Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

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] They 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 Mike Brey.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
University	University of Notre Dame
First season	1896–97
All-time record	1,880–1,028 (.646)
Head coach	Mike Brey (20th 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 Round of 32
1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
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
Conference Tournament Champions
2015

Early-Season Tournaments

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Dates	Name	Venue(s)	Location(s)	Result	Record
Jan. 1–2, 1948	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 27–28, 1948	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 29–30, 1949	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 22–23, 1950	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 28–29, 1951	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 19–20, 1952	Michigan State Classic	Jenison Fieldhouse	East Lansing, Michigan		1–1
Dec. 26–29, 1956	ECAC Holiday Festival	Madison Square Garden	New York City	Runner-up	2–1
Dec. 22–23, 1957	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis	Champion	2–0
Dec. 19–20, 1958	Bluegrass Festival		Louisville, Kentucky	3rd	1–1
Dec. 22–23, 1959	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 27–28, 1966	Rainbow Classic	Hawaiʻi International Center	Honolulu, HI	4th	0–2
Dec. 19–20, 1958	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 22–23, 1959	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 27–28, 1960	Hoosier Classic	Butler Fieldhouse	Indianapolis		1–1
Dec. 29–30, 1969	Sugar Bowl Tournament		New Orleans	Runner-up	1–1
November 21, 1986	Coca-Cola NIT Classic	Joyce Center	Notre Dame, Indiana	First Round	0–1
Nov. 15–23, 1990	Dodge/NIT Classic	Joyce Center & Madison Square Garden	Notre Dame, Indiana & New York City	4th	2–2
Dec. 28–29, 1992	Sugar Bowl Tournament		New Orleans	Champion	2–0
Dec. 21–23, 1993	Maui Classic	Lahaina Civic Center	Lahaina, HI	6th	1–2
Dec. 27–28, 1994	Far West Classic	Portland Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon		1–1
Nov. 26–28, 1998	Great Alaska Shootout	Sullivan Arena	Anchorage, AK		1–2
Nov. 16–26, 1999	NIT Season Tip-Off	Value City Arena, Joyce Center, & Madison Square Garden	Columbus, Ohio; Notre Dame, Indiana; & New York City	4th	2–2
Nov. 23–25, 2001	Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic	Blaisdell Center	Honolulu, HI	Champion	3–0
Nov. 17–26, 2002	Guardians Classic	Joyce Center & Municipal Auditorium	Notre Dame, Indiana & Kansas City, Missouri	Champion	4–0
Dec. 7–8, 2002	BB&T Classic	MCI Center	Washington, D.C.	Champion	2–0
Nov. 13–14, 2006	NIT Season Tip-Off	Conseco Fieldhouse	Indianapolis	3rd	1–1
Nov. 16–19, 2007	Paradise Jam Tournament	Sports and Fitness Center	St. Thomas, USVI	4th	1–2
Nov. 24–26, 2008	EA Sports Maui Invitational	Lahaina Civic Center	Lahaina, HI	Runner-up	2–1
Nov. 22–28, 2009	Chicago Invitational Challenge	Joyce Center & UIC Pavilion	Notre Dame, Indiana & Chicago	3rd	3–1
Nov. 25–28, 2010	Old Spice Classic	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex	Bay Lake, Florida	Champion	3–0
Nov. 13–17 & 21–22, 2011	Progressive CBE Classic	Purcell Pavilion & Sprint Center	Notre Dame, Indiana & Kansas City, Missouri	4th	2–2
Nov. 10–12 & 16–17, 2012	Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	Purcell Pavilion & Barclays Center	Notre Dame, Indiana & Brooklyn, New York	3rd	3–1
Dec. 7–21 & 21–22, 2013	BlackRock Gotham Classic	Purcell Pavilion & Madison Square Garden	Notre Dame, Indiana & New York City	Runner-up	2–2
Nov. 14–16 & 22–23, 2014	Hall of Fame Tip Off	Purcell Pavilion & Mohegan Sun Arena	Notre Dame, Indiana & Uncasville, Connecticut	Runner-up	3–1
Nov. 26–29, 2015	AdvoCare Invitational	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex	Orlando, Florida	6th	1–2
Nov 12–16 & 21–22, 2016	Legends Classic	Purcell Pavilion & Barclay's Center	Notre Dame, Indiana & Brooklyn, New York	Champion	4–0
Nov 20–22, 2017	Maui Jim Maui Invitational	Lahaina Civic Center	Maui, Hawaii	Champion	3–0
Nov 6-20, 2018	Gotham Classic	Purcell Pavilion	Notre Dame, Indiana	N/A	4-1

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
1897–98	Hering	1–2
Hering (Total):		1–2
1898–99	Powers	2–0
Powers (Total):		2–0
Bertram Maris (Independent) (1907–1913)
1907–08	Maris	12–4
1908–09	Maris	33–7
1909–10	Maris	10–4
1910–11	Maris	7–3
1911–12	Maris	16–2
Maris (Total):		78–20
1912–13	Nelson	13–2
Nelson (Total):		13–2
1913–14	Harper	11–5
1914–15	Harper	14–3
1915–16	Harper	9–3
1916–17	Harper	8–5
1917–18	Harper	2–4
Harper (Total):		44–20
1918–19	Dorais	2–10
1919–20	Dorais	5–13
Dorais (Total):		7–23
1920–21	Halas	9–14
1921–22	Halas	6–13
1922–23	Halas	10–12
Halas (Total):		25–39
1923–24	Keogan	15–8
1924–25	Keogan	11–11
1925–26	Keogan	19–1
1926–27	Keogan	19–1
1927–28	Keogan	18–4
1928–29	Keogan	15–5
1929–30	Keogan	14–6
1930–31	Keogan	12–8
1931–32	Keogan	18–2
1932–33	Keogan	16–6
1933–34	Keogan	20–4
1934–35	Keogan	13–9
1935–36	Keogan	22–2
1936–37	Keogan	20–3
1937–38	Keogan	20–3
1938–39	Keogan	15–6
1939–40	Keogan	15–6
1940–41	Keogan	17–5
1941–42	Keogan	16–6
1942–43	Keogan, Krause	18–2
Keogan (Total):		333–98
1943–44	Krause	10–9
Krause (Total):		10–9
1944–45	Crowe	15–5
Crowe (Total):		15–5
1945–46	Ripley	17–4
Ripley (Total):		17–4
1946–47	Krause	20–4
1947–48	Krause	17–7
1948–49	Krause	17–7
1949–50	Krause	15–9
1950–51	Krause	13–11
Krause (Total):		82-38
1951–52	Jordan	16–10
1952–53	Jordan	19–5			NCAA
1953–54	Jordan	22–3			NCAA
1954–55	Jordan	14–10
1955–56	Jordan	9–15
1956–57	Jordan	20–8			NCAA
1957–58	Jordan	24–5			NCAA
1958–59	Jordan	12–13
1959–60	Jordan	17–9			NCAA
1960–61	Jordan	12–14
1961–62	Jordan	7–16
1962–63	Jordan	17–9			NCAA
1963–64	Jordan	10–14
Jordan (Total):		199–131
Johnny Dee (Independent) (1964–1971)
1964–65	Dee	15–12			NCAA
1965–66	Dee	5–21
1966–67	Dee	14–14
1967–68	Dee	21–9			NIT
1968–69	Dee	20–7			NCAA
1969–70	Dee	21–8			NCAA
1970–71	Dee	20–9			NCAA
Dee (Total):		116–80
Digger Phelps (Independent) (1971–1991)
1971–72	Phelps	6–20
1972–73	Phelps	18–12			NIT
1973–74	Phelps	26–3			NCAA
1974–75	Phelps	19–10			NCAA
1975–76	Phelps	23–6			NCAA
1976–77	Phelps	22–7			NCAA
1977–78	Phelps	23–8			NCAA
1978–79	Phelps	24–6			NCAA
1979–80	Phelps	22–6			NCAA
1980–81	Phelps	23–6			NCAA
1981–82	Phelps	10–17
1982–83	Phelps	19–10			NIT
1983–84	Phelps	21–12			NIT
1984–85	Phelps	21–9			NCAA
1985–86	Phelps	23–6			NCAA
1986–87	Phelps	24–8			NCAA
1987–88	Phelps	20–9			NCAA
1988–89	Phelps	21–9			NCAA
1989–90	Phelps	16–13			NCAA
1990–91	Phelps	12–20
Phelps (Total):		393–197
John MacLeod (Independent) (1991–1995)
1991–92	MacLeod	18–15			NIT
1992–93	MacLeod	9–18
1993–94	MacLeod	12–17
1994–95	MacLeod	15–12
John MacLeod (Big East) (1995–1999)
1995–96	MacLeod	9–18	4–14
1996–97	MacLeod	16–14	8–10		NIT
1997–98	MacLeod	13–14	7–11
1998–99	MacLeod	14–16	8–10
MacLeod (Total):		106–124	27–45
1999–00	Doherty	22–15	8–8		NIT
Doherty (Total):		22–15	8–8
Mike Brey (Big East) (2000–2013)
2000–01	Brey	20–10	11–5		NCAA
2001–02	Brey	22–11	10–6		NCAA
2002–03	Brey	24–10	10–6		NCAA
2003–04	Brey	19–13	9–7		NIT
2004–05	Brey	17–12	9–7		NIT
2005–06	Brey	16–14	6–10		NIT
2006–07	Brey	24–8	11–5		NCAA
2007–08	Brey	25–8	14–4		NCAA
2008–09	Brey	21–15	8–10		NIT
2009–10	Brey	23–12	10–8		NCAA
2010–11	Brey	27–7	14–4		NCAA
2011–12	Brey	22–12	13–5		NCAA
2012–13	Brey	25–10	11–7		NCAA
Mike Brey (ACC) (2013–present)
2013–14	Brey	15–17	6–12
2014–15	Brey	32–6	14–4	3rd	NCAA
2015–16	Brey	24–12	11–7	T-5th	NCAA
2016–17	Brey	26–10	12–6	T-2nd	NCAA
2017–18	Brey	21–15	8–10	10th	NIT
2018–19	Brey	14–19	3–15	15th
2019–20	Brey	20–12	10–10	T-6th
Brey (Total):		437–233
Total:		1,900–1,040
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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Postseason

NCAA Tournament Results

The Fighting Irish have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 36 times. In 2018, the Fighting Irish were snubbed by the NCAA Tournament Committee, despite beating Virginia Tech, NC State, Florida State, and Syracuse, who all earned tournament bids. The combined record of these four teams is 38–40.

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 72–79 OT 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 84–87 OT
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 67–64 OT 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

From 2011–2015 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
Seeds →	1	4	2	7	3	5	10	9	10	6	8	5	6	5	6	2	7	7	3	6	5

Best Single-Game Scoring Performances[9]

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	Number	National Rank
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

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Accomplishments

National Championships

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

Upsets of #1's and Unbeatens

Date	Opponent	Score	Streak before ND loss
February 2, 1948	#1 Kentucky	64–55	11[11]
March 1, 1948	NYU	64–59
March 12, 1954	#1 Indiana*	65–64	2[12]
January 23, 1971	#1 UCLA**	89–82	19[13]
January 19, 1974	#1 UCLA**	71–70	88
March 5, 1977	#1 San Francisco	93–82	29
February 26, 1978	#1 Marquette	65–59	5[14]
February 27, 1980	#1 DePaul	76–74 (2OT)	26[15]
December 27, 1980	#1 Kentucky***	67–61	7[16]
February 22, 1981	#1 Virginia	57–56	28[17]
February 1, 1987	#1 North Carolina	60–58	16[18]
February 8, 2005	#4 Boston College	68–65	20[19]
January 21, 2012	#1 Syracuse	67–58	20[20]
February 6, 2016	#1 North Carolina****	80–76	0[21]
November 22, 2017	#6 Wichita State*****	67–66	4[22]

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.[23]

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.

*Occurred in NCAA Tournament. Indiana was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the UPI coaches poll.

**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.

***Kentucky was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the UPI coaches poll.

****North Carolina was #2 in the AP sportswriters poll and #1 in the USA Today coaches poll.

*****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

Head Coach – Mike Brey

Associate Head Coach – Rod Balanis

Assistant Coach – Ryan Ayers

Assistant Coach – Ryan Humphrey

Director of Basketball Operations – Harold Swanagan

Development and Recruiting Coordinator – Scott Martin[24]

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–present	Mike Brey*	20	437–233	.652
Totals	17 coaches	114 seasons	1900–1040–1	.646

• 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[25][26][27][28]

• 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[29]

• Mike Brey – 2008

Big East Coach of the Year[30]

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

National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District V Coach of the Year[31]

• Mike Brey – 2011, 2012

Players

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

National Players of the Year[25]

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

National Freshman of the Year[25]

• Chris Thomas – 2002 – Basketball Times, Basketball News

Consensus All-Americans[25]

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
• Rob Rensberger – 1943
• John Shumate – 1974

John Wooden All-Americans[32]

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

Big East Player of the Year[30]

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

Big East Rookie of the Year[30]

• 1999 – Troy Murphy
• 2002 – Chris Thomas

Big East Most Improved Player

• 2012 – Jack Cooley[33]

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)

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

• Adrian Dantley – 2008[34]

Fighting Irish Currently in the NBA

• Demetrius Jackson (Philadelphia 76ers)
• Bonzie Colson (Milwaukee Bucks)
• Pat Connaughton (Milwaukee Bucks)
• Jerian Grant (Orlando Magic)

Tournament Titles

Season	Tournament	Results
2002–03	BB&T Classic	W vs. Maryland 79–67 W vs. Texas 98–92
2010–11	Old Spice Classic	W vs. Georgia 89–83 W vs. California 57–44 W vs. Wisconsin 58–51
2017–18	Maui Jim Maui Invitational	W vs. Chaminade 83-56 W vs. LSU 92-53 W vs. Wichita State 67-66

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