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 BOSTON COLLEGE 12/5 SAT Purdue Fort Wayne cancelled FIGHTING IRISH EAGLES 12/6 SUN Detroit Mercy ACC Network W, 78-70 2020-21: 9-12, 6-9 ACC 2020-21: 3-13, 1-9 ACC HEAD COACH: Mike Brey INTERIM HEAD COACH: 12/8 TUE 22 20 & Ohio State ESPN2 L, 85-90 CAREER RECORD: 545-297 / 26 Scott Spinelli 12/12 SAT Kentucky CBS W, 64-63 RECORD AT ND: 446-245 / 21 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: Mike Monaco 24-11 | Home: 15-5 | Away: 9-6 | Neutral: 2-0 | ACC: 14-1 12/23 WED Bellarmine W, 81-70 Notre Dame (‘15) BREY VS. BOSTON COLLEGE: 18-2 12/30 WED 23 24 * Virginia ACC Network L, 57-66 ANALYST: Jordan Cornette BREY VS. ACC (as conference member): 79-78 Notre Dame (‘05) Full series history available on page 2 of this notes package 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 at EAGLES 1/13 WED 18 22 * at Virginia ACC Network L, 68-80 Shooting percentage in ACC play for graduate student forward Juwan Durham, which leads the conference 1/16 SAT * Boston College ACC Network W, 80-70 .653 for league play. Durham’s .581 career FG% at Notre Dame is third among all players with at least 200 FGM. 1/18 MON at Howard FOX cancelled Effective field goal percentage for Nate Laszewski this season, second in the nation and first among all major .718 conference players. Laszewski is shooting .618 from the floor and .472 from three-point range. 1/24 SUN * at Miami ACC Network W, 73-59 Notre Dame is the only team in the nation with two players shooting over .600 from the field with at least 125 1/27 WED 20 19 * Virginia Tech RSN L, 51-62 2 field goal attempts this season - junior forward Nate Laszewski (.618) and Juwan Durham (.603). 1/30 SAT * at Pittsburgh ACC Network W, 84-58 Nate Laszewski (7.8), junior guard Dane Goodwin (5.2) and Juwan Durham (5.2) are all averaging over 2/2 TUE * Wake Forest ACC Network W, 79-58 5.0 rebounds per game. They join seven other teams in the ACC with three or more players averaging over five 2/6 SAT * at Georgia Tech ACC Network L, 80-82 5.0 rebounds and as a group mark the first season since 2011-12 the Irish have three players averaging over 5.0 rebounds (that season it was Tim Abromaitis (7.8), Jack Cooley (8.9) and current Irish assistant coach Scott 2/9 TUE * at Duke ACC Network W, 93-89 Martin (5.7). 2/14 SUN * Miami ACC Network W, 71-61 Assists-per-game average for junior guard Prentiss Hubb this season, which would rank ninth on the Notre 2/20 SAT * at Syracuse ACC Network L, 67-75 6.2 Dame single-season list. Hubb has recorded five or more assists in 12 of his last 14 games played. 2/23 TUE * at Louisville ACC Network L, 57-69 You would be hard-pressed to find a more improved player in the country than Nate Laszewski, in addition to 6.9 increasing his scoring average by close to seven points per game entering Saturday’s contest, he has increased 2/27 SAT * at Boston College ACC Network 2 p.m. his FG% from .410 a season ago to .618 and his three-point percentage fro .310 to .472. 3/3 WED * NC State ACC Network 7 p.m. Juwan Durham has reached double figure scoring in a team-high seven games straight. It is the longest such 3/6 SAT 11 9 * Florida State ESPN/2 12/2 p.m. streak of his career and the Tampa, Florida, native has seen double figures in the box score in 10 of the last 12 7 1/6 WED * Georgia Tech RSN PPD contests as well. 2/17 WED * Clemson RSN PPD So far this season, Notre Dame has seen eight scheduled games affected by COVID-19 safety guidelines enacted by the opposing team. Two games (at Pittsburgh Jan. 30, Syracuse, Feb. 20) were rescheduled while 3/9 TUE ACC tournament begins 8 Notre Dame’s postponed home games with Georgia Tech (Jan. 6) and Clemson (Feb. 17) have not yet been set AP = AP rankings | C = Coaches poll ranking | rankings indicated are from when game for a make up date. was played | RSN = Regional Sports Networks Notre Dame’s NCAA-leading fouls per game number, as the Irish continue their tradition of not fouling the * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 11.9 opponent to allow easy points late in a contest. The Irish are ahead of ACC conference members Miami (12.6) & - 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge and Virginia (13.1) on the national chart. ^ - 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 second-highest in the ACC behind 11 Game cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 safety guidelines Clemson (15th). Adjusted offensive efficiency rank (115.2) for the Irish from KenPom.com – the highest for the team since 15 they finished the 2016 season ranked ninth. NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL Notre Dame and Boston College will be meeting for the 36th time on Saturday afternoon. One of the two ded- RADIO NETWORK 36 icated yearly repeat opponents for the Irish in ACC play (Georgia Tech is the other), the Irish are 14-1 against PLAY BY PLAY: Jack Nolan the Eagles in regular-season conference play. ENGINEER: Bob Henning Career blocked shots for Juwan Durham, who swatted three shots at Syracuse last weekend to surpass Affiliates: WSBT-AM 960/FM 96.1 (South Bend, IN) | WMVP-AM 168 current Irish assistant coach Ryan Humphrey (166) for third on the Notre Dame career list. Durham, Humphrey 1000 (Chicago, IL) | WKJG-AM 1380 (Fort Wayne, IN) | WEFM- and LaPhonso Ellis are the only Irish players to average 2.0 blocks per game during their Notre Dame careers. FM 95.9 (Michigan City, IN) | KQTM-FM 101.7 (Albuquerque, Career assists for Prentiss Hubb, who is one of just two major conference players to have over 400 assists and 160 NM) | WPSL-AM 1590 & WSTU-AM 1450 (West Palm Beach/Fort three point field goals in a career, joining Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon who is in his fifth year of competition. Pierce, FL) | und.com | Sirius/XM (channel TBA) 423 Hubb is the 13th Notre Dame player to reach 400 assists and already owns the school record for assists in ACC play with 276. 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).