Notre Dame Men's Basketball Game Notes 1 2020-21 Schedule
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NOTRE DAME MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 2020-21 SCHEDULE Date Day AP C Opponent Network Time/Result 11/28 SAT 13 12 at Michigan State Big Ten Net L, 70-80 12/2 WED Western Michigan RSN canceled 12/4 FRI 13 14 Tennessee ACC Network canceled NOTRE DAME NORTH CAROLINA 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne canceled FIGHTING IRISH TAR HEELS 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACC Network W, 78-70 2020-21: 3-5, 0-2 ACC 2020-21: 5-4, 0-2 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Roy Williams 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 539-290 / 26 CAREER RECORD: 890-257 / 33 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS W, 64-63 RECORD AT ND: 440-238 / 21 RECORD AT UNC: 472-156 / 18 12/16 THU 21 23 * Duke ESPN L, 65-75 ACC NETWORK SERIES HISTORY 12/19 SAT ^ vs. Purdue ESPN2 L, 78-88 PLAY BY PLAY: Doug Sherman 8-25 | Home: 3-5 | Away: 1-7 | Neutral: 4-13 | ACC: 3-8 12/23 WED Bellarmine W, 81-70 ANALYST: Cory Alexander BREY VS. WILLIAMS/UNC: 4-10/4-10 BREY VS. ACC: 102-106 12/30 WED 23 24 * Virginia ACC Network L, 57-66 ND ALL-TIME VS. ACC: 169-212 1/2 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network 4 p.m. Full series history available on page 5 of this notes package 1/6 WED * Georgia Tech RSN 7 p.m. 1/10 SUN 24 * at Virginia Tech ACC Network 6 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH at TAR HEELS 1/13 WED 23 24 * at Virginia ACC Network 8:30 p.m. Junior forward Nate Laszewski leads all major conference players in field goal percentage (min 5 FGM per 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network 4 p.m. 1 game) at .662 - ahead of Iowa’s Luka Garza (.611), LSU Darius Days (.576) and Colorado’s McKinley Wright IV 1/18 MON at Howard (.566). 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. Nate Laszewski is second in the country in effective field goal percentage (.785), shooting 43-for-65 from 2 two-point range (.662) and 16-for-28 (.571) from three-point range. 1/27 WED 24 * Virginia Tech RSN 7 p.m. The 2020-21 Irish offense, currently ranked 34th in adjusted offensive efficiency by kenpom.com, has shown 1/30 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network 8 p.m. multiple weapons capable of putting up over 20 points in a game this season. Four Irish players have com- 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network 7 p.m. 4 bined to score over 20 points in seven of Notre Dame’s eight games (Nate Laszewski, Dane Goodwin, Prentiss Hubb have all hit 20 points twice this season, while Trey Wertz has a 27-point this year as well). 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network 8 p.m. The Irish are up to five games lost this season to COVID-19 safety protocols that affected the opposing team’s 2/9 TUE 20 * at Duke ESPN/2 9 p.m. ability to play the scheduled game. The program has been able to adapt to the games missed, adding Detroit 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. 5 Mercy (to replace three different scheduled home openers), Bellarmine (to replace a planned trip to Syracuse) and North Carolina (to replace at planned trip to Pittsburgh). 2/17 WED * Clemson RSN 7 p.m. 2/23 TUE * at Louisville ACC Network 8 p.m. The Irish are seventh in the country in free throw percentage at .813. Trim that national list to teams that have 7 played at least eight games and Notre Dame is fourth in the country. The Irish are ahead of Virginia (.784) for 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network 2 p.m. the ACC lead in free throw percentage. 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network 7 p.m. Notre Dame’s NCAA-leading fouls per game number, as the Irish continue their tradition of not fouling the 3/6 SAT 18 19 * Florida State ESPN/2 12/2 p.m. opponent to allow easy points late in a contest. Notre Dame’s 12.6 leads the country for teams who have 12.6 played multiple games (CS Fullerton has played one game and committed 11 fouls) and puts the Irish on pace 12/22 TUE * at Syracuse ACC Network PPD to lead the country in least amount of fouls committed for the fifth consecutive season. 1/2 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network PPD Nate Laszewski is 14th in the country in three-point field goal percentage at .565 and 13th in overall field 3/9 FRI ACC tournament begins 14 goal percentage at .662. AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game Season-high points scored off the bench by graduate student forward Juwan Durham against Virginia. The was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks Irish forward tandem of Durham and Nate Laszewski (28) combined for 47 of Notre Dame’s 57 points vs. the * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 19 Cavaliers. Durham is expected to shift back into the starting lineup due to the loss of junior Trey Wertz to a & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge sprained ankle in the first half of the Virginia game. ^ - 2020 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) A recent project by CBSSports.com ranked the ‘Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever’ with Notre Dame All times listed are ET placing 23rd on the list and sixth in the ACC. Notre Dame will face eight of the teams ranked above them Game canceled or postponed due to COVID-19 safety guidelines 23 this year a total of nine times: No. 19 NC State, No. 14 Michigan State (0-1), No. 12 Ohio State (0-1), No. 11 Syracuse, No. 6 Louisville, No. 3 Duke (0-1, twice), No. 2 North Carolina, No. 1 Kentucky (1-0). NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL RADIO NETWORK Notre Dame and North Carolina will be meeting for the 34th time on Saturday afternoon, with the Tar Heels PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan leading the all-time series 25-8. The Irish are looking to win two consecutive games against UNC for the ENGINEER: Bob Henning 34 second time in program history and the Mike Brey era (Notre Dame won three straight over UNC spanning the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons). Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- Junior guards Prentiss Hubb (37.6) and Dane Goodwin (36.9) both lead all ACC players in minutes played FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, 37 per game in 2020-21. NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/ Total victories in the history of Notre Dame men’s basketball, as the Irish became the eighth program to reach Fort Pierce, FL) 1,900 victories in 2019-20 (Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Temple, Syracuse and UCLA have all reached that plateau). The Irish were 12th all-time in college basketball victories when Mike Brey took over the program in 1907 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications 2000-01 – they have since passed Oregon State, Pennsylvania, St. John’s and Indiana on the all-time wins list into Alan Wasielewski, Associate Athletics Communcations Director eighth place. [email protected] | c: 574-532-4167 | @NDmbbSID 2 NOTRE DAME MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS 2020-21 NOTRE DAME ROSTER Rod Balanis - Rod Buh-LAHN-iss No. Name Cap. Pos Class Year Elig. Year Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Robby Carmody - Robby CAR-muh-dee Nikola Djogo - Knee-Cola Joe-Go 2 Trey Wertz G JR Transfer 6-5 195 Charlotte, NC Providence Day School Nixon Dorvilien - Nixon door-VILL-ee-an 3 Prentiss Hubb C G JR JR 6-3 175 Upper Marlboro, MD Gonzaga Juwan Durham - JUH-wan Durham 5 Cormac Ryan C G JR SO 6-5 195 New York, NY Milton Academy (MA) Nate Laszewski - Nate La-SHEH-skee Harold Swanagan - Harold SWON-uh-gan 11 Juwan Durham C F GR SR 6-11 231 Tampa, FL Tampa Prep Alan Wasielewski - Alan Waz-uh-lou-skee 12 Tony Sanders Jr. G FR FR 6-7 202 Miami, FL Gulliver Prep 13 Nikola Djogo C G GR SR 6-8 230 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Athlete Institute Prep MEDIA INFORMATION 14 Nate Laszewski F JR JR 6-10 227 Jupiter, FL Northfield Mount Herman (MA) 2020-21 Credentials 22 Elijah Taylor F FR FR 6-8 231 Philadelphia, PA Imhotep Charter Please fill out a request at 23 Dane Goodwin G JR JR 6-6 200 Upper Arlington, OH Upper Arlington und.com/credentials 24 Robby Carmody G JR SO 6-4 215 Mars, PA Mars Area Media Tools 25 Matt Zona F FR FR 6-9 243 Blauvelt, NY Bergen Catholic (NJ) Game notes, full game books, headshots, broadcast rosters, ac- tion photos and archived press conferences are available at 31 Elijah Morgan G SO SO 6-1 165 New Orleans, LA Jesuit und.com/pressbox Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey George Washington ‘82 21st year at ND Virtual Media Opportunities Associate Head Coach Rod Balanis Georgia Tech ‘93 21st year at ND After each game Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Bas- Assistant Coach Ryan Humphrey Notre Dame ‘02 Fifth year at ND ketball Coach Mike Brey will be available approximately 5-10 minutes after the game’s completion at Interim Assistant Coach Scott Martin Notre Dame ‘12 Second year at ND und.com/mbbmedia Director of Basketball Operations Harold Swanagan Notre Dame ‘02 12th year at ND Athletic Trainer Nixon Dorvilien Park University ‘01 Second year at ND Weekly media opportunities will be scheduled throughout the season and announced via e-mail (see below for distribution list re- Strength and Conditioning Tony Rolinski Penn State ‘91 24th year at ND quest).