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 7 p.m. 12/4 FRI 13 14 Tennessee ACC Network 8 p.m. NOTRE DAME KENTUCKY 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne 11 a.m. FIGHTING IRISH WILDCATS 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACCNetXtra W, 78-70 2020-21: 1-2, 0-0 ACC 2020-21: 1-3, 0-0 SEC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: John Calipari 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 537-287 / 26 CAREER RECORD: 776-220 / 29 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS 12 p.m. RECORD AT ND: 438-235 / 21 RECORD AT UK: 331-80 / 12 12/16 THU 10 11 * Duke ESPN 9 p.m. CBS SERIES HISTORY 12/19 SAT ^ vs. Purdue PLAY BY PLAY: Tom McCarthy 19-43 | Home: 9-5 | Away: 0-8 | Neutral 10-30 12/22 TUE * at Syracuse ACC Network 7 p.m. ANALYST: Bill Raftery BREY VS. CALIPARI/KENTUCKY: 1-2/2-6 BREY VS. SEC: 9-11 12/30 WED 18 18 * Virginia ACC Network 6 p.m. ND ALL-TIME VS. SEC: 44-65 1/2 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network 2 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 15 15 * at Virginia Tech ACC Network 6 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH at WILDCATS 1/13 WED 18 18 * at Virginia ACC Network 8:30 p.m. Even though Notre Dame and Kentucky have met 62 times, only 22 of those meeting have come on each 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network 4 p.m. team’s respective home courts (see page 7 of this package for an in-depth look at the ND-UK series). The Irish 1/18 MON at Howard 1 will be looking to earn the program’s first victory at Rupp Arena on Saturday afternoon. Under Mike Brey and since 2015-16, Notre Dame has earned its first program victories at Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke) and the 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. Dean Smith Center (North Carolina). 1/27 WED 15 15 * Virginia Tech RSN 7 p.m. Potential home opening games canceled due to COVID-19 concerns on opposing teams this season. First to 1/30 SAT 16 14 * at North Carolina ACC Network 8 p.m. be scratched out was a visit by Tennessee on Dec. 4, then the home opener with Western Michigan on Dec. 2 3 was lost. Notre Dame pivoted to schedule Purdue Fort Wayne on December 5, but one day later that game was 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network 7 p.m. canceled. Eventually, Detroit Mercy was able to visit Purcell Pavilion on December 6 for the home opener - and 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network 8 p.m. second game of the season. 2/9 TUE 9 11 * at Duke ESPN/2 9 p.m. Junior guard Prentiss Hubb is eighth in the country (as of Dec. 9) in 3FGM per game at 4.33 and leads all ACC 4.3 player in that category. 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. Junior forward Nate Laszewski has pulled down at least nine rebounds in each of Notre Dame’s first three 2/17 WED * Clemson RSN 7 p.m. 9 games this season. After averaging 7.4 ppg and 4.6 rpg last season, Laszewski has increased those averages to 2/23 TUE 25 24 * at Louisville ACC Network 8 p.m. 15.0 ppg and 9.7 rpg in 2020-21. 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network 2 p.m. At 44.1%, Notre Dame is 15th in the country in 3FG% (as of Dec. 9) and second in the ACC (NC State has a 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network 7 p.m. 15 44.9% average). 3/6 SAT 20 21 * Florida State ESPN/2 12/2 p.m. Points-per-game average over the past two seasons for Prentiss Hubb against ranked opponents (eight 18.3 games). In those contests, Hubb is shooting .423 from three-point range with 4.6 assists per contest. 3/9 FRI ACC tournament begins In his 21st season at Notre Dame (the longest tenure of any ND men’s basketball coach), Mike Brey also AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game has the ninth-longest tenure of any Division I head coach. Brey will face three of the coaches with longer was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks 21 tenures than himself this season (Jim Boeheim, Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo). Greg Kampe, Bob McKillop, Fran * - Atlantic Coast Conference game O’Hanlon, Mark Few, Mike McConathy and James Jones make up the other coaches who have been at their & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge current school longer than Mike Brey. ^ - 2020 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) All times listed are ET Points-per-game average for Prentiss Hubb, who has recorded two of his career 10 20-point games so far 22.3 this season. All 10 of Hubb’s 20-point career games have come vs. power conference oppnents with five of those games against ranked foes. A recent project by CBSSports.com ranked the ‘Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever’ with Notre Dame 23 placing 23rd on the list and sixth in the ACC. NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL RADIO NETWORK Career assists in ACC regular-season games for Prentiss Hubb, the most among any returning ACC player and 178 PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan 10th all-time on the career conference-game charts at Notre Dame. ENGINEER: Bob Henning Only two Notre Dame players have blocked 200 shots during their time in an Irish uniform. Jordan Cornette Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM (2001-05, 201) and LaPhonso Ellis (1988-92). While the truncated 2020-21 season doesn’t help graduate 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- 200 student Juwan Durham, he could become the third player to reach 200 blocks. With a 2.2 bpg average in FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, his career, Durham is on pace to add 60 blocks to his career total - putting him above 180. An increase in his NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/ average per game (he has swatted seven shots thus far) could put the school blocked shot record in reach. Fort Pierce, FL) Total victories in the history of Notre Dame men’s basketball, as the Irish became the eighth program to reach 1,900 victories in 2019-20 (Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Temple, Syracuse and UCLA have all reached 1905 that plateau). The Irish were 12th all-time in college basketball victories when Mike Brey took over the program in 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).