Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2023–24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
University	University of Notre Dame
First season	1896–97
All-time record	1,900–1,040 (.646)
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]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1927, 1936
NCAA tournament Final Four
1978
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1953, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1979, 2015, 2016
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987, 2003, 2015, 2016
NCAA tournament appearances
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
Conference tournament champions
2015
Conference regular season champions
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

See also: List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball seasons

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 77–57 W 69–57 L 66–79
1954		First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Loyola (LA) Indiana Penn State	W 80–70 W 65–64 L 63–71
1957		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Miami (OH) Michigan State Pittsburgh	W 89–77 L 83–85 W 86–85
1958		First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Tennessee Tech Indiana Kentucky	W 94–61 W 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 68–77 W 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 100–77 W 69–56 W 84–64 L 86–90 L 69–71
1979	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#8 Tennessee #5 Toledo #2 Michigan State	W 73–67 W 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 84–71 W 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 70–69 W 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 69–65 W 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 70–63 W 76–75 W 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.

Years →	'79	'80	'81	'85	'86	'87	'88	'89	'90	'01	'02	'03	'07	'08	'10	'11	'12	'13	'15	'16	'17	'22
Seeds →	1	4	2	7	3	5	10	9	10	6	8	5	6	5	6	2	7	7	3	6	5	11

Best Single-Game Scoring Performances ^[6]

Rank	Player	Year	Game	Points
1.	Austin Carr	1970	Notre Dame vs. Ohio	61
4.	Austin Carr	1970	Notre Dame vs. Kentucky	52
5.	Austin Carr	1971	Notre Dame vs. Texas Christian	52
9.	Austin Carr	1971	Notre Dame vs. Houston	47
12.	Austin Carr	1970	Notre Dame vs. Iowa	45

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 62–58 W 62–60 L 74–76 W 81–78
1973	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	USC Louisville North Carolina Virginia Tech	W 69–65 W 79–71 W 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 67–62 W 66–52 W 72–64 W 65–59 L 63–83
1992	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Western Michigan Kansas State Manhattan Utah Virginia	W 63–56 W 64–48 W 74–58 W 58–55 L 76–81 OT
1997	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Oral Roberts TCU Michigan	W 74–58 W 82–72 L 66–67
2000	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final	Michigan Xavier BYU Penn State Wake Forest	W 75–65 W 76–64 W 64–52 W 73–52 L 61–71
2004	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Purdue Saint Louis Oregon	W 71–59 W 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 70–64 W 70–68 W 77–67 L 59–67
2018	First Round Second Round	Hampton Penn State	W 84–63 L 63–73

Traditions

Tradition [3]	Number [3]	National Rank [3]
All-time NCAA Tournament bids	36	9th
All-time NCAA Tournament wins	38	T–24th
All-time wins	1,866	8th
All-time winning percentage	.649	12th

Accomplishments

National Championships

The Irish were awarded two Helms Athletic Foundation National Championships. ^[7]

• 1926–27 Helms Foundation National Champions
• 1935–36 Helms Foundation National Champions

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 [lower-alpha 1]	65–64	2 [9]
January 23, 1971	#1 UCLA [lower-alpha 2]	89–82	19 [10]
January 19, 1974	#1 UCLA [lower-alpha 2]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	80–76	0 [18]
November 22, 2017	#6 Wichita State [lower-alpha 5]	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

1. Occurred in NCAA Tournament. Indiana was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the UPI coaches poll.
2. 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.
3. Kentucky was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the UPI coaches poll.
4. North Carolina was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the USA Today coaches poll.
5. 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

The current coaching staff is as follows. ^[21]

• Head coach – Micah Shrewsberry
• Associate Head Coach – Rod Balanis
• Assistant coach – Ryan Humphrey
• Interim Assistant Coach – Scott Martin
• Director of Basketball Operations – Harold Swanagan

All-time coaching records

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1896-97	Unknown	1	2-1	.667
1897-98	Frank E. Hering	1	1–2	.333
1898-99	J. Fred Powers	1	2–0	1.000
1907–12	Bertram G. Maris	5	78–20	.794
1912–13	Frank E. Hering	1	13–2	.867
1913–18	Jesse Harper	5	44–20	.686
1918–20	Charles Dorais	2	7–23	.066
1920–23	Walter Halas	3	25–39	.391
1923–43	George Keogan	20	327–97–1	.771
1943–44, 46–47, 50–51	Edward "Moose" Krause	6	98–48	.671
1944–45	Clem Crowe	1	15–5	.750
1945–46	Elmer Ripley	1	17–4	.809
1951–64	John Jordan	13	199–131	.603
1964–71	John F. Dee Jr.	7	116–80	.592
1971–91	Digger Phelps	20	393–197	.666
1991–99	John MacLeod	8	106–124	.461
1999–2000	Matt Doherty	1	22–15	.595
2000–2023	Mike Brey	23	483–280	.633
2023–present	Micah Shrewsberry	1	13–20	.394
Totals	17 coaches	117 seasons	1,961–1,108–1	.637

• Mike Brey became the all-time wins leader for Notre Dame head coaching. It was in an 88–58 win against North Carolina State in the 2017–18 season.

Coaching awards

National Coach of the Year ^{[22] [23] [24] [25]}

• Digger Phelps – 1974 (UPI), 1987 (Basketball Weekly)
• Mike Brey – 2011 (AP, Henry Iba Award, CBS Sports.com, Sports Illustrated), 2012 (Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Award)

Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award ^[26]

• Mike Brey – 2008

Big East Coach of the Year ^[27]

• John MacLeod – 1997
• Mike Brey – 2007, 2008, 2011

National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District V Coach of the Year ^[28]

• Mike Brey – 2011, 2012

Players

See also: List of University of Notre Dame athletes § Basketball

National Players of the Year ^[22]

• Austin Carr – 1971 – AP, UPI, Helms(shared)
• Adrian Dantley – 1976 – U.S. Basketball Writers Association
• John Moir – 1936 – Helms

National Freshman of the Year ^[22]

• Chris Thomas – 2002 – Basketball Times, Basketball News

Consensus All-Americans ^[22]

Notre Dame leads all schools with 3 of the 18 total 3-time Consensus All-American selections.

• Austin Carr – 1971
• Adrian Dantley – 1975
• Jerian Grant – 2015
• Leo Klier – 1944, 1946
• Edward "Moose" Krause – 1932, 1933, 1934
• John Moir – 1936, 1937, 1938
• Troy Murphy – 2000, 2001
• Paul Nowak – 1936, 1937, 1938
• Kevin O'Shea – 1948
• Bob Rensberger – 1943
• John Shumate – 1974

John Wooden All-Americans ^[29]

• Luke Harangody – 2008
• Troy Murphy – 2000, 2001

Big East Player of the Year ^[27]

• 1997 – Pat Garrity
• 2000 – Troy Murphy
• 2001 – Troy Murphy
• 2008 – Luke Harangody
• 2011 – Ben Hansbrough

Big East Rookie of the Year ^[27]

• 1999 – Troy Murphy
• 2002 – Chris Thomas

Big East Most Improved Player

• 2012 – Jack Cooley ^[30]

NIT MVP

• 1973 – John Shumate

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

• Adrian Dantley – 2008 ^[31]

Fighting Irish currently in the NBA

• Pat Connaughton (Milwaukee Bucks)
• Blake Wesley (San Antonio Spurs)
• Matt Ryan (Minnesota Timberwolves)

Fighting Irish currently in oversea leagues

Bonzie Colson

• Bonzie Colson (born 1996), player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

See also

• Big East
• List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball
• Notre Dame–UCLA rivalry

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External links

• Official website