Edmund P. Joyce Center

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Joyce Center
Location	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556
Broke ground	June, 1966
Opened	December 1, 1968
Owner	University of Notre Dame
Operator	University of Notre Dame
Construction cost	$8.6 million (entire ACC)
Architect	Ellerbe Architects, Saint Paul, MN
Former names
Athletic & Convocation Center (1968-1987)
Tenants
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Basketball & Volleyball)
Seats
11,418 (basketball)

The Joyce Center is an 11,418-seat multi-purpose arena in South Bend, Indiana. The arena opened in 1968. It is home to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball and volleyball teams. The main arena is the southern part of the Joyce Center, which also houses the hockey rink in the northern half of the center, and the Rolfs Aquatic Center (which was added on in 1985) in the rear of the building. It is located across the street from Notre Dame Stadium, and the center's two domes could easily be seen rising above the stadium's east side prior to its expansion. The 10-acre building, designed by the renowned sports architects at Ellerbe Architects of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in twenty-nine months, and opened the first week of December, 1968 as the Athletic & Convocation Center. It was renamed in 1987 to honor the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Notre Dame's executive vice president from 1952 to 1987. Prior to the building of the Joyce Center, the basketball team played in the Notre Dame Fieldhouse, which opened in 1900.

[edit] Streak busters

Notre Dame has a rich tradition of ending winning streaks. Some of the notable streaks the Irish have ended include.

In 1971, the Irish gave UCLA it's only loss of the season.
3 years later, the Irish ended UCLA's NCAA record 88 game winning streak.
In 1977, the Irish upset number 1 ranked University of San Francisco.
In 1987, the Irish upset number 1 ranked University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 60-58.
In 1991, the Irish upset number 2 ranked UCLA
In 2005, the Irish ended Boston College's Big East record 20 game winning streak to start a season

No team has knocked off the number 1 ranked team in college basketball more than Notre Dame. All of these streak busters have happened in the Joyce Center.