2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 Secondary Women’s Basketball Contact Megan Golden [email protected] GAME 7 AT #22/#20 MICHIGAN (4-1) @Meg_Golden 574-631-2664 2017-18 RESULTS ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/ Friday, Nov. 29 | 6:00 pm ET Crisler Center (13,751) Rank Rank Result N1 -/5 +IUP N/A W, 108-40 Big Ten Network Lisa Byington & Christy Winters Scott N11 6/5 Mount St. Mary’s ACCN Extra W, 121-65 Pulse FM 96.9 / 92.1 Bob Nagle N14 6/5 RV/NR at Western Kentucky Fox College Sports W, 78-65 N19 6/5 18/17 at Oregon State Pac-12 W, 72-67 Follow the live stats on UND.com N24 ^vs ETSU FloHoops W, 77-46 @NDWBB #GoIrish N25 ^vs #17/16 USF FloHoops W, 76-66 N26 ^vs #3/2 South Carolina FloHoops W, 92-85 THE SERIES N29 $at Michigan BTN 6 pm vs Michigan ND leads, 11-7 Last time: Irish won, 70-50, at Notre Dame, on Dec. 13, 2014 D3 &at UConn ESPN 4 pm at Michigan UM leads, 5-3 Last time: Irish won, 86-64, on Dec. 14, 2013 D6 Michigan State ACCN Extra 7 pm D9 at Penn Ivy League Net. 1 pm THE COACHES D17 DePaul ACCN Extra 1 pm Head Coach At School Overall D20 Marquette ACCN Extra 3 pm ND Muffet McGraw 771-227 (31st year) 859-268 (36th year) D28 *Syracuse ACCN Extra 7 pm UM Kiim Barnes Arico 115-64 (6th year) 385-270 D31 *at Wake Forest ACCN Extra 1 pm J4 *Miami ACCN Extra 7 pm COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF: J7 *at Georgia Tech ACCN Extra 2 pm 8,104 Average amount of fans last season, which ranked sixth nationally. 8th straight year with an average of 8,000+. J11 *at Louisville ESPN 7 pm 1,000 -Point Club welcomed its 37th member in Arike Ogunbowale on Nov. 11. Up next, Marina Mabrey (975 points) J14 *Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm All-time Notre Dame program wins. J18 Tennessee ESPN 7 pm 935 J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra 1 pm 197 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll, including 127 straight weeks in the top-10. J25 *at Pittsburgh ACCN Extra 7 pm 77-12 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years (.865) J28 *at Florida State ESPN2 4 pm 62-2 Notre Dame’s record in league play since joining the ACC for 2013-14 season. F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra 7 pm Total conference championships. F4 *at Duke ESPN2 1 pm 24 F11 *Georgia Tech RSN 1 pm 22 Straight NCAA Championship appearances - fourth longest streak in the nation and fifth longest all-time. F15 *at Virginia ACCN Extra 7 pm 19 Different All-Americans F18 *at Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm 8 Elite Elights, including six of the past seven years. F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra 7 pm 7 Final Four appearances - one-of-five schools in NCAA history to do so. F25 *NC State ESPN2 2 pm Regular season league championships in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) F28 ACC Championships 6 M16 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rds 5 th straight year the Irish have started the season 6-0. M23 NCAA Regional Finals Consecutive ACC regular season and tournament title sweeps. If Notre Dame were to secure its fifth straight in M30 NCAA Final Four 4 2018, it would set an ACC record. Top-20 wins this season: No. 18/17 OSU, No. 17/16 USF and No. 3/2 South Carolina + - Exhibition 3 ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida Only two other schools have three or more this season: UConn (4) and Louisville (3) $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan come from behind victories this season after trailing by double digits: down 11 at OSU / down 12 vs SC & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut 2 * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer - Coach McGraw was enshrined in @HoopsHall on Sept. 9, 2017. national ranks are AP/Coaches Poll 1 2017-18 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball 2 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 2017-18 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION Niele Ivey knee-ELL No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Mychal Johnson MIKE-el (Michael) 1 Lili Thompson* G 5-7 Gs. Mansfield, Texas Stanford / Timberview Marina Mabrey MAY-bree 2 Kaitlin Cole G 5-10 So. Toledo, Ohio Sylvania Northview Arike Ogunbowale uh-REE-kay OH-goon-buh-WALL-ay 3 Marina Mabrey* G 5-11 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Lili Thompson Lee-Lee 5 Jackie Young* G 6-0 So. Princeton, Ind. Princeton Community Brianna Turner bree-ON-uh 11 Brianna Turner^ F 6-3 Sr. Pearland, Texas Manvel 14 Mychal Johnson^ G 5-7 Sr. Huntington, W.Va. Huntington St. Joseph TEAM INFORMATION 21 Kristina Nelson F 6-4 Gs. Buford, Ga. Buford Conference Atlantic Coast 23 Jessica Shepard* F 6-4 Jr. Fremont, Neb. Nebraska / Fremont Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion 24 Arike Ogunbowale* G 5-8 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. Divine Savior Holy Angels at the Joyce Center (9,149) Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 30 Mikayla Vaughn C 6-3 Fr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI Total Returning/Lost 6/5 32 Danielle Patterson F 6-2 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. The Mary Louis Academy Newcomers 6 First Season 1977-78 33 Kathryn Westbeld F 6-2 Sr. Kettering, Ohio Kettering Fairmont Full Seasons 40 40 Maureen Butler F 6-1 Jr. Livonia, Mich. Dearborn Divine Child) All-Time Record 935-326 (.741) NCAA Appearances/Record 24 / 56-23 (.709) * - probable starter ^ - will redshirt 2017-18 season due to ACL injury First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2017 ACC Member 2013-14 - present Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Muffet McGraw Saint Joseph’s ‘77 31st Season / 36th Overall ACC Regular Season 62-2 (.969) Associate Head Coach Niel Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 11th Season ACC Tournament 12-0 (1.000) ACC Championships 4 - 2014-17 Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 18th Season Associate Coach Beth Cunningham Notre Dame ‘97 6th Season Director of Operations Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 3rd Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Video Coordinator Erica Williamson Notre Dame ‘10 2nd Season 2017-18 AP TOP 25 2017-18 USA TODAY COACHES AT THE HELM GULF COAST SHOWCASE CHAMPS (Week 4) (Week 4) 1. UConn 1. UConn Karen and Kevin Keyes head coach Muffet McGraw Three games, three days, three wins for the Irish, as 2. Texas 2. Notre Dame embarks on her 31st season at the helm of the Irish Notre Dame claimed the 2017 Gulf Coast Showcase 3. Notre Dame 3. Mississippi State 4. Louisville 4. Texas (768-227) and 36th overall (856-268) as a head coach. championship in Estero, Florida, over Thanksgiving 5. South Carolina 5. Louisville 6. Mississippi State McGraw ranks 10th all-time among NCAA Division I weekend. The Irish first surged past ETSU in the first 7. UCLA 6. South Carolina coaches in career wins and sixth among active coaches. round before knocking off No. 17/16 USF, 76-66. Then, 8. Ohio State 7. UCLA 9. Baylor 8. Ohio State the Irish notched a dramatic come-from-behind victory 10. Oregon 9. Baylor 11. West Virginia 10. Oregon McGraw is also just one of six coaches (men’s or women’s over No. 3/2 South Carolina, trailing by 12-points in 12. Tennessee 11. Florida State basketball) in NCAA Division I history with 800 wins, sev- the second quarter before recording a 25-point swing, 13. Florida State 12. West Virginia 14. Duke 13. Tennessee en Final Fours and five NCAA title games. The prestigious ultimately securing the title with a 92-85 win. 15. Maryland 14. Stanford list includes Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Duke men’s 16. Stanford 15. Maryland 17. USF coach Mike Krzyzewski, the late North Carolina men’s Notre Dame joins the likes of previous Gulf Coast Show- 18. Texas A&M 16. Duke 19. Missouri 17. USF coach Dean Smith and current North Carolina men’s case champions Baylor (2016), Stanford (2015), UConn 20. Kentucky 18. Missouri coach Roy Williams. (2014) and Middle Tennessee (2013). 21. Oregon State 19. Oregon State 22. Michigan 20. Michigan 23. Marquette 21. Texas A&M This past fall, McGraw took her rightful place among the Lastly, Arike Ogunbowale was named to the All-Tour- 24. California 22. Kentucky 25. Villanova 23. Marquette game’s elite when she was enshrined into the Naismith nament Team while Jackie Young was named MVP after Receiving Votes: 24. Villanova 25. Syracuse Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the 32nd averaging 19.3 points and 7.7 rebounds. Green Bay, Arizona State, Oklaho- woman ever to do so. ma, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan Receiving Votes: YOUNG REELS IN THE HARDWARE State, DePaul, Syracuse, DePaul, NC State, Iowa, Green NOVEMBER NAVIGATION A day after earning Gulf Coast Showcase MVP honors Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Bay, Oklahoma, California, Kansas State, USC, Georgia Michigan State, Georgia Tech, From Nov. 14-Dec. 3, the Irish will play seven straight and spearheading the charge to Notre Dame’s upset Middle Tennessee, Miami, Kansas games away from the friendly confines of Purcell Pavil- over South Carolina, sophomore guard Jackie Young State, Texas-Arlington, Arizona ion. Notre Dame will ultimately travel 9,800 round-trip continued to reel in the accolades. This time, the ACC State, Georgia, New Mexico, USC, miles and match the longest streak of non-home games office came calling and presented Young with her first Florida Gulf Coast, Indiana, South Dakota State in regular season history.