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Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

Sports team representing the University of Notre Dame in Indiana

Sports team representing the University of Notre Dame in Indiana

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current2025–26 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
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universityUniversity of Notre Dame
firstseason1896–97
record1976–1126–1 ()
conferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
locationNotre Dame, Indiana
athletic_directorPete Bevacqua
coachMicah Shrewsberry
tenure3rd
arenaPurcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
capacity9,149
nicknameFighting Irish
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NCAAchampion21927, 1936
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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 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 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.

History

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Fighting Irish have appeared in the NCAA tournament 37 times.

2022#11First Four
First Round
Second Round#11 Rutgers
#6 Alabama
#3 Texas TechW 89–87 2OT
W 78–64
L 53–59

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 began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.

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Best Single-Game Scoring Performances

RankPlayerYearOpponentPoints
1.Austin Carr1970Ohio61
T-4.Austin Carr1970Kentucky52
T-4.Austin Carr1971TCU52
9.Austin Carr1971Houston47
T-11.Austin Carr1970Iowa45

NIT results

The Fighting Irish have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 12 times. Their combined record is 27–12.

2018First Round
Second RoundHampton
Penn StateW 84–63
L 63–73

Traditions

TraditionNumberNational Rank
All-time NCAA Tournament bids369th
All-time NCAA Tournament wins38T–24th
All-time wins1,8668th
All-time winning percentage.64912th

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

DateOpponentScoreStreak before ND loss
February 2, 1948#1 Kentucky64–5511
March 1, 1948NYU64–59
March 12, 1954#1 Indiana65–642
January 23, 1971#1 UCLA89–8219
January 19, 1974#1 UCLA71–7088
March 5, 1977#1 San Francisco93–8229
February 26, 1978#1 Marquette65–59url=http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/1978title=Marquette: 1978–79 Seasonaccess-date=March 22, 2014url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322213407/http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/1978archive-date=March 22, 2014df=mdy-all}}
February 27, 1980#1 DePaul76–74 (2OT)26
December 27, 1980#1 Kentucky67–617
February 22, 1981#1 Virginia57–56url=http://www.virginiasports.com/pdf4/101646.pdf?ATCLID=1355494&SPSID=93429&SPID=10616&DB_OEM_ID=17800title=UVA Basketball History and Administrationpublisher=virginiasports.comaccess-date=April 5, 2008url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930103122/http://www.virginiasports.com/pdf4/101646.pdf?ATCLID=1355494&SPSID=93429&SPID=10616&DB_OEM_ID=17800archive-date=September 30, 2011df=mdy-all}}
February 1, 1987#1 North Carolina60–5816
February 8, 2005#4 Boston College68–65url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=250390087title=Boston College 65 Notre Dame 68work=espn.comaccess-date=April 5, 2008url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524071346/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=250390087archive-date=May 24, 2006df=mdy-all}}
January 21, 2012#1 Syracuse67–5820
February 6, 2016#1 North Carolina80–760
November 22, 2017#6 Wichita State67–664

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 – Kyle Getter
  • Assistant Coach – Mike Farrelly
  • Assistant Coach – Ryan Owens
  • Assistant Coach – Tre Whitted
  • Assistant Coach – Grady Eifert
  • General Manager – Pat Garrity

All-time coaching records

Notre Dame Fighting Irish}}";TenureNotre Dame Fighting Irish}}";NameNotre Dame Fighting Irish}}";YearsNotre Dame Fighting Irish}}";RecordNotre Dame Fighting Irish}}";Pct.
1896–1897Unknown12–1
1897–1898Frank E. Hering11–2
1898–1899J. Fred Powers12–0
1907–1912Bertram Maris578–20
1912–1913Bill Nelson113–2
1913–1918Jesse Harper544–20
1918–1920Gus Dorais27–23
1920–1923Walter Halas325–39
1923–1943George Keogan20327–97–1
1943–1944, 1946–1951Moose Krause698–48
1944–1945Clem Crowe115–5
1945–1946Elmer Ripley117–4
1951–1964John Jordan13199–131
1964–1971John Dee7116–80
1971–1991Digger Phelps20393–197
1991–1999John MacLeod8106–124
1999–2000Matt Doherty122–15
2000–2023Mike Brey23483–280
2023–presentMicah Shrewsberry228–38
Totals19 coaches121 seasons1976–1126–1****

Players

Current roster

  • Micah Shrewsberry ()
  • Kyle Getter ()
  • Mike Farrelly ()
  • Ryan Owens ()
  • Tre Whitted ()
  • Grady Eifert () |access-date=August 25, 2025
  • Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] and [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] Awards

Conference Coach of the Year

YearCoachConference
2011Mike Breyurl=http://www.bigeast.org/pdf2/91211.pdf?ATCLID=1283352&SPSID=92555&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400title=Notre Dame Big East History & Recordspublisher=big east.orgaccess-date=April 1, 2008}}
2008Mike BreyBig East
2007Mike BreyBig East
1997John MacLeodBig East

Conference Player of the Year

YearPlayerConference
2011Ben HansbroughBig East
2008Luke HarangodyBig East
2001Troy MurphyBig East
2000Troy MurphyBig East
1997Pat GarrityBig East

Conference Rookie of the Year

YearPlayerConference
2024Markus BurtonACC
2002Chris ThomasBig East
1999Troy MurphyBig East

Conference Most Improved Player

YearPlayerConference
2012Jack CooleyBig East

ACC Tournament MVP

YearPlayer
2015url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/college/2020/03/08/accs-all-tournament-team-of-2010s/112372894/title=ACC's all-tournament team of the 2010sfirst=Roddlast=Baxleypublisher=The Fayetteville Observerdate=March 8, 2020access-date=June 1, 2024}}

Conference All-Tournament First Team

YearPlayerConference
2017Bonzie ColsonACC
2017Matt FarrellACC
2015Pat ConnaughtonACC
2015Jerian GrantACC
2015Steve VasturiaACC
2013Pat ConnaughtonBig East
2011Scott MartinBig East
2010Tory JacksonBig East
2007Russell CarterBig East
2002Chris ThomasBig East

ACC All-Tournament Second Team

YearPlayer
2018Bonzie Colson
2017Steve Vasturia
2016Zach Auguste
2015Demetrius Jackson

All-Conference First Team

:See: List of All-ACC teams and List of All-Big East teams

MoreYearPlayerConference
2007Colin FallsBig East
2006Chris QuinnBig East
2003Matt CarrollBig East
2002Ryan HumphreyBig East
2001Troy MurphyBig East
2000Troy MurphyBig East
1998Pat GarrityBig East
1997Pat GarrityBig East

|}

All-Conference Second Team

YearPlayerConference
2025Markus BurtonACC
2022Blake WesleyACC
2016Demetrius JacksonACC
2013Jerian GrantBig East
2012Jack CooleyBig East
2004Chris ThomasBig East
2003Chris ThomasBig East
1999Troy MurphyBig East

All-Conference Third Team

MoreYearPlayerConference
2001Ryan HumphreyBig East
1996Pat GarrityBig East

|}

All-Conference Honorable Mention

YearPlayerConference
2022Paul AtkinsonACC
2021Nate LaszewskiACC
2017V. J. BeachemACC
2017Matt FarrellACC
2017Steve VasturiaACC
2014Eric AtkinsACC
2010Tim AbromaitisBig East
2004Torin FrancisBig East
2002David GravesBig East

Conference All-Rookie/All-Freshman Team

YearPlayerConference
2024Markus BurtonACC
2023JJ StarlingACC
2022Blake WesleyACC
2012Jerian GrantBig East
2007Luke HarangodyBig East
2007Tory JacksonBig East
2003Torin FrancisBig East
2002Chris ThomasBig East
1999Troy MurphyBig East

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)
  • 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 (1979, 1981)
  • John Paxson (1982, 1983)
  • Pat Garrity (1998)
  • Luke Harangody (2008, 2009, 2010)
  • Ben Hansbrough (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 at 2007–08 Men's Basketball Guide)

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
  • Pat Connaughton – Charlotte Hornets
  • Matt Ryan – Free agent
  • Blake Wesley – Portland Trail Blazers

Fighting Irish currently in other leagues

[[Bonzie Colson
  • Tim Abromaitis – CB Canarias (Liga ACB)
  • Matt Allocco – San Diego Clippers (NBA G League)
  • Paul Atkinson – Free agent
  • Zach Auguste – Shiga Lakes (B.League)
  • Bonzie Colson – Fenerbahçe S.K. (Basketbol Süper Ligi and EuroLeague)
  • Jack Cooley – Ryukyu Golden Kings (B.League)
  • Nikola Djogo – Free agent
  • Martinas Geben – Bàsquet Girona (Liga ACB)
  • T. J. Gibbs – Free agent
  • Dane Goodwin – Salt Lake City Stars (NBA G League)
  • Jerian Grant – Panathinaikos B.C. (Greek Basketball League and EuroLeague)
  • Marcus Hammond – Poitiers Basket 86 (Ligue nationale de basket)
  • Prentiss Hubb – Derthona Basket (Lega Basket Serie A and Basketball Champions League)
  • Nikita Konstantynovskyi – Freseros de Irapuato (Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional)
  • Nate Laszewski – Maccabi Ra'anana (Liga Leumit)
  • John Mooney – Chiba Jets (B.League)
  • Cormac Ryan – Free agent
  • Trey Wertz – ESSM Le Portel (LNB Élite)
  • Matt Zona – Cheshire Phoenix (Super League Basketball)

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