The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball team is the
intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the
University of Notre Dame
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in
Notre Dame, Indiana
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, United States. The program competes in the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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of
NCAA Division I
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. On September 12, 2012, Notre Dame announced they would be moving to the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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; they joined the conference on July 1, 2013.
The school holds two retroactively awarded national championships in basketball from the
Helms Foundation
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: for the 1927 (19–1 overall record) and 1936 (22–2–1 overall record) seasons.
They have also played in the
NCAA tournament 36 times, good for 9th all time,
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.
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
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and
ESPN
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listed the program 12th in the college basketball all-time rankings in the ''ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia''. 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.
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
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began seeding the tournament with the
1979 edition.''
Best Single-Game Scoring Performances
NIT results
The Fighting Irish have appeared in the
National Invitation Tournament
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(NIT) 12 times. Their combined record is 27–12.
Traditions
Accomplishments
National Championships
The Irish were awarded two
Helms Athletic Foundation National Championships.
*
1926–27 Helms Foundation National Champions
*
1935–36 Helms Foundation National Champions
Upsets of Number 1's and unbeatens
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.
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.
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Coaches
Current coaching staff

*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
All-time coaching records
Players
Current roster
* Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.
ACC and
Big East
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Awards
Conference Coach of the Year
Conference Player of the Year
Conference Rookie of the Year
Conference Most Improved Player
ACC Tournament MVP
Conference All-Tournament First Team
ACC All-Tournament Second Team
All-Conference First Team
:''See:
List of All-ACC teams and
List of All-Big East teams''
All-Conference Second Team
All-Conference Third Team
All-Conference Honorable Mention
Conference All-Rookie/All-Freshman Team
National awards
Coaching awards
National Coach of the Year
*
Digger Phelps (1974) ''(UPI)'', (1987) ''(Basketball Weekly)''
*
Mike Brey
Michael Paul Brey (born March 22, 1959) is an American basketball coach (sport), coach. Currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association, he was previously the men's head basketball coach at the Universit ...
(2011) ''(
AP,
Henry Iba Award
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, CBS Sports.com, Sports Illustrated)'', (2012) ''(
Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Award)''
Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award
*
Mike Brey
Michael Paul Brey (born March 22, 1959) is an American basketball coach (sport), coach. Currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association, he was previously the men's head basketball coach at the Universit ...
(2008)
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District V Coach of the Year
*
Mike Brey
Michael Paul Brey (born March 22, 1959) is an American basketball coach (sport), coach. Currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association, he was previously the men's head basketball coach at the Universit ...
(2011, 2012)
Player awards
National Players of the Year
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John Moir (1936) – ''Helms''
*
Austin Carr (1971) – ''AP, UPI, Helms(shared)''
*
Adrian Dantley
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(1976) – ''U.S. Basketball Writers Association''
National Freshman of the Year
*
Chris Thomas (2002) – ''Basketball Times, Basketball News''
Academic All-American First Team
*
Tim Abromaitis (2010, 2011)
First Team All-American
Notre Dame leads all schools with 3 of the 18 total 3-time Consensus All-American selections.
*Raymond Scanlon (1909)
*
Noble Kizer
Noble Earl "Nobe" Kizer Sr. (March 11, 1900 – June 13, 1940) was an American football and basketball player, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University from 1930 to 1936. Durin ...
(1925)
*John Nyikos (1927)
*
Moose Krause
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(1932, 1933, 1934)
*
John Moir (1936, 1937, 1938)
*
Paul Nowak (1936, 1937, 1938)
*
Leo Klier (1944, 1946)
*
Billy Hassett (1945)
*
Kevin O'Shea (1948)
*
Austin Carr (1971)
*
John Shumate (1974)
*
Adrian Dantley
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(1975, 1976)
*
Troy Murphy (2000, 2001)
*
Jerian Grant (2015)
Second Team All-American
*
Bob Rensberger (1943)
*
Billy Hassett (1946)
*
Kevin O'Shea (1950)
*
Tom Hawkins (1959)
*
Austin Carr (1970)
*
Kelly Tripucka
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(1979, 1981)
*
John Paxson (1982, 1983)
*
Pat Garrity (1998)
*
Luke Harangody (2008, 2009, 2010)
*
Ben Hansbrough
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(2011)
John Wooden All-Americans
*
Troy Murphy (2000, 2001)
*
Luke Harangody (2008)
NIT MVP
*
John Shumate (1973)
''For a complete list of yearly all-Americans, see:'' 2007–08 Notre Dame Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 176–179 (PDF copy available a
2007–08 Men's Basketball Guide
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
*
George Keogan
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(1961)
*
Elmer Ripley
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Early life
Ripley was born in Staten Island, New York on July 21, ...
(1973)
*
Moose Krause
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(1976)
*
Adrian Dantley
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(2008)
Fighting Irish currently in the NBA
*
Pat Connaughton (
Milwaukee Bucks
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)
*
Blake Wesley (
San Antonio Spurs
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)
Fighting Irish currently in other leagues
*
Tim Abromaitis –
CB Canarias
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of the
Liga ACB
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*
Paul Atkinson – Free agent
*
Zach Auguste
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Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, A ...
–
SeaHorses Mikawa
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of the
B.League
*
Bonzie Colson –
Fenerbahçe S.K. of the
Basketbol Süper Ligi
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and the
EuroLeague
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*
Jack Cooley –
Ryukyu Golden Kings
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The Golden Kings have won the Japanese national title f ...
of the
B.League
*Nikola Djogo –
Brussels Basketball
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History
The club was founded in 1957. In 19 ...
of the
BNXT League
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*
Martinas Geben –
Bàsquet Manresa
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of the
Liga ACB
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*
T. J. Gibbs – Free agent
*
Dane Goodwin –
Salt Lake City Stars of the
NBA G League
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*
Jerian Grant –
Panathinaikos B.C.
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of the
Greek Basket League
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and the
EuroLeague
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*Marcus Hammond –
Rouen Métropole Basket of the
LNB Pro B
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*
Prentiss Hubb –
AEK B.C.
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of the
Greek Basketball League
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and the
Basketball Champions League
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*
Nate Laszewski –
Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers of the
Taiwan Professional Basketball League
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*
John Mooney –
Chiba Jets of the
B.League
*
Matt Ryan – Free agent
*Trey Wertz –
BK Olomoucko of the
National Basketball League
See also
*
Big East
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*
*
Notre Dame–UCLA rivalry
References
External links
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