NOTRE DAME B A S K E T B A L L 2000-01 Notre Dame Schedule/Results (5-2, 0-0) CANISIUS Golden Griffins (5-2) at NOVEMBER 8 Wed. (T15/17) CALIFORNIA MIDWEST ALL-STARS Game No. 8 21/24 NOTRE DAME Fighting Irish (5-2) W, 98-68 12 Sun. (115/17) INTERNATIONAL ALL-STARS Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 W, 89-71 18 Sat. (16/17) SACRED HEART W, 104-58 Place: Joyce Center (11,418), Notre Dame, Ind. 22 Wed. (14/15) LOYOLA (CHICAGO) W, 107-68 Time: 7:30 p.m. EST 25 Sat. (14/15) Cincinnati (16/13) W, 69-51 Radio: Host Communications Inc. (Jack Lorri, Jack Nolan) originates the Notre Dame DECEMBER Radio Network (includes WNDV-1490 AM and WNDV-92.9 FM in South Bend, WNTS- 2 Sat. (11/11) at Vanderbilt W, 77-74 5 Tue. (10/10) INDIANA L, 78-86 1590 AM in Indianapolis, WGL-1250 AM WGL 1570 AM in Ft. Wayne; WEFM-95.9 FM 9 Sat. (10/10) MIAMI OF OHIO L, 64-73 in Michigan City; WGOM-860AM in Marion, WVHI-1330 AM in Evansville; WLUV- 17 Sun. (21/20) TENNESSEE TECH W, 82-68 1520 AM in Rockford, Ill.; KATD-990AM in San Francisco, Calif.; WDEL-1550 AM in 19 Tue. (21/24) CANISIUS 7:30 p.m. 21 Thur. VERMONT 7:30 p.m. Wilmington, Del.; and KIND-1010AM in Independence, Kan.). All radio broadcasts 29 Fri. LONG ISLAND 7:30 p.m. can also be heard through the World Wide Web at www.und.com. JANUARY 2 Tue. at Syracuse* 7:00 p.m. IRISH ITEMS FOR THE CANISIUS GAME: 6 Sat. RUTGERS* 7:30 p.m. Notre Dame (5-2) plays its second game in just over 48 hours when the Irish play host to 8 Mon. at Seton Hall* 7:00 p.m. Canisius this evening. This is the fourth straight home game for head coach Mike Brey's squad 13 Sat. at Kentucky 2:00 p.m. in a stretch of six consecutive home contests at the Joyce Center. Tonight's game also is the 16 Tue. PITTSBURGH* 7:30 p.m. second of three games in five days for the Irish 21 Sun. WEST VIRGINIA* Noon 23 Tue. SYRACUSE* 7:30 p.m. before the holiday break. 27 Sat. at Georgetown* Noon Notre Dame's win against Tennessee Tech LAST IRISH OUTING on Sunday, snapped a two-game losing streak FEBRUARY Notre Dame 82, Tennessee Tech 68 for the Irish and followed an eight-day break December 17, 2000 3 Sat. at Pittsburgh* 7:30 p.m. from play for final exams. Heading into the Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Ind. 5 Mon. ST. JOHN'S* 7:00 p.m. 11 Sun. at West Virginia* 2:00 p.m. contest, the Irish had dropped back-to-back 14 Wed. at Rutgers* 9:00 p.m. home games to Indiana (86-78) and Miami- Tennessee Tech (68) 18 Sun. SETON HALL* 2:00 p.m. Ohio (73-64). Player min fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Smith 30 3-12 4-5 5 1 2 10 21 Wed. BOSTON COLLEGE* 7:30 p.m. Following this evening's game, Notre Dame Westmoreland 17 1-4 0-1 7 2 5 3 24 Sat. at Virginia Tech* 2:00 p.m. will play host to Vermont on Thurs., Dec. 21 at Gayden 35 6-15 2-2 4 5 1 17 26 Mon. at Connecticut* 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Jolly 25 4-8 2-2 2 2 1 14 Beasley 30 2-10 0-0 6 3 4 4 MARCH Canisius also sports a 5-2 record following Richardson 17 0-8 0-0 1 1 0 0 4 Sun. GEORGETOWN* 2:00 p.m. a 78-71 victory at Cornell on Saturday. That Crisp 4 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 0 7- Mon. at AT&T BIG EAST Tournament TBA Strange 3 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 victory also snapped a two-game losing streak Harrell 18 2-8 4-4 6 1 5 9 10 Sat. (Madison Square Garden – New York, N.Y.) for the Golden Griffins who had lost Metro At- Ferguson 11 3-4 2-2 0 0 0 11 15- Thur.- NCAA Tournament (First and Second Rounds) lantic Athletic Conference consecutive outings Hart 10 0-2 0-1 3 0 1 0 18 Sun. 8 22 - Thur.- NCAA Regional Championships to Niagara (80-77) and Rider (84-76). Team 200 21-72 14-21 43 16 19 68 25 Sun. Notre Dame is 21st in the Associated Press 31 Sat. NCAA Men's Final Four Semifinals Poll for the second consecutive week and , but Notre Dame (82) fell from 20th to 24th in the ESPN/USA Today Player min fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp APRIL Murphy 28 6-15 1-7 9 1 4 13 2 Mon. NCAA Men's Final Four Championship ranking after being ranked 10th in both polls Graves 28 6-12 0-3 11 2 1 12 two weeks ago after starting the season 4-0. Graves 34 6-14 4-4 `6 2 0 20 (Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome— Carroll 22 6-9 0-0 5 3 3 16 Minneapolis, Minn.) Brey's squad is enjoying its first stint in the Ingelsby 38 5-6 0-0 5 8 3 13 rankings since the 1989-90 campaign when Thomas 2 0-1 2-4 0 1 0 2 they began that campaign as a ranked team Kartelo 15 0-1 0-1 4 1 1 0 *BIG EAST Conference game Macura 15 1-4 0-4 4 2 3 2 (19th in the first AP ranking before dropping Jones 9 1-2 0-0 0 1 2 2 from that poll the following week). Swanagan 7 1-2 0-0 2 2 0 2 ( ) - indicates rankings at time of game in Timmermans 2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. 6 RECAP OF TENNESSEE TECH: Team 200 32-66 7-23 55 23 17 82 All times are EST. For the second time this season, all five start- ers scored in double figures as Notre Dame Tennessee Tech 30 38 -- 68 as the Irish snapped a two-game losing streak Notre Dame 30 52 -- 82 with their 82-68 victory over the Golden Eagles. FG Pct: Notre Dame 48.5, Tennessee Tech 29.2. 3-PT FG Tied 30-30 at the intermission, Notre Dame Pct: Notre Dame 47.8, Tennessee Tech 34.4. FT Pct: Notre used a 35-9 spurt in the first 10 minutes of the Dame 30.4, Tennessee Tech 66.7. 3-PT FG: Notre Dame second half to open up a 65-39 advantage 11 (Graves and Carroll 4), Tennessee Tech 12 (Jolly 4). with 10 minutes to play in the game. The Irish, Turnovers: Notre Dame 16, Tennessee Tech 10. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 6, Tennessee Tech 0. Steals: Notre after shooting 37.1 percent in the first half, shot Dame 5, Tennessee Tech 7. Attendance: 8,416. 61.7 percent from the field in the final 20 min- NOTRE DAME MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME DAY VS. CANISIUS/DECEMBER 19, 2000 utes, hitting 19-of-31 shots from the field. Notre Dame, which had been outrebounded by its last three opponents, owned a 55-43 advantage on the boards after being outrebounded 30-24 in the first half. Page 2 David Graves led all scorers in the game with a season and game-high 20 points. Ryan Humphrey recorded his second double double in an Irish uniform and 12th in his career as he ASSOCIATED PRESS netted 12 points and finished with a game-high 11 rebounds. Matt Carroll hit six-of-nine shots (Week of Dec. 18 ) from the field and was four-of-five from beyond the three-point line. Martin Ingelsby and Troy LW Murphy each finished with 13 points each. Inglesby added a game-high eight assists, while 1. Duke 1 Murphy grabbed nine rebounds. 2. Michigan State 2 Notre Dame, which entered the game hitting 75.4 percent of its free throws on the season, 3. Stanford 3 made just 30.4 percent from the charity stripe as the 4. Tennessee 4 Irish hit seven of their 23 attempts. Mike Brey earned his 100th career 5. Illinois 5 POLL POSITION: win in his first game as head coach 6. Wake Forest 6 Notre Dame stands 21st in the Associated Press at Notre Dame when the Irish 7. Florida 8 Poll and 24th in the ESPN/USA Today. The Irish were defeated Sacred Heart 104-58 on 8. Seton Hall 9 ranked in both polls last week, which marked the first Nov. 18. It marked the 152nd game 9. Kansas 10 time since the 1980-81 campaign that a Notre Dame of his coaching career. The list 10. Arizona 7 team was ranked in the top 10 of both polls. 11. Connecticut 11 below is the number of games it 12. Syracuse 12 HEAD COACH MIKE BREY: has took some ot the active Division 13. USC 13 Mike Brey was named the 17th head coach in the I head coaches around the country 14. Virginia 14 program’s history on July 14, 2000 following five sea- to reach the 100-win mark in their 15. North Carolina 14 sons (1995-2000) as head coach at the University of careers.