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. They have also played in the NCAA tournament 37 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, including 5 in which they were undefeated at home (1973, 1985, 2006, 2007, and 2010). Jeff Sagarin and ESPN 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.
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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
The NCAA 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 (NIT) 12 times. Their combined record is 27–12.
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 when 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 – Mike Farrelly
Assistant coach – Ryan Owens
Assistant coach – Tre Whitted
Assistant coach – Grady Eifert
Assistant coach – Tony Rack
Player development & recruiting coordinator – Isaiah Thompson
Director of basketball operations – Colin McGettigan
General manager – Pat Garrity
Players
Current 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
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
Mike Brey (2008)
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District V Coach of the Year
Mike Brey (2011, 2012)
Player awards
National Players of the Year
John Moir (1936) – Helms
Austin Carr (1971) – AP, UPI, Helms(shared)
Adrian Dantley (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 (1925)
John Nyikos (1927)
Moose Krause (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 (1975, 1976)
Troy Murphy (2000, 2001)
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
George Keogan (1961)
Elmer Ripley (1973)
Moose Krause (1976)
Adrian Dantley (2008)
Fighting Irish currently in the NBA
Pat Connaughton – Charlotte Hornets
Cormac Ryan – Milwaukee Bucks
Blake Wesley – Portland Trail Blazers
Fighting Irish currently in other leagues
Tim Abromaitis – Lenovo Tenerife (Liga ACB)
Matt Allocco – San Diego Clippers (NBA G League)
Paul Atkinson – free agent
Zach Auguste – SeaHorses Mikawa (B.League)
Bonzie Colson – Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israeli Basketball Premier League and EuroLeague)
Jack Cooley – Ryukyu Golden Kings (B.League)
Martinas Geben – Bàsquet Girona (Liga ACB)
Dane Goodwin – Grand Rapids Gold (NBA G League)
Jerian Grant – Panathinaikos B.C. (Greek Basketball League and EuroLeague)
Prentiss Hubb – Derthona Basket (Lega Basket Serie A)
Nate Laszewski – Maccabi Ra'anana (Israeli Basketball Premier League)
John Mooney – Chiba Jets (B.League)
Matt Ryan – Dubai Basketball (ABA League and EuroLeague)