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 GEORGIA TECH 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne canceled FIGHTING IRISH YELLOW JACKETS 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACC Network W, 78-70 2020-21: 3-6, 0-3 ACC 2020-21: 6-3, 2-1 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Josh Pastner 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 539-291 / 26 CAREER RECORD: 238-143 / 12 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS W, 64-63 RECORD AT ND: 440-239 / 21 RECORD AT GT: 71-70 / 5 12/16 THU 21 23 * Duke ESPN L, 65-75 REGIONAL SPORTS SERIES HISTORY 12/19 SAT ^ vs. Purdue ESPN2 L, 78-88 NETWORKS 12-11 | Home: 9-2 | Away: 2-8 | Neutral: 1-1 | ACC: 9-5 12/23 WED Bellarmine W, 81-70 PLAY BY PLAY: Evan Lepler BREY VS. PASTNER/GT: 6-3/10-6 12/30 WED 23 24 * Virginia ACC Network L, 57-66 ANALYST: Brian Oliver BREY VS. ACC: 102-107 ND ALL-TIME VS. ACC: 169-213 1/2 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network L, 65-66 Full series history available on page 5 of this notes package 1/6 WED * Georgia Tech RSN 7 p.m. 1/10 SUN 19 20 * at Virginia Tech ACC Network 6 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH vs YELLOW JACKETS 1/13 WED 22 21 * at Virginia ACC Network 8:30 p.m. Junior forward Nate Laszewski’s NCAA-leading effective field goal percentage in 2020-21. 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network 4 p.m. .804 The statistic accounts for the fact that a three-point field goal is more worth more than a two-point field goal 1/18 MON at Howard – the formula is (FGM + 0.5 * 3PM) / FGA 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. Nate Laszewski’s field goal percentage in 2020-21, which leads the ACC, is third among major conference 1/27 WED 24 * Virginia Tech RSN 7 p.m. .658 players and 10th in the NCAA (min 5 FGM/G, 5 GP). 1/30 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network 8 p.m. Nate Laszewski’s three-point field goal percentage in 2020-21, which leads the ACC, is third among major .590 conference players and 6th in the NCAA (min 1.5 3PM/G, 5 GP). 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network 7 p.m. The Irish are up to five games lost this season to COVID-19 safety protocols that affected the opposing team’s 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network 8 p.m. ability to play the scheduled game. The program has been able to adapt to the games missed, adding Detroit 2/9 TUE 21 24 * at Duke ESPN/2 9 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). 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. 2/17 WED 19 18 * Clemson RSN 7 p.m. Three-point field goals by Nate Laszewski at North Carolina last Saturday. A career-high for the Jupiter, FL, 7 native as he becomes just the third major conference player this season to hit seven three-point field goals on 2/23 TUE 25 * at Louisville ACC Network 8 p.m. an opponent’s home court. 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network 2 p.m. Notre Dame’s NCAA-leading fouls per game number, as the Irish continue their tradition of not fouling the 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network 7 p.m. opponent to allow easy points late in a contest. Notre Dame’s 12.6 leads the country for teams who have 12.4 played at least five games and puts the Irish on pace to lead the country in least amount of fouls committed 3/6 SAT 25 22 * Florida State ESPN/2 12/2 p.m. for the fifth consecutive season. 12/22 TUE * at Syracuse ACC Network PPD The Irish are seventh in the country in free throw percentage at .793. Trim that national list to teams that have 1/2 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network PPD 13 played at least eight games and Notre Dame is seventh in the country. The Irish are ahead of Virginia (.784) for the ACC lead in free throw percentage. 3/9 FRI ACC tournament begins A recent project by CBSSports.com ranked the ‘Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever’ with Notre Dame AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game placing 23rd on the list and sixth in the ACC. Notre Dame will face eight of the teams ranked above them was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks 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 * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Syracuse, No. 6 Louisville, No. 3 Duke (0-1, twice), No. 2 North Carolina, No. 1 Kentucky (1-0). & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge ^ - 2020 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) Notre Dame and Georgia Tech will be meeting for the 24th time on Wednesday evening, with the Irish leading All times listed are ET 24 the all-time series 12-11 and 9-2 at Purcell Pavilion. The Irish have won four straight in the series and are Game canceled or postponed due to COVID-19 safety guidelines looking to earn a program-best fifth consecutive win over the Yellow Jackets. Points scored over the past two games for Nate Laszewski, who hit a career-high 28 points against Virginia NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL 53 (12/30/20) and followed up with 25 points at North Carolina (1/2/21) – becoming the first Irish player to RADIO NETWORK post back-to-back 20-point games since Bonzie Colson had three straight in February of 2017. PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan ENGINEER: Bob Henning Total victories in the history of Notre Dame men’s basketball, as the Irish became the eighth program to reach Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM 1,900 victories in 2019-20 (Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Temple, Syracuse and UCLA have all reached 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- that plateau). The Irish were 12th all-time in college basketball victories when Mike Brey took over the program in 1907 FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, 2000-01 – they have since passed Oregon State, Pennsylvania, St. John’s and Indiana on the all-time wins list into NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/ eighth place. Fort Pierce, FL) Notre Dame Associate Head Coach Rod Balanis is a 1993 graduate of Georgia Tech and played for legendary Yellow 1993 Jacket head coach Bobby Cremins. Balanis was a part of teams that made four trips to the NCAA Championship tournament while earning two Sweet 16 berths and a trip to the 1990 Final Four in Denver, Colorado. Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications Alan Wasielewski, Associate Athletics Communcations Director [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).