NOTRE DAME 2008-09 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 Schedule OCTOBER 31 (9/9) BRIAR CLIFF (EXH) W, 103-64 NOVEMBER 9 (9/9) STONEHILL COLLEGE (EXH)W, 79-47 vs. 16 (9/9) USC UPSTATE W, 94-58 21 (8/9) at Loyola Marymount W, 65-54 EA Sports Maui Invitational Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii 10-3, 1-1 10-2, 1-1 24 (8/8) vs. Indiana (ESPN2) W, 88-50 25 (8/8) vs. Texas (6/7) (ESPN) W, 81-80 Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. (Est.) 26 (8/8) vs. North Carolina (1/1) (ESPN) L, 87-102 Joyce center (11,418) • Notre dame, ind. 30 (8/8) FURMAN W, 93-61 TV: ESPN DECEMBER 2 (7/7) SOUTH DAKOTA W, 102-76 Sean McDonough (play-by-play analyst) The Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase Jay Bilas and Bill Raftery (color analysts) Indianapolis, Ind. 6 (7/7) vs. Ohio State (ESPNU) L, 62-67 Radio: Jack Nolan (play-by-play analyst) 13 (12/13) BOSTON UNIVERSITY W, 74-67 LaPhonso Ellis (color analyst) 20 (12/14) DELAWARE STATE W, 88-50 Notre Dame Sports Properties originates the Notre Dame Radio Net- 22 (12/14) SAVANNAH STATE W, 81-49 work which includes: WLS 890 AM in Chicago, Ill (Chicagoland area and 31 (7/10) at DePaul* (ESPN2) W, 92-82 Midwest); WSBT 960 AM in South Bend, Ind.; XL950 AM in Indianapo- JANUARY lis, Ind.; WEFM95.9 FM in Michigan City and Gary, Ind.; WKKX 1600 AM 3 (7/10) at St. John’s* (ESPNU) L, 65-71 in Wheeling, W. Va.; ESPN 1480 AM (WRSW) in Warsaw, Ind.; WAMW 5 (7/10) GEORGETOWN* (8/11) (ESPN) 7 p.m. 10 SETON HALL* (BEN-L) 2 p.m. 107.9 FM/1580 AM in Washington, Ind.; WLUV 1520 AM in Rockford 12 at Louisville* (ESPN) 7 p.m. and DeKalb, Ill. and Janesville, Wis.; WVIL 101.3 FM in Jacksonville, Ill.; 17 at Syracuse* (ESPN) Noon WDMN 1520 AM in Toledo, Ohio; WSSP 1250 AM in Milwaukee, Wis., 24 CONNECTICUT* (ESPN) 7 p.m. and WJLS 560 AM in Beckley, W. Va., Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 159, 26 MARQUETTE* (ESPN) 7 p.m. XM Satellite Radio 117 and www.und.com. 31 at Pittsburgh* (ESPN) Noon FEBRUARY Real-Time Stats: Live in-game statistics are available 4 at Cincinnati* (ESPN360) 7:30 p.m. 7 at UCLA (CBS) 1 p.m. for all home games via the Notre Dame athletic website (www. 12 LOUISVILLE* (ESPN/ESPN2) 7 p.m. und.com). 15 SOUTH FLORIDA* (BEN-L) 2 p.m. 18 at West Virginia* (BEN-L) 7 p.m. Notre Dame Looks To Rebound In BIG EAST Home Opener 21 at Providence* (BEN-GW) Noon 25 RUTGERS* (ESPNU) 7 p.m. • Notre Dame (10-3, 1-1) looks to rebound from its loss at St. 28 at Connecticut* (CBS) 4 p.m. John’s for its BIG EAST home opener against Georgetown (10-2, 1-1). MARCH The Irish are 8-5 all-time in BIG EAST home openers and 6-2 under 2 VILLANOVA* (ESPN) 7 p.m. head coach Mike Brey 6 ST. JOHN’S* (BEN-L) 7 p.m. • Notre Dame carries into the game the nation’s longest home court win streak — 43 games. BYU had its 53-game home wins BIG EAST Championship New York, N.Y. streak snapped on Saturday night against Wake Forest. The Irish 10-14 TBA TBA also have won 18 straight BIG EAST games at home, the second-lon- gest streak in conference history. The Hoyas are the only conference NCAA Championships school that the Irish have not played at the Joyce Center during its 19-22 First and Second Rounds (TBA) TBA current home win streak. 26-29 Regionals (TBA) TBA • Notre Dame is playing its third ranked opponent of the season APRIL and first at the Joyce Center since defeating 16th-ranked Marquette 4 NCAA Final Four (Detroit, Mich) TBA 6 NCAA Finals (Detroit, Mich.) TBA 86-83 on Feb. 9, 2008. • Georgetown is making its first visit to the Joyce Center since an ( ) - indicates Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today at time of game 85-82 double overtime victory on Jan. 24, 2006. The Hoyas lead the 1 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball The Series vs. Georgetown all-time series 14-10 and have won four straight. Since 1995-96 when the Irish became a member of the BIG EAST Conference, Georgetown leads 14-10 Notre Dame is 8-13 versus Georgetown in the 21 meetings. Home: 6-5, Away:4-6, Neutral: 0-3 • Notre Dame does have one non-conference game left on its slate as the Irish travel to Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 7 to take on Date Site Result Score the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavilion. 1-5-48 Notre Dame, IN W 77-69 • The Irish did not lose back-to-back BIG EAST Conference 1-15-74 Notre Dame, IN W 104-77 games last season. The last time Notre Dame dropped consecu- 3-19-89 Pittsburgh, PA* L 74-81 tive conference outings was during the 2006-07 campaign when 1-15-96 Notre Dame, IN L 69-74 they lost on the road to both South Florida (69-63) and DePaul 2-3-96 Washington, D.C.# L 53-70 (67-66). 1-7-97 Washington, D.C.# L 57-70 2-7-98 Washington, D.C.& L 56-76 History Made 2-25-98 Notre Dame, IN W 79-69 • Notre Dame’s 93-61 victory on Nov. 30 against Furman 2-10-99 Notre Dame, IN L 53-62 marked the 39th straight home victory at the Joyce Center as 3-4-00 Washington, D.C.& W 77-54 the Irish eclipsed the all-time school record — a 60-year old mark 1-27-01 Washington, D.C.& W 78-71 — of 38 consecutive wins at the old Notre Dame Fieldhouse set 3-4-01 Notre Dame, IN L 72-79 from 1943-48. The win over Savannah State on Dec. 22 pushed 1-21-02 Notre Dame, IN L 73-83 the streak to 43 consecutive victories, the second-longest active 2-09-02 Washington, DC& (4ot) W 116-111 streak among all Division I schools. 2-2-03 Notre Dame, IN (2ot) W 93-92 • Notre Dame’s streak extends three-plus seasons as the Irish 3-8-03 Washington, D.C.& W 86-80 have not lost since suffering an 80-72 setback to Marquette on 2-4-04 Notre Dame, IN W 61-48 Feb. 25, 2006. 1-23-05 Washington, D.C.& L 54-55 2-16-05 Notre Dame, IN W 70-64 All In The Family 1-24-06 Notre Dame, IN (2ot) L 82-85 • In Notre Dame’s win over DePaul on Dec. 31, all five starters 3-9-06 New York, NY$ L 63-67 scored in double figures for the first time this season and the first 1-6-07 Washington, DC L 48-66 time since March 13, 2008 when the Irish lost to Marquette in the 3-9-07 New York, NY$ L 82-84 quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Championship. Luke Harangody 1-19-08 Washington, DC& L 65-84 led the way with 26 points and 16 rebdounds, while Zach Hille- sland finished with a career-high 17 points. Ryan Ayers added 14 *-NCAA Tournament points and Kyle McAlarney and Tory Jackson netted 13 and 12 #-Game played at Capital Centre points, respectively. &-Game played at MCI Center $-BIG EAST Tournament Big Numbers %-Game played at Verizon Center • Luke Harangody’s 28 points and 14 rebounds against St. John’s marked his sixth straight 20-plus point outing and fifth TONIGHT’S PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 2008-09 Statistics No. Player Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG. RPG Notes 33 Zach Hillesland F 6-9 228 Sr. 6.9 6.0 Scored a career-high 17 points against DePaul 44 Luke Harangody F 6-8 255 Jr. 23.5 12.5 Has eight double-doubles this season and 33 for his career 42 Ryan Ayers G 6-7 210 Sr. 12.2 3.6 Averaging double figures for the first time in career 2 Tory Jackson G 5-11 193 Jr. 11.5 4.2 Owns team’s longest streak of consecutive starts made (66) 23 Kyle McAlarney G 6-0 195 Sr. 16.3 2.1 Notched his 1,000th career point against Savannah State OFF THE BENCH 2008-09 Statistics No. Player Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG. RPG Notes 1 Tyrone Nash G/F 6-8 228 So. 2.8 2.8 Scored a career-high 10 points against Delaware State 5 Tom Kopko G 6-2 184 So. 1.2 0.0 Second-year walk-on, has played in five games this season 20 Jonathan Peoples G 6-3 215 Jr. 3.4 2.5 Averaging career-best 15.7 minutes off the bench 21 Tim Abromaitis F 6-8 232 So. -- -- Has not played in a game this season 34 Carleton Scott F 6-7 217 So. 3.9 1.6 Scored six points against Delaware State and Savannah State 41 Tim Andree F 6-8 213 Jr. 1.0 0.5 Third-year walk-on; Father Tim played basketball at ND (1979-83) 40 Luke Zeller F/C 6-11 245 Sr. 6.2 4.2 Owns career bests in both scoring and rebounding this season 2 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball double-double in the last six games since returning to the Irish Mike Brey Radio Show lineup against Ohio State on Dec.