Notre Dame 2007-08 Men’s Basketball 2008 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Championship Presented by Aeropostale 2007-08 Schedule NOVEMBER March 12-15 • Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) 2 ST. AMBROSE (IA) - Exhibition W, 109-53 7 ST. EDWARD’S (TX) - Exhibition W, 71-56 12 LONG ISLAND W, 82-50 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS PARADISE JAM - University of Virgin Islands - 5th place (UVI Sports and Fitness Center - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas) 16 Monmouth W, 76-33 18 Baylor L, 64-68 19 Georgia Tech L ,69-70 24 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W, 87-57 26 COLGATE W, 94-63 MEDIA INFORMATION DECEMBER Television: All games will be televised by ESPN. 1 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 76-65 Radio: Jack Nolan (play-by-play analyst) 4 Kansas State! (ESPN) W, 68-59 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W, 108-62 LaPhonso Ellis (color analyst) 22 SAN FRANCISCO W, 84-78 Notre Dame Sports Properties originates the Notre Dame Radio Network which includes: 29 BROWN W, 87-54 WLS 890 AM in Chicago, Ill. (Chicagoland area and Midwest); WZOW 97.7 FM and 102.3 31 NORTH FLORIDA W, 77-58 FM in South Bend, Ind.; ESPN 950 AM in Indianapolis, Ind.; WLYV 1450 AM in Fort JANUARY Wayne, Ind. and Northeast, Ind.; WLUV 96.7 AM in Rockford and DeKalb, Ill., and Beloit 3 WEST VIRGINIA* (ESPN2) W, 69-56 and Janesville, Wis.; WLUV 1520 AM in Rockford and DeKalb, Ill., and Beloit and Janes- 5 CONNECTICUT* (ESPN) W, 73-67 ville, Wis.; WEFM 95.9 FM in Michigan City and Gary, Ind.; ESPN (WRSW) 1480 AM in 12 at Marquette* (15/16) (ERT) L, 66-92 Warsaw, Ind.; WAMW 107.9 FM and 1580 AM in Washington, Ind., Sirius Satellite Radio 15 CINCINNATI* (ESPNU) W, 91-74 Channel 159 and www.und.com. 19 at Georgetown* (5/6) (ERT) L, 65-84 26 at Villanova* (ERT) (T18/18) W, 90-80 Real-Time Stats: Live in-game statistics are available for all home games, via the Notre 31 PROVIDENCE* (ESPN2) W, 81-74 (OT) Dame athletic website (www.und.com). FEBRUARY 2 DEPAUL* (ESPNC) W, 89-80 6 (22/21) at Seton Hall* (ERT) W, 95-69 Notre Dame In The BIG EAST Tournament 9 (22/21) MARQUETTE* (16/16)* (ESPN) W, 86-83 • Notre Dame (24-6, 14-4) earned a first-round bye in the BIG EAST Tourna- 13 (20/18) at Connecticut* (17/17)* (ESPNU) L, 78-84 17 (20/18) at Rutgers* (ERT) W, 71-68 ment for the second straight year and fourth time in eight seasons under head 21 (21/21) PITTSBURGH* (ESPN) W, 82-70 coach Mike Brey. The Irish finished tied for second with Louisville in the final BIG 24 (21/21) SYRACUSE* (CBS) W, 94-87 EAST regular-season standings, but earned the No. 3 seed overall by virtue of the 28 (17/17) at Louisville* (13/18) (ESPN) L, 85-90 Cardinals’s victory back on February 28. Notre Dame will play either No. 6 seed MARCH Marquette or No. 11 seed Seton Hall in Thursday night’s quarterfinal matchup. 2 (17/17) at DePaul (ERT)* W, 98-91 • Notre Dame closed out the 2007-08 regular season by winning 11 of its final 13 5 (19/19) ST. JOHN’S (ERT)* W, 68-55 8 (19/19) at USF* (ESPN360) W, 67-60 games and finished with 24 regular-season victories, the most regular-season wins 13 vs. Marquette or Seton Hall 9:00 p.m. EST by an Irish team under Brey and most since 1973-74 when that squad finished up 20-23 NCAA Championship - First and Second Rounds the regular season with a 24-5 mark heading into the NCAA Tournament. 27-30 NCAA Championship - Regionals • Notre Dame has won 24 games three times during Mike Brey’s coaching ten- APRIL ure — 2002-03, 2006-07 and 2007-08. Notre Dame last won 25 or more games in 5 NCAA Final Four - Semifinals Alamo Dome 1973-74 when that Irish squad finished with a final 26-3 record. (San Antonio, TX) • Notre Dame is 81-53 all-time playing at Madison Square Garden. Earlier this 7 NCAA Championship - Final season, the Irish earned a 68-59 victory over Kansas State on December 4 in the ! - Jimmy V Classic (Madison Square Garden) first game of the Jimmy V Classic. * - BIG EAST Conference game • Notre Dame closed out the home portion of the 2007-08 schedule with a 68-55 ^ - BIG EAST Championship (Madison Square Garden) ( ) - indicates Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today poll win over St. John’s. With the victory, the Irish made Joyce Center and BIG EAST rankings at time of game history to become the first Notre Dame team in the 40-year history of playing at the Joyce Center and the first-ever conference team to go undefeated at home in back- to-back seasons. Notre Dame 2007-08 Men’s Basketball • Notre Dame’s 14-4 record marks the best-ever for an Irish team in BIG EAST play Associated Press ESPN/USA Today and the most-ever conference regular-season victories since joining the BIG EAST (Poll 17) (Poll 17) in 1995-96. Prior to the 14 league wins, Notre Dame had previously won 11 regular- season contests during the 2000-01 and 2006-07 campaigns en route to 11-5 marks 1. North Carolina 1. North Carolina in both of those campaigns. 2. Memphis 2. UCLA • Notre Dame tops the nation in assists with 19.1 per game and has dished 3. UCLA 3. Memphis off 20-plus assists in 12 games. 4. Tennessee 4. Tennessee • The home win over St. John’s extended Notre Dame school-record Joyce Center home win streak to 37 games (second active longest win streak nationally) and BIG 5. Kansas 5. Duke EAST Conference win streak to 18 — a mark that ranks second all-time and is just two 6. Duke 6. Kansas shy of the league record of 20 straight victories. The Irish have not lost at the Joyce 7. Stanford 7. Stanford Center since February 25, 2006 with an 80-72 setback to Marquette. 8. Xavier 8. Wisconsin • The all-time Notre Dame home win streak is 38 games. That mark began with a 9. Texas 9. Texas 41-31 victory over Wisconsin on December 11, 1943 and ended with a 68-51 loss to 10. Wisconsin 10. Georgetown St. Louis on February 8, 1948. 11. Georgetown 11. Xavier • Notre Dame has played six ranked opponents and are 2-4 in those matchups. 12. Louisville 12. Butler • The Irish have won 22 of their last 26 games and are 24-6 through 30 contests. 13. Connecticut 13. Louisville It’s the best record for a Notre Dame team after 30 games since the 1978-79 cam- 14. Butler 14. Connecticut paign when that team finished with a 24-6 record — losing the in the final game to 15. Purdue 15. Purdue Michigan State in the Mideast Regional Final. 16. Vanderbilt 16. Vanderbilt • Notre Dame has reached double-digit wins in BIG EAST play for the fifth time in 17. Michigan State 17. Indiana eight seasons under head coach Mike Brey and earned a first-round bye for the fourth 18. Indiana 18. Michigan State time during his tenure. 19. Notre Dame 19. Notre Dame • With its 24-6 record, Notre Dame has posted five 20-win seasons in eight cam- 20. Drake 20. Marquette paigns under Mike Brey. He is only the second coach in school history to register five 21. Marquette 21. Drake 20-win campaigns in his first eight seasons. Digger Phelps was the only other coach 22. Gonzaga 22. Washington State to post five 20-win campaigns in his first eight years of his 20-year tenure at Notre 23. Washington State 23. Gonzaga Dame. 24. Clemson 24. Brigham Young 25. Davidson 25. Mississippi State Back In The Big Apple • Notre Dame is playing in the BIG EAST Championship at Madison Square Garden *bold indicates 2007-08 opponents for the 13th straight year. The Irish have never missed the BIG EAST Tournament. Next season, all 16 teams will play in the New York. BIG EAST PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 2007-08 Statistics No. Player Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG. RPG Notes 31 Rob Kurz F 6-9 232 Sr. 12.7 7.5 Third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder 33 Zach Hillesland F 6-9 233 Jr. 6.0 4.9 Has started last 13 games in which ND is 11-2 44 Luke Harangody F 6-8 251 So. 21.0 10.3 Topped the BIG EAST in both scoring (23.3) and rebounding (11.3) 2 Tory Jackson G 5-11 193 So. 8.1 5.1 His 180 assists are third-most ever by a Notre Dame sophomore 23 Kyle McAlarney G 6-0 196 Jr. 15.0 2.1 Has three 30-plus point outings in 18 BIG EAST contests OFF THE BENCH 2007-08 Statistics No. Player Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG. RPG Notes 1 Tyrone Nash G 6-8 220 Fr 1.2 1.5 Has played in 13 games 5 Tom Kopko G 6-2 180 Fr. 1.3 0.5 First year walk-on 13 Ty Proffitt G 6-4 206 Fr. 1.3 0.5 Missed the first four games with a groin injury 20 Jonathan Peoples G 6-3 215 So. 3.5 1.7 Dished off a career-high five assists against DePaul 21 Tim Abromaitis F 6-8 224 Fr.