2007–08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represent the University of Notre Dame in the college basketball season of 2007-08, competing in the Big East Conference. The team is led by eighth-year head coach, Mike Brey, and play their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana.

2007–08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15[1]
AP	No. 14[2]
2007–08 record	25–8 (14–4 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Brey
Assistant coaches	Sean Kearney Gene Cross Rod Balanis
Home arena	Edmund P. Joyce Center

2007–08 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Georgetown	15	–	3		.833			28	–	6		.824
No. 13 Louisville	14	–	4		.778			27	–	9		.750
No. 15 Notre Dame	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
No. 16 Connecticut	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
West Virginia	11	–	7		.611			26	–	11		.703
No. 25 Marquette	11	–	7		.611			25	–	10		.714
No. 17 Pittsburgh†	10	–	8		.556			27	–	10		.730
Villanova	9	–	9		.500			22	–	13		.629
Syracuse	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Cincinnati	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			17	–	15		.531
Providence	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
*DePaul	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
*St. John's	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
*South Florida	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
*Rutgers	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
† 2008 Big East Tournament winner As of April 7, 2008[3]; Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2008 Big East Tournament.

The previous year's team finished with a 24–8 record and 11–5 record in Big East games. They competed in the 2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament and received an at-large bid in the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament, where they lost their first game. The team graduated its two top-scorers between the seasons, but returned three starters and added four recruits for 2007–08. They were picked to finish ninth in the Big East.

Notre Dame began the season playing an out of conference schedule that included the Paradise Jam Tournament and reached their conference games with a 10–2 record. Currently the team is ranked 14th in the Associated Press (AP) Poll and 15th in the Coaches Poll, and has a 24–7 record overall. The 14–4 record in conference places the team tied in second in the conference, and is the most conference wins in the history of the school. Dating to 2006, the team won 37 consecutive home games, the second longest active winning streak in the nation.

Preseason

The 2006-07 Notre Dame team finished their season with a 24–8 record that included a loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament.[4] The Irish made the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2003 and the 24 wins tied the 1973-74 team for the most ever wins at Notre Dame.[5] Because of the team's accomplishments, Mike Brey was named Big East Coach of the Year.[6]

Roster changes and recruiting

Notre Dame lost its two top scorers, Russell Carter and Colin Falls, to graduation in 2007.[7] In addition to Carter and Falls, freshman, Joe Harden, who played in only 14 games throughout the season, decided to transfer from Notre Dame.[8] Kyle McAlarney, a junior, who was suspended for most of the 2006–07 season because of an arrest,[9] was re-instated onto the team.[10] With McAlarney's return, the team returned four former starters.[11]

In addition to the returning players, the Irish signed four recruits for their new class. Although the class was not highly ranked, it included two three–star athletes.

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tim Abromaitis SF	Farmington, CT	Farmington High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 27, 2006
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
Tyrone Nash F	Northfield, MA	Northfield Mount Hermon School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Oct 23, 2006
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Ty Proffitt PG	London, KY	South Laurel High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 25, 2006
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Carleton Scott PF	San Antonio, TX	Madison High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Aug 12, 2006
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 85
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR   Rivals: NR
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Notre Dame 2007 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22. "2007 Notre Dame Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22. "2007 Player Commitments - Notre Dame". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22.

Pre-season outlook

With three former starters that had experience in the NCAA Tournament, the Irish hoped to have another run to the tournament.[12] However, with only five returning upperclassmen, including only one senior, the Big East's coaches picked the team to finish ninth in the conference.[13] Even so, the team entered the season with a 20 home game winning streak, dating to the end of the 2005–06 season.[11]

Regular season

Roster

Notre Dame began the season with 12 scholarship players and two walk-ons.[14] Rob Kurz, the only senior on the team, was named team captain prior to the season.[15] In the 2006–07 season, Tory Jackson took over the point guard position after Kyle McAlarney was suspended. With McAlarney's return, Brey dissolved the position and both are listed as guards.[16]

Name	Number	Position	Year	Hometown
Tim Abromaitis	21	F	Freshman	Farmington, CT
Tim Andree	41	F	Sophomore	Colts Neck, NJ
Ryan Ayers	42	F/G	Junior	Blue Bell, PA
Luke Harangody	44	F	Sophomore	Schererville, IN
Zach Hillesland	33	F	Junior	Toledo, OH
Tory Jackson	2	G	Sophomore	Saginaw, MI
Tom Kopko	5	G	Freshman	Chicago, IL
Rob Kurz	31	F	Senior	Lower Gwynedd Township, PA
Kyle McAlarney	23	G	Junior	Staten Island, NY
Tyrone Nash	1	G	Freshman	Queens, NY
Jonathan Peoples	20	G	Sophomore	Bellwood, IL
Ty Proffitt	13	G	Freshman	London, KY
Carleton Scott	34	F	Freshman	San Antonio, TX
Luke Zeller	40	F/C	Junior	Washington, IN

Coaches

Notre Dame was coached by Mike Brey and his staff. In his eighth-year at the position, Brey accumulated a 142–78 (.646) record at Notre Dame before the season.[17]

Name	Type	College	Year
Mike Brey	Head coach	George Washington	1982
Sean Kearney	Associate head coach	Scranton	1981
Rod Balanis	Assistant coach	Georgia Tech	1993
Gene Cross	Assistant coach	Illinois	1994
Martin Ingelsby	Coordinator of basketball operations	Notre Dame	2001

Schedule

Notre Dame's schedule was announced on September 5, 2007. The Big East expanded all of its teams' schedules from 16 games to 18 games in conference so that all of the teams would play each other. Notre Dame added 12 games out of conference to precede them. Notre Dame plays 17 home games, eight away games, and four games on a neutral court, prior to the Big East Tournament.[18]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
November 12, 2007* 7:30 p.m.		Long Island	W 82–50	1–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,873) Notre Dame, IN
November 16, 2007* 8:30 p.m.		vs. Monmouth Paradise Jam Tournament	W 76–33	2–0	Sports and Fitness Center (2,132) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 18, 2007* 8:30 p.m.		vs. Baylor Paradise Jam Tournament	L 68–64	2–1	Sports and Fitness Center (2,339) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 19, 2007* 6:00 p.m.		vs. Georgia Tech Paradise Jam Tournament	L 70–69	2–2	Sports and Fitness Center (3,325) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 24, 2007* 7:30 p.m.		Youngstown State	W 87–75	3–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,461) Notre Dame, IN
November 26, 2007* 7:30 p.m.		Colgate	W 94–63	4–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,977) Notre Dame, IN
December 1, 2007* 7:00 p.m.		Eastern Michigan	W 76–65	5–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,277) Notre Dame, IN
December 4, 2007* 7:00 p.m., ESPN		vs. Kansas State Jimmy V Classic	W 68–59	6–2	Madison Square Garden (8,300) New York, NY
December 8, 2007* 7:00 p.m.		Northern Illinois	W 108–62	7–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (10,142) Notre Dame, IN
December 22, 2007* 4:00 p.m.		San Francisco	W 84–76	8–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,048) Notre Dame, IN
December 29, 2007* 7:00 p.m.		Brown	W 87–54	9–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,386) Notre Dame, IN
December 31, 2007* 1:00 p.m.		North Florida	W 77–58	10–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,841) Notre Dame, IN
January 3, 2008 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		West Virginia	W 69–56	11–2 (1–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,327) Notre Dame, IN
January 5, 2008 9:00 p.m., ESPN		Connecticut	W 73–67	12–2 (2–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (10,505) Notre Dame, IN
January 12, 2008 2:00 p.m.		at No. 16 Marquette	L 92–66	12–3 (2–1)	Bradley Center (18,906) Milwaukee, WI
January 15, 2008 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		Cincinnati	W 91–74	13–3 (3–1)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (10,231) Notre Dame, IN
January 19, 2008 12:00 p.m.		at No. 6 Georgetown	L 84–65	13–4 (3–2)	Verizon Center (19,286) Washington, D.C.
January 26, 2008 12:00 p.m.		at No. 18 Villanova	W 90–80	14–4 (4–2)	Wachovia Center (19,989) Philadelphia, PA
January 31, 2008 7:00 p.m., ESPN		Providence	W 81–74 ^OT	15–4 (5–2)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (10,179) Notre Dame, IN
February 2, 2008 6:00 p.m., ESPN Classic		DePaul	W 89–80	16–4 (6–2)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
February 6, 2008 7:30 p.m.	No. 21	at Seton Hall	W 95–69	17–4 (7–2)	Prudential Center (9,800) Newark, NJ
February 9, 2008 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 21	No. 16 Marquette	W 86–83	18–4 (8–2)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
February 13, 2008 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	at No. 17 Connecticut	L 84–78	18–5 (8–3)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
February 17, 2008 12:00 p.m.	No. 18	at Rutgers	W 71–68	19–5 (9–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (7,431) Piscataway, NJ
February 21, 2008 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 21	Pittsburgh	W 82–70	20–5 (10–3)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
February 24, 2008 2:00 p.m., CBS	No. 21	Syracuse	W 94–87	21–5 (11–3)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
February 28, 2008 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 17	at No. 18 Louisville	L 90–85	21–6 (11–4)	Freedom Hall (19,881) Louisville, KY
March 2, 2008 1:00 p.m.	No. 17	at DePaul	W 98–91	22–6 (12–4)	Allstate Arena (16,934) Rosemont, IL
March 5, 2008 7:30 p.m.	No. 19	St. John's	W 68–55	23–6 (13–4)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
March 8, 2008 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	at South Florida	W 67–60	24–6 (14–4)	USF Sun Dome (7,875) Tampa, FL
Big East Tournament
March 13, 2008 9:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 14	vs. No. 24 Marquette Second round	L 79–89	24–7	Madison Square Garden (19,562) New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2008* 9:40 p.m., CBS	No. 15	vs. George Mason First Round	W 68–50	25–7	Pepsi Center (19,282) Denver, CO
March 22, 2008* 6:40 p.m., CBS	No. 15	vs. No. 21 Washington State Second Round	L 41–61	25–8	Pepsi Center (19,299) Denver, CO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Out of conference games

Notre Dame opened the season with a win at home against the Long Island Blackbirds.[19] They next traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands to face the Monmouth Hawks in the first round of the Paradise Jam Tournament. After beating the Hawks,[20] they went on to lose in the semifinals to the Baylor Bears,[21] and lose in the third place game to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to leave the tournament with a 2–2 record.[22] The Irish returned home for three games and went on to win against the Youngstown State Penguins,[23] the Colgate Raiders,[24] and the Eastern Michigan Eagles,[25] to move to 5–2 on the season.

They next traveled to New York to face the Kansas State Wildcats in the Jimmy V. Classic, their first televised game of the season. After a close first half, Notre Dame pulled away to get the win.[26] Returning home once again, they beat the Northern Illinois Huskies before taking two weeks off for final exams.[27] After finals, they played three more home games, beating the San Francisco Dons,[28] the Brown Bears,[29] and the North Florida Ospreys,[30] to finish their non-conference schedule with a 10–2 record.

Big East games

Notre Dame began their conference play with two home games before the students returned from Christmas break. With wins over the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Connecticut Huskies,[31][32] they began conference play with a 2–0 record. They next traveled to face the 16th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles for their first true road game of the season, however they lost by 26 points to give Mike Brey his worst loss as Notre Dame coach.[33] The team returned home to beat the Cincinnati Bearcats,[34] before once again losing on the road against the sixth-ranked Georgetown Hoyas.[35] They finally got their first road win a week later against the 18th-ranked Villanova Wildcats to move to 4–2 in the Big East with a 14–4 overall record.[36]

Notre Dame next returned home to face the Providence Friars, and, although the Friars were 3–4 in conference play, the game stayed close and the Irish only won after an overtime period.[37] They continued at home and beat DePaul in the first of two games against the Blue Demons,[38] to move into the rankings for the first time in the season. As the 21st-ranked team in the country, the team traveled to Seton Hall to face the Pirates. They got their second road win of the season,[39] and returned home to face 16th-ranked Marquette once again. With a win over the Golden Eagles,[40] they moved up to 18th in the rankings. They next traveled to Connecticut to face the 17th-ranked Huskies for the second time. Although the Irish led for much of the game, they lost in the end.[41] Despite winning another road game later in the week against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights,[42] they dropped back to 21st in the rankings with a 19–5 record overall.

The Irish next returned home to face the Pittsburgh Panthers who had beaten them in five straight games. Although trailing at half-time, Notre Dame came back and scored 52 points in the second half to win the game.[43] The team stayed at home to play the Syracuse Orange and led the whole game to get another conference win,[44] however lost another away game the same week at the 18th-ranked Louisville Cardinals.[45] They next traveled to face DePaul, and with the win, swept the Blue Demons in the season.[46] The Irish returned home for their final home game of the season, and, although were held to under 69 points for only the fifth time in the season, beat the St. John's Red Storm.[47] For their final regular season game they traveled to South Florida and defeated the Bulls to win their fourteenth Big East game, a school record.[48] With a 14–4 record in the Big East, Notre Dame finished the regular season tied in second in the conference with Louisville.

Post season tournaments

Big East Tournament

With Marquette's loss to Georgetown on March 1,[49] and Notre Dame's win over DePaul on March 2, the Irish clinched a bye in the first round of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament.[46] They played their opening game, as the third seed of the tournament,[48] on March 13 at Madison Square Garden.[50] Marquette, the sixth seed in the tournament, defeated Seton Hall in the first round to advance and play the Irish in the second round.[51] Despite leading scorer, Luke Harangody, only playing for seven minutes in the first half, the Irish held a six-point lead at half-time. However, late in the second half Marquette took a 10-point lead, the largest of the game, and held on to the lead for the 89–79 win, dropping Notre Dame out of the tournament.[52]

NCAA Tournament

Although teams are not officially invited to the NCAA Tournament until Selection Sunday (March 16, 2008), multiple publications predicted before the selection that the Irish would receive an at-large bid.[53][54][55][56] The NCAA announced that the team would receive a five seed in the tournament and face the George Mason Patriots in Denver on March 20, whom they beat.[57] The Irish went on to play Washington State, to whom they lost.

Statistics

As a team, Notre Dame averages over 80 points per game and have a 45.9% field goal percentage. Top scorer, Luke Harangody, averages over 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, a double-double. At the end of the regular season, he led the Big East in scoring. Additionally, he was second in the conference in rebounding and led the league in each category during conference play.[58] Besides Harangody, two other players average over 10 points per game, Kyle McAlarney and Rob Kurz. McAlarney also leads the conference in three-point field goal percentage.[16] Thirteen players have accumulated statistics in games for the Irish.[59]

Player	GP	Min	Avg	FGM	FGA	FG Pct	3FGM	3FGA	3FG Pct	FTM	FTA	FT Pct	Pts	Avg	Off Reb	Def Reb	Total Reb	Avg	PF	Asst	TO	Blk	Stl
Harangody	31	891	28.7	248	482	51.5	3	8	37.5	145	189	76.7	644	20.8	103	212	315	10.2	80	53	70	28	25
McAlarney	31	1103	35.6	158	362	43.6	103	230	44.8	51	62	82.3	470	15.2	7	56	62	2.0	31	110	60	1	26
Kurz	31	888	28.6	120	264	45.5	37	93	39.8	120	141	85.1	397	12.8	61	170	231	7.5	91	61	64	43	20
Jackson	31	1016	32.8	93	238	39.1	17	59	28.8	49	96	51.0	252	8.1	54	102	156	5.0	74	189	101	8	58
Ayers	31	785	25.3	81	174	46.6	53	114	46.5	30	40	75.0	245	7.9	22	80	102	3.3	40	38	22	15	24
Hillesland	30	659	22.0	69	138	50.0	1	2	50.0	48	70	68.6	187	6.2	43	109	152	5.1	72	74	50	13	21
Zeller	31	375	12.1	54	125	43.2	31	80	38.8	7	13	53.8	146	4.7	27	43	70	2.3	42	14	7	5	12
Peoples	31	369	11.9	34	77	44.2	13	36	36.1	25	30	83.3	106	3.4	22	30	52	1.7	21	37	21	1	7
Abromaitis	10	38	3.8	5	19	26.3	1	8	12.5	7	7	100.0	18	1.8	4	5	9	0.9	5	3	4	1	1
Proffitt	6	20	3.3	3	7	42.9	2	5	40.0	0	0	0.00	8	1.3	0	3	3	0.5	0	2	0	0	2
Andree	5	13	2.6	2	2	100.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	100.0	6	1.2	1	3	4	0.8	2	1	0	1	0
Nash	13	57	4.4	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.00	3	11	27.3	15	1.2	8	12	20	1.5	6	5	2	1	2
Kopko	5	11	2.2	2	4	50.0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.00	5	1.0	1	1	2	0.4	1	0	0	0	0
Total	31	—	—	875	1905	45.9	262	639	41.0	487	662	73.6	2499	80.6	413	878	1291	41.6	465	587	403	117	198

Glossary

GP: Games played	Min: Minutes played	Avg: Average
FGA: Field goals attempted	FGM: Field goals made	FG Pct: Field Goal Percentage
3FGA: 3 point field goals attempted	3FGM: 3 point field goals made	3FG Pct: 3 point field goals percentage
FTA: Free throws attempted	FTM: Free throws made	FT Pct: Free throw percentage
Pts: Points	Off Reb: Offensive rebounds	Def Reb: Defensive rebounds
Total Reb: Total rebounds	PF: Personal fouls	Asst: Assists
TO: Turnovers	Blk: Blocks	Stl: Steals

After the season

Legacy

Dating to February 2006, the Irish have won 37 consecutive home games and 18 Big East home games. The 18 wins is the second longest streak in conference history,[60] while the 36 total wins is the second longest current streak in the country behind the BYU Cougars.[61] With the win over St. John's on March 5, the Irish became the first Big East team to go undefeated at home in conference games in consecutive seasons.[47]

Award winners

After the season ended, Luke Harangody was named the conference Player of the Year. Additionally, Mike Brey was named conference Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.[58] Harangody was also named to the 1st Team All Big East squad, along with Kyle McAlarney.[62]

Transfers

Notre Dame had two players transfer in following the season. Both will sit out the 2008–09 season per NCAA rules for transfer students.[63]

• Scott Martin, a 6-8 swingman, transferred after his freshman season at Purdue. Playing mainly off the bench, he averaged 8.5 points and 3.8 rebounds. He has three years of eligibility remaining.
• Ben Hansbrough, a 6-3 guard, transferred after his sophomore season at Mississippi State, and will have two years of eligibility at Notre Dame. The younger brother of North Carolina superstar Tyler Hansbrough, he comes off a sophomore season in which he averaged 10.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.6 assists as a regular starter.

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