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 NC STATE 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne cancelled FIGHTING IRISH WOLFPACK 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACC Network W, 78-70 2020-21: 9-13, 6-10 ACC 2020-21: 12-9, 8-8 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey HEAD COACH: Kevin Keatts 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 545-298 / 26 CAREER RECORD: 149-73 (7) 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS W, 64-63 RECORD AT ND: 446-246 / 21 RECORD AT NC ST: 77-45 (4) 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: Jay Alter 8-7 | Home: 3-4 | Away: 5-2 | Neutral: 0-1 | ACC: 4-4 12/23 WED Bellarmine W, 81-70 ANALYST: Malcolm Huckaby BREY VS. NC STATE/KEATTS: 4-5/1-2 Full series history available on page 2 of this notes package 12/30 WED 23 24 * Virginia ACC Network L, 57-66 1/2 SAT * at North Carolina ACC Network L, 65-66 1/10 SUN 19 20 * at Virginia Tech ACC Network L, 63-77 BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH vs WOLFPACK 1/13 WED 18 22 * at Virginia ACC Network L, 68-80 Assists-per-game average for junior guard Prentiss Hubb this season, which would rank ninth on the Notre 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network W, 80-70 6.2 Dame single-season list. Hubb has recorded five or more assists in 13 of his last 15 games played. 1/18 MON at Howard FOX cancelled You would be hard-pressed to find a more improved player in the country than Nate Laszewski, in addition 6.9 to increasing his scoring average by close to seven points per game entering the NC State game, he has 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network W, 73-59 increased his FG% from .410 a season ago to .612 and his three-point percentage fro .310 to .459. 1/27 WED 20 19 * Virginia Tech RSN L, 51-62 Juwan Durham has reached double figure scoring in a team-high eight games straight. It is the longest such 1/30 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network W, 84-58 8 streak of his career and the Tampa, Florida, native has seen double figures in the box score in 11 of the last 13 contests as well. 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network W, 79-58 So far this season, Notre Dame has seen eight scheduled games affected by COVID-19 safety guidelines 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network L, 80-82 enacted by the opposing team. Two games (at Pittsburgh Jan. 30, Syracuse, Feb. 20) were rescheduled while 2/9 TUE * at Duke ACC Network W, 93-89 8 Notre Dame’s postponed home games with Georgia Tech (Jan. 6) and Clemson (Feb. 17) have not yet been set 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network W, 71-61 for a make up date. 2/20 SAT * at Syracuse ACC Network L, 67-75 Notre Dame’s NCAA-leading fouls per game number, as the Irish continue their tradition of not fouling the 12.4 opponent to allow easy points late in a contest. The Irish are tied with Miami (12.4) and ahead of Virginia 2/23 TUE * at Louisville ACC Network L, 57-69 (12.9) on the national list. 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network L, 90-94 Prentiss Hubb needs 14 assists in the final two games of the ACC season to break Jerian Grant’s Notre Dame 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network 7 p.m. 14 record of 125 assists in league play from the 2014-15 season. 3/6 SAT 11 11 * Florida State ESPN2 12 p.m. Adjusted offensive efficiency rank (115.7) for the Irish from KenPom.com – the highest for the team since 15 they finished the 2016 season ranked ninth. The Irish are just behind Duke (14th) and ahead of Virginia (16th) 1/6 WED * Georgia Tech RSN PPD on the rankings list. 2/17 WED * Clemson RSN PPD Notre Dame and NC State will be meeting for the 16th time on Wednesday evening. The Wolfpack lead the 3/9 TUE ACC tournament begins 16 all-time series 8-7 and have won the last three meetings between the two schools. The series is even at four AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game wins each since Notre Dame joined the ACC in 2013-14. was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks Wednesday night’s game will mark 17 days since Notre Dame’s last home game against Miami on Feb. 14. It * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 17 is the longest streak without a conference home game for the Irish since the 2015-16 season – which also & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge featured a 17-day home game lull from Feb. 13 through March 2. ^ - 2020 Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN) All times listed are ET Strength of schedule rank for the Irish according to KenPom.com – the highest in the ACC (Clemson is second 19 Game cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 safety guidelines at 21st). Prentiss Hubb needs 29 more points to become the 65th Notre Dame player to reach 1,000 points in a season and the 24th of the Mike Brey era. Should he reach 1,000 points this season, he would be the sixth player of 29 the Brey era (that played all seasons for Coach Brey) to reach that plateau in his third season of action. See NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL page 5 for more details. RADIO NETWORK PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan Career blocked shots for Juwan Durham, who recently surpassed current Irish assistant coach Ryan Hum- ENGINEER: Bob Henning 170 phrey (166) for third on the Notre Dame career list. Durham, Humphrey and LaPhonso Ellis are the only Irish players to average 2.0 blocks per game during their Notre Dame careers. Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- Career assists for Prentiss Hubb, which ranks 10th all-time at Notre Dame entering Wednesday night’s game. FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, Hubb is one of just 15 active players in the NCAA with 430 assists and 170 3FGM. Of those 15 players, Hubb joins NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/Fort 430 UConn’s RJ Cole as the only two players who have accumulated those numbers in three years of competition (the other 13 players are either in their fourth or fifth season of competition). Pierce, FL) | und.com | Sirius/XM (channel TBA) 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 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).