2019-20 Notre Dame Basketball Notes
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2019-20 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 NOTRE DAME INDIANA FIGHTING IRISH HOOSIERS 2019-20: 8-3, 0-2 ACC 2019-20: 10-1, 1-1 Big Ten HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Archie Miller CAREER RECORD: 524-276 / 25 CAREER RECORD: 184-95 / 9 RECORD AT ND: 425-224 / 20 RECORD AT IU: 45-32 / 3 Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network ESPN Jack Nolan (play-by-play) Jason Benetti (play-by-play) Available locally on WSBT AM/FM, worldwide on Jimmy Dykes (analyst) und.com and Sirius/XM internet channel 972. 2019-20 SCHEDULE BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH VS HOOSIERS Date Day Opponent Network Time/Result Senior John Mooney leads the nation in rebounds-per-game with a 13.4 average. Mooney has recorded 11/6 WED * at # 9/11 North Carolina ACCNet L, 65-76 1 double-doubles in eight of 10 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. 11/9 SAT + Robert Morris ACCNetX W, 92-57 Notre Dame leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.82. The Irish are ahead of Richmond (1.63) and 11/12 TUE + Howard ACCNetX W, 79-50 1.82 Iowa (1.57). The Irish have 195 assists this season compared to just 107 turnovers. 11/15 FRI + Marshall ACCNetX W, 74-64 John Mooney is tied for second in the country with eight double-doubles in 2019-20. There are just four 11/18 MON Presbyterian ACCNetX W, 63-53 2 Division I players with eight or more double-doubles this season, led by William & Mary’s Nathan Knight with nine. 11/21 THU + Toledo ACCNet W, 64-62 OT Categories in which Notre Dame ranks among the top four in the ACC statistical team rankings. The Irish pace 11/26 TUE Fairleigh Dickinson RSN W, 91-66 5 the ACC in assists/game (17.7) and assist/turnover (1.82), second in 3FGM/game (10.0), fourth in scoring 12/4 WED & at #3/4 Maryland ESPN L, 51-72 (76.0) and fourt in scoring margin (+11.91). 12/7 SAT * Boston College ESPNU L, 72-73 Saturday’s game features the No. 8 (Notre Dame, 1,888 wins) and No. 10 (Indiana, 1,876) winningest 12/10 TUE Detroit Mercy ACCNet W, 110-71 8 vs. 10 programs in college basketball history. The Irish are 14th in all-time winning percentage (.646) while the Hoosiers are 23rd (.636). 12/14 SAT UCLA ABC W, 75-61 Notre Dame is averaging 9.72 turnovers per game, the second-best mark in the nation as of December 17. 12/21 SAT ^ vs. Indiana ESPN 12 p.m. 9.72 Washington State leads the NCAA at 9.70. 12/29 SUN Alabama A&M ACCNetX 12 p.m. Best sixth man in the country? Sophomore Dane Goodwin is making a case for that title. Only four major 1/4 SAT * at Syracuse ESPN2/U 4 p.m. 11.7 conference players average over 10 points per game off the bench (with at least 10 games played). Goodwin’s 11.7 average is second among those players (group is led by Texas’ Andrew Jones with an 11.8 average). 1/8 WED * at NC State ESPN2/U 7 p.m. With two more blocks against UCLA on Saturday, senior Juwan Durham maintained 12th place all-time on 1/11 SAT * #3/5 Louisville ESPN 2 p.m. 12 the Notre Dame career blocked shots list. Durham is one of three players in school history to average over 2.0 1/15 WED * at Georgia Tech ACCNet 8:30 p.m. blocks per game. 1/22 WED * Syracuse ESPN2/U 7 p.m. The Irish continue their tradition of ‘defend without fouling’ in 2019-20 - currently ranked second in the 1/25 SAT * at #21/21 Florida State ACCNet 8 p.m. country in personal fouls per game (12.1 - behind Virginia’s 11.9). In the last decade, Notre Dame has finished 12.1 out of the top 10 in least amount of personal fouls per game just twice and led the country in the category 1/29 WED * Wake Forest ACCNet 7 p.m. three times. See page 3 for more details. 2/1 SAT * Georgia Tech RSN 12 p.m. Notre Dame is currently ranked eighth in the country and first in the ACC in assists per game with a 17.7 2/5 WED * Pittsburgh ACCNet 6:30 p.m. 17.7 average. The Irish have three games this season with over 20 team assists (22 vs. Howard, 24 vs. FDU, school-record tying 33 vs. Detroit Mercy. 2/9 SUN * at Clemson ACCNet 6 p.m. Averaging 2.73 blocks per game, Juwan Durham is currently 20th in the country for that statistical category. 2/11 TUE * at #9/7 Virginia ESPN/2/U 9 p.m. 20 With 30 total blocks, Durham is tied for 13th in the country. 2/15 SAT * at #4/3 Duke TBA 4 p.m. Points off the bench, in the first half, scored by Dane Goodwin in the past two games. Goodwin scored 16 in 2/17 MON * #NR/23 North Carolina ESPN 7 p.m. 30 the first half against Detroit Mercy, then followed up with 14 against UCLA. 2/23 SUN * Miami (FL) ACCNet 6 p.m. The Irish compiled 33 team assists in the victory over Detroit Mercy on Tuesday, matching the school record set 2/26 WED * at Boston College ACCNet 9 p.m. 33 at Manhattan in 1986. It was the most of the Mike Brey era and just the fourth time a Notre Dame team has reached 30 or more assists in a game. 2/29 SAT * at Wake Forest RSN 4 p.m. Notre Dame has connected on school-record 35 three-pointers over the past two games (a school-record 3/4 WED * #19/19 Florida State ESPN2/U 9 p.m. matching 20 against Detroit Mercy and 15 against UCLA). That mark bests the 30 in back-to-back games in 3/7 SAT * Virginia Tech ACCNet 2 or 4 p.m. 35 2011 (20 vs. Villanova, 10 at Connecticut). The back-to-back games with over 15 3FGM is a first for the Notre Dame program. 3/10 TUE ACC Championship Begins Notre Dame and Indiana will be meeting for the 73rd time on Saturday afternoon. The Hoosiers lead the all- Rankings indicated are AP/Coaches Poll 73 time series 50-22. Since breaking an eight-game losing streak to Indiana at Assembly Hall in 2003, the series ! - Exhibition is even at 3-3. * - Atlantic Coast Conference game + - 2019 Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey acheived another milestone in his career & - 2019 ACC/Big Ten Challenge against UCLA. Coach Brey manned the sidelines for his 800th career game, becoming the 25th active coach to ^ - 2019 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) 800 reach 800 career games. Brey is the winningest coach in Notre Dame men’s basketball history (425), 23rd on Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications the active wins list in college basketball and 10th in wins from any coach at his current institution (see page Alan Wasielewski, Associate Athletics Communcations Director 9 for more details). [email protected] | c: 574-532-4167 #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 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 7 Fairleigh Dickinson 11/26 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 NOTRE DAME VS.