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 cancelled 12/4 FRI 13 14 Tennessee ACC Network cancelled NOTRE DAME WAKE FOREST 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne cancelled FIGHTING IRISH DEMON DEACONS 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACC Network W, 78-70 2020-21: 6-9, 3-6 ACC 2020-21: 5-7, 2-7 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Steve Forbes 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 542-294 / 26 CAREER RECORD: 301-112 /11 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS W, 64-63 RECORD AT ND: 443-242 / 21 RECORD AT WF: 5-7 / 1 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: Dave O’Brien 6-5 | Home: 4-1 | Away: 2-2 | Neutral: 0-2 | ACC: 6-3 12/23 WED Bellarmine W, 81-70 ANALYST: Corey Alexander BREY VS. FORBES/WF: first meeting/6-4 BREY VS. ACC: 105-110 12/30 WED 23 24 * Virginia ACC Network L, 57-66 ND ALL-TIME VS. ACC: 172-216 1/2 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network L, 65-66 Full series history available on page 2 of this notes package 1/10 SUN 19 20 * at Virginia Tech ACC Network L, 63-77 1/13 WED 18 22 * at Virginia ACC Network L, 68-80 BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH vs. DEMON DEACONS 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network W, 80-70 In its eighth season in the ACC, Notre Dame has failed to finish .500 or above in the month of February just 1/18 MON at Howard FOX 2:30 p.m. .500 once (2018-19) – including 6-2 last season – and the second month of the year as keyed some memorable 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network W, 73-59 rises in the league standings. See page 4 for more details. 1/27 WED 20 19 * Virginia Tech RSN L, 51-62 Notre Dame career field goal percentage for graduate forward Juwan Durham, which would rank him fifth on .561 the Irish career charts since 1996-97 for a player with at least 200 FGM. See page 4 for more. 1/30 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network W, 84-58 Statistical categories in which junior Nate Laszewski is among the top 11 in the country - EFG% (.746, 2nd); 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network 5 p.m. 3 FG% (.637, 11th) and 3FG% (.519, 6th). 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network 8 p.m. So far this season, Notre Dame has lost five scheduled games to COVID-19 safety guidelines, while two 2/9 TUE * at Duke ACC Network 4:30 p.m. 5 other games (last Saturday at Pittsburgh, Feb. 20 at Syracuse) are rescheduled contests that were also lost to COVID-19 issues. Notre Dame’s Jan. 6 meeting with Georgia Tech has yet to be rescheduled. 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network 6 p.m. 2/17 WED * Clemson RSN 7 p.m. Notre Dame and Wake Forest will be meeting for the 12th time on Tuesday afternoon, with the Irish leading 12 the all-time series 6-5. Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey and WF head coach 2/20 SAT * at Syracuse ACC Network 2 p.m. Steve Forbes will be meeting as head coaches for the first time Tuesday afternoon as well. 2/23 TUE * at Louisville ACC Network 8 p.m. Assists handed out by junior guard Prentiss Hubb over the past three games. He also has shot .488 from the 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network 2 p.m. 21 field, .590 from 3FG and averaged 19.3 points in the last three games for the Irish. 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network 7 p.m. Point differential in the victory at Pittsburgh on Saturday, the third-best for the Irish since they joined the ACC 26 in 2013-14 (30 pts. vs. NC State on 1/3/18; 27 pts. vs. BC on 1/13/16). 3/6 SAT 20 19 * Florida State ESPN/2 12/2 p.m. Rebounds pulled down in the last three games by Nate Laszewski, who has bolstered his rebounds-per- 1/6 WED * Georgia Tech RSN PPD 29 game average from 4.6 last season to 8.1 in 2020-21 – a mark that ranks third in the ACC entering this week’s 3/9 FRI ACC tournament begins action. AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game Notre Dame’s NCAA-leading fouls per game number, as the Irish continue their tradition of not fouling the was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks 11.9 opponent to allow easy points late in a contest. The Irish are ahead of Virginia (12.7) and Wright State (13.1) * - Atlantic Coast Conference game for the national lead. & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge ^ - 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 23 Game cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 safety guidelines 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 (0-1), No. 1 Kentucky (1-0). Assists in ACC play for Prentiss Hubb this season, which is seventh in the country entering this week’s action NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL 56 among major conference players. His assist-per-game average of 6.2 would rank fifth among major conference players. RADIO NETWORK PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan Average points scored by Notre Dame’s last three opponents, the best three-game stretch of ACC defense since 59.6 ENGINEER: Bob Henning the 2017-18 season when the Irish held their first three league opponents to 59-58-49 (55.3). Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM Career blocked shots for Juwan Durham, who passed Bonzie Colson (155) for fifth-place on the Notre Dame 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- 156 career list against Pittsburgh. Durham is one of just three Irish players to average over 2.0 blocks per game in a FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, career (LaPhonso Ellis, current Irish assistant coach Ryan Humphrey). NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/ Career assists in ACC play for Prentiss Hubb - the most of any active ACC player (Xavier Johnson, Pitt, is Fort Pierce, FL) 234 second with 212) and sixth among all active major conference players. Hubb is the first Irish player to record 200 assists in ACC play. Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Athletic Communications Alan Wasielewski, Associate Athletics Communcations Director School-record men’s basketball victories at Notre Dame for Mike Brey, the 10th most for any active NCAA Division [email protected] | c: 574-532-4167 | @NDmbbSID 443 coach at his current institution. 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 JR 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).