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.

History

Postseason

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

1953 First RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight Eastern KentuckyPennIndiana W 77–57W 69–57L 66–79 1954 First RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight Loyola (LA)IndianaPenn State W 80–70W 65–64L 63–71 1957 First RoundSweet SixteenRegional 3rd Place Game Miami (OH)Michigan StatePittsburgh W 89–77L 83–85W 86–85 1958 First RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight Tennessee TechIndianaKentucky W 94–61W 94–87L 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 RoundSweet SixteenRegional 3rd Place Game OhioKentuckyIowa W 112–82L 99–109L 106–121 1971 First RoundSweet SixteenRegional 3rd Place Game TCUDrakeHouston W 102–94L 72–79OTL 106–119 1974 First RoundSweet SixteenRegional 3rd Place Game Austin PeayMichiganVanderbilt W 108–66L 68–77W 118–88 1975 First RoundSweet SixteenRegional 3rd Place Game KansasMarylandCincinnati W 77–71L 71–83L 87–95 1976 First RoundSweet Sixteen CincinnatiMichigan W 79–78L 76–80 1977 First RoundSweet Sixteen HofstraNorth Carolina W 90–83L 77–79 1978 First RoundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourNational 3rd Place Game HoustonUtahDePaulDukeArkansas W 100–77W 69–56W 84–64L 86–90L 69–71 1979 #1 Second RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight #8 Tennessee#5 Toledo#2 Michigan State W 73–67W 79–71L 68–80 1980 #4 Second Round #5 Missouri L 84–87OT 1981 #2 Second RoundSweet Sixteen #10 James Madison#6 BYU W 54–45L 50–51 1985 #7 First RoundSecond Round #10 Oregon State#2 North Carolina W 79–70L 58–60 1986 #3 First Round #14 Arkansas–Little Rock L 83–90 1987 #5 First RoundSecond RoundSweet Sixteen #12 Middle Tennessee#4 TCU#1 North Carolina W 84–71W 58–57L 68–74 1988 #10 First Round #7 SMU L 75–83 1989 #9 First RoundSecond Round #8 Vanderbilt#1 Georgetown W 81–65L 74–81 1990 #10 First Round #7 Virginia L 67–75 2001 #6 First RoundSecond Round #11 Xavier#3 Ole Miss W 83–71L 56–59 2002 #8 First RoundSecond Round #9 Charlotte#1 Duke W 82–63L 77–84 2003 #5 First RoundSecond RoundSweet Sixteen #12 Milwaukee#4 Illinois#1 Arizona W 70–69W 68–60L 71–88 2007 #6 First Round #11 Winthrop L 64–74 2008 #5 First RoundSecond Round #12 George Mason#4 Washington State W 68–50L 41–61 2010 #6 First Round #11 Old Dominion L 50–51 2011 #2 Second RoundThird Round #15 Akron#10 Florida State W 69–56L 57–71 2012 #7 Second Round #10 Xavier L 63–67 2013 #7 Second Round #10 Iowa State L 58–76 2015 #3 Second RoundThird RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight #14 Northeastern#6 Butler#7 Wichita State#1 Kentucky W 69–65W 67–64OTW 81–70L 66–68 2016 #6 First RoundSecond RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight #11 Michigan#14 Stephen F. Austin#7 Wisconsin#1 North Carolina W 70–63W 76–75W 61–56L 74–88 2017 #5 First RoundSecond Round #12 Princeton#4 West Virginia W 60–58L 71–83 2022 #11 First FourFirst RoundSecond Round #11 Rutgers#6 Alabama#3 Texas Tech W 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. Years →'79'80'81'85'86'87'88'89'90'01'02'03'07'08'10'11'12'13'15'16'17'22Seeds →1427351091068565627736511 Best Single-Game Scoring Performances Rank Player Year Opponent Points1.Austin Carr1970Ohio61T-4.Austin Carr1970Kentucky52T-4.Austin Carr1971TCU529.Austin Carr1971Houston47T-11.Austin Carr1970Iowa45

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

1968 First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals3rd Place Game ArmyLong IslandDaytonSaint Peter's W 62–58W 62–60L 74–76W 81–78 1973 First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal USCLouisvilleNorth CarolinaVirginia Tech W 69–65W 79–71W 78–71L 91–92 1983 First Round Northwestern L 57–71 1984 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal Old DominionBoston CollegePittsburghSouthwestern LouisianaMichigan W 67–62W 66–52W 72–64W 65–59L 63–83 1992 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal Western MichiganKansas StateManhattanUtahVirginia W 63–56W 64–48W 74–58W 58–55L 76–81 OT 1997 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals Oral RobertsTCUMichigan W 74–58W 82–72L 66–67 2000 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal MichiganXavierBYUPenn StateWake Forest W 75–65W 76–64W 64–52W 73–52L 61–71 2004 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals PurdueSaint LouisOregon W 71–59W 77–66L 61–65 2005 First Round Holy Cross L 73–78 2006 First RoundSecond Round VanderbiltMichigan W 79–69L 84–87 2009 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals UABNew MexicoKentuckyPenn State W 70–64W 70–68W 77–67L 59–67 2018 First RoundSecond Round HamptonPenn State  W 84–63L 63–73

Traditions TraditionNumberNational RankAll-time NCAA Tournament bids369thAll-time NCAA Tournament wins38T–24thAll-time wins1,8668thAll-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 Date Opponent Score Streak before ND loss February 2, 1948 #1 Kentucky 64–55 11 March 1, 1948 NYU 64–59 March 12, 1954 #1 Indiana 65–642 January 23, 1971 #1 UCLA 89–8219 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 February 27, 1980 #1 DePaul 76–74 (2OT) 26 December 27, 1980 #1 Kentucky 67–61 7 February 22, 1981 #1 Virginia 57–56 28 February 1, 1987 #1 North Carolina 60–58 16 February 8, 2005 #4 Boston College 68–65 20 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.

Notes

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

All-time coaching records

TenureNameYearsRecordPct. 1896–1897 Unknown 1 2–1 1897–1898 Frank E. Hering 1 1–2 1898–1899 J. Fred Powers 1 2–0 1907–1912 Bertram Maris 5 78–20 1912–1913 Bill Nelson 1 13–2 1913–1918 Jesse Harper 5 44–20 1918–1920 Gus Dorais 2 7–23 1920–1923 Walter Halas 3 25–39 1923–1943 George Keogan 20 327–97–1 1943–1944, 1946–1951 Moose Krause 6 98–48 1944–1945 Clem Crowe 1 15–5 1945–1946 Elmer Ripley 1 17–4 1951–1964 John Jordan 13 199–131 1964–1971 John Dee 7 116–80 1971–1991 Digger Phelps 20 393–197 1991–1999 John MacLeod 8 106–124 1999–2000 Matt Doherty 1 22–15 2000–2023 Mike Brey 23 483–280 2023–present Micah Shrewsberry 3 41–56 Totals 19 coaches 122 seasons 1989–1144–1

Players

Current roster

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ACC and Big East Awards

Conference Coach of the Year

Year Coach Conference 2011 Mike Brey Big East 2008 Mike Brey Big East 2007 Mike Brey Big East 1997 John MacLeod Big East

Conference Player of the Year

Year Player Conference 2011 Ben Hansbrough Big East 2008 Luke Harangody Big East 2001 Troy Murphy Big East 2000 Troy Murphy Big East 1997 Pat Garrity Big East

Conference Rookie of the Year

Year Player Conference 2024 Markus Burton ACC 2002 Chris Thomas Big East 1999 Troy Murphy Big East

Conference Most Improved Player

Year Player Conference 2012 Jack Cooley Big East

ACC Tournament MVP

Year Player 2015 Jerian Grant

Conference All-Tournament First Team Year Player Conference 2017 Bonzie Colson ACC 2017 Matt Farrell ACC 2015 Pat Connaughton ACC 2015 Jerian Grant ACC 2015 Steve Vasturia ACC 2013 Pat Connaughton Big East 2011 Scott Martin Big East 2010 Tory Jackson Big East 2007 Russell Carter Big East 2002 Chris Thomas Big East

ACC All-Tournament Second Team Year Player 2018 Bonzie Colson 2017 Steve Vasturia 2016 Zach Auguste 2015 Demetrius Jackson

All-Conference First Team See: List of All-ACC teams and List of All-Big East teams Year Player Conference 2020 John Mooney ACC 2017 Bonzie Colson ACC 2015 Jerian Grant ACC 2013 Jack Cooley Big East 2011 Ben Hansbrough Big East 2010 Luke Harangody Big East 2009 Luke Harangody Big East 2008 Luke Harangody Big East 2008 Kyle McAlarney Big East 2007 Russell Carter Big East More Year Player Conference 2007 Colin Falls Big East 2006 Chris Quinn Big East 2003 Matt Carroll Big East 2002 Ryan Humphrey Big East 2001 Troy Murphy Big East 2000 Troy Murphy Big East 1998 Pat Garrity Big East 1997 Pat Garrity Big East

All-Conference Second Team Year Player Conference 2025 Markus Burton ACC 2022 Blake Wesley ACC 2016 Demetrius Jackson ACC 2013 Jerian Grant Big East 2012 Jack Cooley Big East 2004 Chris Thomas Big East 2003 Chris Thomas Big East 1999 Troy Murphy Big East

All-Conference Third Team