2019-20 Notre Dame Basketball Notes
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2019-20 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 NOTRE DAME SYRACUSE FIGHTING IRISH ORANGE 2019-20: 9-4, 0-2 ACC 2019-20: 8-5, 1-1 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Jim Boeheim CAREER RECORD: 525-276 / 25 CAREER RECORD: 953-390 / 44 RECORD AT ND: 426-224 / 20 RECORD AT SU: Same Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network ESPN2 Jack Nolan (play-by-play) Jason Benetti (play-by-play) Zach Hillesland (analyst) Dan Dakich (analyst) Available locally on WSBT AM/FM, XM channel 380, Sirius/XM internet channel 970 and worldwide on und.com. 2019-20 SCHEDULE BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH AT ORANGE Date Day Opponent Network Time/Result 1 Notre Dame leads the country in least amount of fouls committed per game (11.6). 11/6 WED * at # 9/11 North Carolina ACCNet L, 65-76 Senior John Mooney is tied for first the nation in rebounds-per-game with a 13.5 average. Mooney has 11/9 SAT + Robert Morris ACCNetX W, 92-57 t-1st recorded double-doubles in 10 of 12 games played this season and is the only player in Division I to average 14-plus points and 13-plus rebounds per game this season. 11/12 TUE + Howard ACCNetX W, 79-50 Notre Dame leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.90. The Irish are ahead of Virginia Tech (1.72) and 11/15 FRI + Marshall ACCNetX W, 74-64 1.90 Gonzaga (1.61). The Irish have 237 assists this season compared to just 125 turnovers. The NCAA record for 11/18 MON Presbyterian ACCNetX W, 63-53 assist-to-turnover ratio in a season is 2.01 by West Virginia in 2006. 11/21 THU + Toledo ACCNet W, 64-62 OT Notre Dame is second in the country in turnovers per game, averaging 9.6. The Irish are just behind Virginia 2 Tech at 9.5. 11/26 TUE Fairleigh Dickinson RSN W, 91-66 Notre Dame is the only ACC team with three players in the top six of the conference in assist-to-turnover 12/4 WED & at #3/4 Maryland ESPN L, 51-72 ratio. T.J. Gibbs is second (3.43), Rex Pflueger is fifth (2.29) and Prentiss Hubb is sixth (2.25). In addition, 12/7 SAT * Boston College ESPNU L, 72-73 3 all three players rank in the top 25 among major conference players this season (Gibbs third, Pflueger 22nd, 12/10 TUE Detroit Mercy ACCNet W, 110-71 Hubb 23rd). 12/14 SAT UCLA ABC W, 75-61 Senior T.J. Gibbs boasts a 3.43 assist-to-turnover ratio, a number ranked third in the country among major 3.43 conference players (Abissa Bede, Virginia Tech, 4.15; Connor McCaffery, Iowa, 4.00). These three players are the 12/21 SAT ^ vs. Indiana ESPN L, 60-62 only major conference players with a 3.4+ assist to turnover ratio this year. 12/29 SUN Alabama A&M ACCNetX W, 82-56 John Mooney has posted four games this season with 16-plus points and 16-plus rebounds - the most of any 1/4 SAT * at Syracuse ESPN2 4 p.m. 4 player in Division I. Mooney joins Minnesota’s Daniel Oturu (three) and WVU’s Oscar Tshiebwe (two) as the only major conference players with multiple such games this season. 1/8 WED * at NC State ESPN2 7 p.m. John Mooney is tied for the lead in the country with 10 double-doubles in 2019-20 (he also has logged 1/11 SAT * #7/8 Louisville ESPN 2 p.m. 10 seven consecutive double-doubles entering the Syracuse game). 1/15 WED * at Georgia Tech ACCNet 8:30 p.m. John Mooney’s stats continue to pace the nation and place the Orlando, Florida, native as the best rebounder 1/22 WED * Syracuse ESPN2/U 7 p.m. in the country. Tied for first in overall rebounding in Division I, Mooney leads all Division I players with a 10.3 10.3 1/25 SAT * at #18/20 Florida State ACCNet 8 p.m. defensive rebounds per game average and is the only Division I player averaing over 10 defensive rebounds per game. 1/29 WED * Wake Forest ACCNet 7 p.m. The Irish continue their tradition of ‘defend without fouling’ in 2019-20 - currently ranked first in the country 2/1 SAT * Georgia Tech RSN 12 p.m. in personal fouls per game (11.6 - ahead of Virginia Tech’s 11.9 and Virginia’s 12.1). In the last decade, Notre 11.6 2/5 WED * Pittsburgh ACCNet 6:30 p.m. Dame has finished out of the top 10 in least amount of personal fouls per game just twice and led the country in the category three times. See page 2 for more details. 2/9 SUN * at Clemson ACCNet 6 p.m. Best sixth man in the country? Sophomore Dane Goodwin (averaging 12.0 ppg off the bench this year) is 2/11 TUE * at #19/19 Virginia ESPN/2/U 9 p.m. making a case for that title. Only three major conference players average over 12 points per game off the 2/15 SAT * at #2/2 Duke TBA 4 p.m. 12.0 bench (with at least 10 games played). Goodwin’s 12.0 average is third among those players (led by Vander- bilt’s Saban Lee with a 16.4 average and Jaden Schackleford from Alabama with a 12.6 average). 2/17 MON * North Carolina ESPN 7 p.m. Points-per-game average over the past four games for Dane Goodwin, the first four-game double-digit 2/23 SUN * Miami (FL) ACCNet 6 p.m. 17.5 scoring streak of his career. Goodwin also is shooting .481 (13-27) from three-point range during the four- 2/26 WED * at Boston College ACCNet 9 p.m. game stretch. 2/29 SAT * at Wake Forest RSN 4 p.m. Notre Dame is currently ranked third in the country and first in the ACC in assists per game with a 18.2 aver- 3/4 WED * #18/20 Florida State ESPN2/U 9 p.m. 18.2 age. The Irish have four games this season with over 20 team assists (22 vs. Howard, 24 vs. FDU, school-record tying 33 vs. Detroit Mercy, 23 vs. Alabama A&M). 3/7 SAT * Virginia Tech ACCNet 2 or 4 p.m. The Irish compiled 33 team assists in the victory over Detroit Mercy on December 10, matching the school 3/10 TUE ACC Championship Begins 33 record set at Manhattan in 1986. It was the most of the Mike Brey era and just the fourth time a Notre Dame Rankings indicated are AP/Coaches Poll team has reached 30 or more assists in a game. * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Notre Dame and Syracuse will be meeting for the 51st time on Saturday afternoon. The Orange hold a 29-21 + - 2019 Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational 51 advantage in the series. The Irish are looking to claim consecutive wins in the Carrier Dome for the first time & - 2019 ACC/Big Ten Challenge since 1990 and 1992. ^ - 2019 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey acheived another milestone in his career against UCLA on December 14. Coach Brey manned the sidelines for his 800th career game, becoming the Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications 802 25th active coach to reach 800 career games. Brey is the winningest coach in Notre Dame men’s basketball Alan Wasielewski, Associate Athletics Communcations Director history (426), 23rd on the active wins list in college basketball and 10th in wins by any coach at his current [email protected] | c: 574-532-4167 institution (see page 9 for more details). #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. Year Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Robby Carmody - Robby CAR-muh-dee Nikola Djogo - Knee-Cola Joe-Go 0 Rex Pflueger (C) G GR 5 6-6 218 Dana Point, CA Mater Dei Juwan Durham - JUH-wan Durham 3 Prentiss Hubb G SO 2 6-3 175 Upper Marlboro, MD Gonzaga Nate Laszewski - Nate La-SHEH-skee 5 Cormac Ryan G SO Transfer 6-5 190 New York, NY Milton Academy (MA) Rex Pflueger - Rex - FLOO-grr Harold Swanagan - Harold SWON-uh-gan 10 T.J. Gibbs (C) G SR 4 6-3 185 Scotch Plains, NJ Seton Hall Prep Alan Wasielewski - Alan Waz-uh-lou-skee 11 Juwan Durham F SR 3 6-11 223 Tampa, FL Tampa Prep Nixon Dorvilien - Nixon door-VILL-ee-an 13 Nikola Djogo G SR 3 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 1 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 4 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 Boston College 12/7 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 Robert Morris 11/9 Date City Site ND Rk Opp.