Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame Fighting Irish athletic logo
University University of Notre Dame
Conference Big East
Location Notre Dame, IN
Head Coach Mike Brey (8th year)
Arena Edmund P. Joyce Center
(Capacity: 11,418)
Nickname Fighting Irish
Colors Blue and Gold

             
Uniforms
 
Home jersey
Home jersey
  
Home shorts
Home
 
Away jersey
Away jersey
  
Away shorts
Away
 
Alternate jersey
Alternate jersey
  
Alternate shorts
Alternate
NCAA Pre-Tournament Era Champions
1927, 1936
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1978
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1953, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1979
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987, 2003
NCAA Tournament Second Round
1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008
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
Conference Regular Season Champions
2001 (west)

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 Big East Conference of NCAA Division I. The school holds two national championships in basketball. They were named the 1927 (with a record of 19-1) and 1936 (with a record of 22-2-1) national champions by the Helms Foundation.[1] They have also played in the NCAA Tournament 29 times, good for 9th all time,[2] and reached the Final 4 in 1978. They play their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center. They currently have the 2nd longest active home winning streak in Division I at 37 games (trailing only BYU).[3] They are also the first Big East team to go undefeated at home two straight seasons.[3] The Fighting Irish are currently coached by Mike Brey.

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[edit] Post season

[edit] NCAA tournament

The Fighting Irish have appeared in 29 NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 30-33.[4]

Year Result
1953 Elite Eight
1954 Elite Eight
1957 Regional Third Place
1958 Elite Eight
1960 First Round
1963 First Round
1965 First Round
1969 First Round
1970 Regional Fourth Place
1971 Regional Fourth Place
1974 Regional Third Place
1975 Regional Fourth Place
1976 Sweet Sixteen
1977 Sweet Sixteen
1978 Fourth Place
1979 Elite Eight
1980 Second Round
1981 Sweet Sixteen
1985 Second Round
1986 First Round
1987 Sweet Sixteen
1988 First Round
1989 Second Round
1990 First Round
2001 Second Round
2002 Second Round
2003 Sweet Sixteen
2007 First Round
2008 Second Round

NCAA Tournament Seeding History

The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.

Years → '79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08
Seeds → 1 4 2 - - - 7 3 5 10 9 10 - - - - - - - - - - 6 8 5 - - - 6 5

Single-Game scoring performances:[5]

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

[edit] NIT

NIT MVP

1973 - John Shumate

[edit] Traditions

Tradition Number National Rank
All-time NCAA Tournament bids 29 T-9th
All-time NCAA Tournament wins 30 T-26th
All-time wins 1629 11th
All-time winning percentage 64.6% 13th

Source: [2]

[edit] Upsets of #1's and unbeatens

Date Opponent Score Streak before ND loss
February 2, 1948 Kentucky 64-55
March 1, 1948 NYU 64-59
March 12, 1954 Indiana 65-64
January 23, 1971 #1 UCLA 89-82
January 19, 1974 #1 UCLA 71-70 88
March 5, 1977 #1 San Francisco 93-82 29
February 26, 1978 #1 Marquette 65-59
February 27, 1980 #1 DePaul 76-74 (2OT) 26[6]
December 27, 1980 Kentucky 67-61
February 22, 1981 #1 Virginia 57-56 28[7]
February 1, 1987 #1 North Carolina 60-58
February 8, 2005 #4 Boston College[8] 68-65 20

Source:[9]

[edit] Coaches

[edit] All-time coaching records

Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
1898 Frank E. Hering 1 1-2 .333
1899 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 Dorias 2 17–23 .233
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
2000-2007 Mike Brey 7 166-84 .645
Totals 17 coaches 102 seasons 1629–891–1 .646

[edit] Coaching awards

National Coach of the Year[10]

Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award[11]

Big East Coach of the Year[12]

[edit] Players

See also: Fighting Irish basketball players

National Players of the Year[10]

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

National Freshman of the Year[10]

Consensus All-Americans[10]

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

John Wooden All-Americans[13]

Big East Player of the Year[12]

Big East Rookie of the Year[12]

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)

[edit] Fighting Irish in the NBA

[edit] References

  1. ^ Helms College Championship. rauzulusstreet.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  2. ^ a b All-time NCAA win-loss records. ncaa.org. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  3. ^ a b "Irish become first Big East team to go undefeated at home two straight seasons", espn.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. 
  4. ^ All-time NCAA tourney win-loss records. cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  5. ^ Single-Game Scoring Performances. cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  6. ^ Depaul Record Book. depaulbluedemons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  7. ^ UVA Basketball History and Administration. virginiasports.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  8. ^ Boston College 65 Notre Dame 68. espn.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  9. ^ NCAA Official Records 2006 - Schools Defeating No.1 (pages 58-61). ncaa.org. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  10. ^ a b c d "Notre Dame Basketball History, Part 2", und.cstv.com, 2008-04-05. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. 
  11. ^ Mike Brey Named Recipient of Inaugural Skip Prosser Man Of The Year Award. und.cstv.com (2008-04-04). Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  12. ^ a b c Notre Dame Big East History & Records. big east.org. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
  13. ^ "Harangody Named To 10-Man Wooden All-America Team", und.cstv.com, 2008-04-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-05. 

[edit] See also

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