Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Sports team representing the University of Notre Dame in Indiana
Notre Dame Fighting Irish University University of Notre Dame First season 1896–97 All-time record 1961–1108–1 (.639) Athletic director Pete Bevacqua Head coach Micah Shrewsberry (1st season)Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Location Notre Dame, Indiana Arena Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (capacity: 9,149)Nickname Fighting Irish Colors Blue and gold[1]
1927, 1936 1978 1953, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1979, 2015, 2016 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987, 2003, 2015, 2016 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022 2015 2001
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana , United States. The program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I . On September 12, 2012, Notre Dame announced they would be moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference ; they joined the conference on July 1, 2013.
The school holds two retroactively awarded national championships in basketball from the Helms Foundation : for the 1927 (19–1 overall record) and 1936 (22–2–1 overall record) seasons.[2] They have also played in the NCAA tournament 36 times, good for 9th all time,[3] and reached the Final Four in 1978. The Irish hold the record for most Tournament appearances without a championship or championship game appearance, one of five teams (along with Texas, Temple, Illinois and Oklahoma) to have 30 or more appearances without a title and one of three teams (along with Texas and Temple) to have more than 30 appearances without either. They are also the first Big East team to go undefeated at home two straight seasons.[4]
The Fighting Irish play their home games in the Purcell Pavilion at the Edmund P. Joyce Center . Since moving to the Purcell Pavilion in 1968, they have had 44 winning seasons at the Purcell Pavilion, including 5 undefeated seasons at home (1973, 1985, 2006, 2007, and 2010) and have had only 4 losing seasons at the Purcell Pavilion (1971, 1981, 1992, and 1995). Jeff Sagarin and ESPN listed the program 12th in the college basketball all-time rankings in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia .[5] The Fighting Irish are currently coached by Micah Shrewsberry .
History
Postseason
NCAA tournament results
The Fighting Irish have appeared in the NCAA tournament 37 times.
Year
Seed
Round
Opponent
Result
1953
First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight
Eastern Kentucky Penn Indiana
W 77–57W 69–57 L 66–79
1954
First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight
Loyola (LA) Indiana Penn State
W 80–70W 65–64 L 63–71
1957
First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game
Miami (OH) Michigan State Pittsburgh
W 89–77 L 83–85W 86–85
1958
First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight
Tennessee Tech Indiana Kentucky
W 94–61W 94–87 L 56–89
1960
First Round
Ohio
L 66–74
1963
First Round
Bowling Green
L 72–77
1965
First Round
Houston
L 98–99
1969
First Round
Miami (OH)
L 60–63
1970
First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game
Ohio Kentucky Iowa
W 112–82 L 99–109 L 106–121
1971
First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game
TCU Drake Houston
W 102–94 L 72–79OT L 106–119
1974
First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game
Austin Peay Michigan Vanderbilt
W 108–66 L 68–77W 118–88
1975
First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game
Kansas Maryland Cincinnati
W 77–71 L 71–83 L 87–95
1976
First Round Sweet Sixteen
Cincinnati Michigan
W 79–78 L 76–80
1977
First Round Sweet Sixteen
Hofstra North Carolina
W 90–83 L 77–79
1978
First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game
Houston Utah DePaul Duke Arkansas
W 100–77W 69–56W 84–64 L 86–90 L 69–71
1979
#1
Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight
#8 Tennessee #5 Toledo #2 Michigan State
W 73–67W 79–71 L 68–80
1980
#4
Second Round
#5 Missouri
L 84–87OT
1981
#2
Second Round Sweet Sixteen
#10 James Madison #6 BYU
W 54–45 L 50–51
1985
#7
First Round Second Round
#10 Oregon State #2 North Carolina
W 79–70 L 58–60
1986
#3
First Round
#14 Arkansas–Little Rock
L 83–90
1987
#5
First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen
#12 Middle Tennessee #4 TCU #1 North Carolina
W 84–71W 58–57 L 68–74
1988
#10
First Round
#7 SMU
L 75–83
1989
#9
First Round Second Round
#8 Vanderbilt #1 Georgetown
W 81–65 L 74–81
1990
#10
First Round
#7 Virginia
L 67–75
2001
#6
First Round Second Round
#11 Xavier #3 Ole Miss
W 83–71 L 56–59
2002
#8
First Round Second Round
#9 Charlotte #1 Duke
W 82–63 L 77–84
2003
#5
First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen
#12 Milwaukee #4 Illinois #1 Arizona
W 70–69W 68–60 L 71–88
2007
#6
First Round
#11 Winthrop
L 64–74
2008
#5
First Round Second Round
#12 George Mason #4 Washington State
W 68–50 L 41–61
2010
#6
First Round
#11 Old Dominion
L 50–51
2011
#2
Second Round Third Round
#15 Akron #10 Florida State
W 69–56 L 57–71
2012
#7
Second Round
#10 Xavier
L 63–67
2013
#7
Second Round
#10 Iowa State
L 58–76
2015
#3
Second Round Third Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight
#14 Northeastern #6 Butler #7 Wichita State #1 Kentucky
W 69–65W 67–64OT W 81–70 L 66–68
2016
#6
First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight
#11 Michigan #14 Stephen F. Austin #7 Wisconsin #1 North Carolina
W 70–63W 76–75W 61–56 L 74–88
2017
#5
First Round Second Round
#12 Princeton #4 West Virginia
W 60–58 L 71–83
2022
#11
First Four First Round Second Round
#11 Rutgers #6 Alabama #3 Texas Tech
W 89–87 2OT W 78–64 L 53–59
From 2011 to 2015 the round of 64 was known as the Second Round, Round of 32 was Third Round
NCAA tournament seeding history
The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition .
Best Single-Game Scoring Performances [6]
NIT results
The Fighting Irish have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 12 times. Their combined record is 27–12.
Year
Round
Opponent
Result
1968
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game
Army Long Island Dayton Saint Peter's
W 62–58W 62–60 L 74–76W 81–78
1973
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
USC Louisville North Carolina Virginia Tech
W 69–65W 79–71W 78–71 L 91–92
1983
First Round
Northwestern
L 57–71
1984
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Old Dominion Boston College Pittsburgh Southwestern Louisiana Michigan
W 67–62W 66–52W 72–64W 65–59 L 63–83
1992
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Western Michigan Kansas State Manhattan Utah Virginia
W 63–56W 64–48W 74–58W 58–55 L 76–81 OT
1997
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
Oral Roberts TCU Michigan
W 74–58W 82–72 L 66–67
2000
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Michigan Xavier BYU Penn State Wake Forest
W 75–65W 76–64W 64–52W 73–52 L 61–71
2004
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
Purdue Saint Louis Oregon
W 71–59W 77–66 L 61–65
2005
First Round
Holy Cross
L 73–78
2006
First Round Second Round
Vanderbilt Michigan
W 79–69 L 84–87
2009
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
UAB New Mexico Kentucky Penn State
W 70–64W 70–68W 77–67 L 59–67
2018
First Round Second Round
Hampton Penn State
W 84–63 L 63–73
Traditions
Accomplishments
National Championships
The Irish were awarded two Helms Athletic Foundation National Championships .[7]
Upsets of Number 1's and unbeatens
Date
Opponent
Score
Streak before ND loss
February 2, 1948
#1 Kentucky
64–55
11[8]
March 1, 1948
NYU
64–59
March 12, 1954
#1 Indiana [a]
65–64
2[9]
January 23, 1971
#1 UCLA [b]
89–82
19[10]
January 19, 1974
#1 UCLA [b]
71–70
88
March 5, 1977
#1 San Francisco
93–82
29
February 26, 1978
#1 Marquette
65–59
5[11]
February 27, 1980
#1 DePaul
76–74 (2OT)
26[12]
December 27, 1980
#1 Kentucky [c]
67–61
7[13]
February 22, 1981
#1 Virginia
57–56
28[14]
February 1, 1987
#1 North Carolina
60–58
16[15]
February 8, 2005
#4 Boston College
68–65
20[16]
January 21, 2012
#1 Syracuse
67–58
20[17]
February 6, 2016
#1 North Carolina [d]
80–76
0[18]
November 22, 2017
#6 Wichita State [e]
67–66
4[19]
The wins include several wins over the defending NCAA Tournament Champion . Both wins over UCLA were in seasons immediately following UCLA claiming the NCAA Championship with the 1971 win coming over a team that would be the eventual tournament champion. The 1954 win in the NCAA tournament over Indiana prevented IU from back-to-back national titles after claiming the 1953 NCAA Tournament Title. The 1978 win over Marquette was another instance of the Irish defeating the defending national champion. The 1948 win over Kentucky saw the Irish defeat the eventual Tournament champion who would go on to win both the 1948 and 1949 titles. The 1948 win over NYU was a victory over the eventual NIT runner-up, in a time where the prestige of the NIT tournament rivaled that of the NCAA tournament.[20]
Also of note is that the 2005 win over Boston College and the 2012 win over Syracuse saw 20–0 teams traveling to South Bend and leaving with their first loss of the season. Boston College, in its final year as a member of the Big East, set the record for most consecutive wins by a Big East team to start a season. The 2012 Syracuse team began the game against the Irish with the goal of breaking Boston College's record. As in 2005, the Irish defeated Syracuse and cemented their place as the streak stopper.
Notes
^ Occurred in NCAA Tournament. Indiana was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the UPI coaches poll.
^ a b UCLA's 88 game win streak started immediately after the 1971 loss to Notre Dame. The Irish bookended the streak, an NCAA men's basketball record.
^ Kentucky was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the UPI coaches poll.
^ North Carolina was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the USA Today coaches poll.
^ After that win, AP Poll ranked Notre Dame #5. First time in top 5 since 2010-11 season with the Big East.
Coaches
Current coaching staff
Micah Shrewsberry , the current head coach of the Fighting Irish.
Head Coach – Micah Shrewsberry
Associate Head Coach – Kyle Getter
Assistant Coach – Mike Farrelly
Assistant Coach – Ryan Owens
Assistant to the Head Coach – Tre Whitted
Development & Recruiting Coordinator – Grady Eifert
Director of Recruiting – Brian Snow
Director of Basketball Operations – Pat Rogers
[21]
All-time coaching records
Mike Brey , the winningest head coach in Fighting Irish men's basketball history.
Players
Current roster
2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
41
Matt Allocco
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
197 lb (89 kg)
GS
Princeton
Hilliard, OH
F
25
Nikita Konstantynovskyi
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
245 lb (111 kg)
GS
Monmouth
Kyiv , Ukraine
F
21
Burke Chebuhar
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
GS
Lehigh
Marietta, GA
G
1
Julian Roper II
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Sr
Northwestern
Detroit, MI
F
22
Thomas Crowe (W)
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Sr
Archbishop Hoban
Macedonia, OH
G
20
J.R. Konieczny
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
204 lb (93 kg)
RS Jr
St. Joseph
South Bend, IN
F
14
Kebba Njie
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
254 lb (115 kg)
Jr
Penn State
Centerville, OH
F
7
Tae Davis
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
208 lb (94 kg)
Jr
Seton Hall
Indianapolis, IN
G
10
JT Kelly (W)
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Jr
Ponte Vedra
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
G
15
Thomas Hattan (W)
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Jr
San Juan Hills
San Clemente, CA
G
3
Markus Burton
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
166 lb (75 kg)
So
Penn
Mishawaka, IN
G
11
Braeden Shrewsberry
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
189 lb (86 kg)
So
State College Area High
Granger, IN
G
2
Logan Imes
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
189 lb (86 kg)
So
Zionsville
Zionsville, IN
G
5
Cole Certa
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
Fr
IMG Academy
Le Roy, IL
F
12
Garrett Sundra
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Fr
Paul VI Catholic
Ashburn, VA
G
4
Sir Mohammed
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Fr
Myers Park
Charlotte, NC
G
0
Brady Stevens (W)
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Fr
Wellesley
Boston, MA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.
National awards
Coaching awards
National Coach of the Year [25] [26] [27] [28]
Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award [29]
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District V Coach of the Year[30]
Player awards
National Players of the Year [25]
National Freshman of the Year [25]
Academic All-American First Team [25]
First Team All-American [25]
Notre Dame leads all schools with 3 of the 18 total 3-time Consensus All-American selections.
Second Team All-American [25]
John Wooden All-Americans [31]
NIT MVP
For a complete list of yearly all-Americans, see: 2007–08 Notre Dame Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 176–179 (PDF copy available at 2007–08 Men's Basketball Guide [permanent dead link ] )
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Fighting Irish currently in the NBA
Pat Connaughton
Fighting Irish currently in other leagues
Bonzie Colson
See also
References
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