 — Dec. 7-Dec. 23) percent from the field and 41.1 per- cent from three-point range, while LW Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl Tournament 1. Duke 1 holding its 10 opponents to 37.7 1954 — 2. Maryland 3 percent shooting and 31.1 percent from beyond the arc. The Irish also December 29 3. Kansas 4 Notre Dame, 66, Loyola (La.) 45 4. Florida 5 are have made 74.9 percent of their free throw attempts (158-211) and December 30 5. Virginia 7 Notre Dame 74, Holy Cross 69 (championship) own a +8.0 rebounding advantage 6. Oklahoma State 8 1955 — 7. Kentucky 9 on the boards. All five Irish starters are averag- December 29 8. Missouri 2 Notre Dame, 86, Alabama 80 ing double figures with senior 9. Illinois 10 December 30 Ryan Humphrey 10. Boston College 11 leading the team Notre Dame 70, Utah 65 (championship) in both scoring andd rebounding 11. Arizona 6 1969 — as he is averaging 21.5 points and 12. Iowa 15 December 29 13. Stanford 12 9.1 rebounds. In addition he ranks Notre Dame, 84, West Virginia 80 14. Marquette 14 as the team leader for the second December 30 15. St. Joseph's 16 straight season in blocked shots South Carolina 84, Notre Dame 84 — OT (championship) 16 Georgetown 18 (3.63). Humphrey recorded his 1992 — 17. Michigan State 23 fourth double double of the season December 28 18. Syracuse 13 against Canisius as he scored 14 Notre Dame, 45, New Orleans 43 19. UCLA 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. December 29 Chris Thomas Notre Dame 68, St. Joseph's (Pa.) 65 (championship) 20. Wake Forest 19 is second in the 21. Ball State 20 Irish scoring column with 16.2 22. Oklahoma 24 points per game, while leading the David Graves 23. Alabama 22 team in assists (6.8), steals (2.6) and minutes played (34.0). Senior is third 24. Gonzaga 25 in the scoring and rebounding columns with averages of 15.5 and 5.0, respectively. Junior Matt Carroll Harold Swanagan 25. Cincinnati NR is averaging 11.5 points and 4.3 rebounds, while is net- ting 10.6 points and grabbing 7.1 rebounds, both career bests.