2020–21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

2020–21 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 2021 ACC Tournament winner ; As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
2020–21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020–21 record	7–10 (4–7 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Brey (21st season);
Assistant coaches	Rod Balanis; Ryan Humphrey; Scott Martin;
Home arena	Purcell Pavilion

The 2020–21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represents the University of Notre Dame during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish are led by 21st-year head coach Mike Brey and play their home games at the Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana as eight-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the 2019–20 season 20–12, 10–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eight place. As the No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Boston College in the second round. The team was scheduled to play Virginia in the Quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The NCAA Tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Rex Pflueger	0	G	6'6"	218	Graduate Student	Dana Point, CA	Graduated
T.J. Gibbs	10	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Scotch Plains, NJ	Graduated
Chris Doherty	15	F	6'8"	235	Sophomore	Marlborough, MA	Transferred to Northeastern
John Mooney	33	F	6'9"	245	Senior	Orlando, FL	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Trey Wertz	2	G	6'5"	195	Junior	Charlotte, NC	Santa Clara

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Elijah Taylor PF	Philadelphia, PA	Imhotep	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 19, 2019
Elijah Taylor PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 79
Matt Zona PF	Oradell, NJ	Bergen Catholic	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sep 30, 2019
Matt Zona PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 77
Tony Sanders Jr. SF	Miami, FL	Gulliver Prep	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 3, 2020
Tony Sanders Jr. SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
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 Fighting Irish". ESPN.com. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. "Notre Dame 2020 Basketball Commits". 247sports.com.

Roster

2020–21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Trey Wertz	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Providence Day	Charlotte, NC
G	3	Prentiss Hubb	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Gonzaga	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	5	Cormac Ryan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Milton Academy Stanford	New York City, NY
F	11	Juwan Durham	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	GS	Tampa Prep Connecticut	Tampa, FL
G	12	Tony Sanders Jr.	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Fr	Gulliver Prep	Miami, FL
G	13	Nikola Djogo	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	GS	Athlete Institute Prep	Hamilton, Ontario
F	14	Nate Laszewski	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Jr	Northfield Mount Hermon	Jupiter, FL
F	22	Elijah Taylor	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	Fr	Imhotep	Philadelphia, PA
G	23	Dane Goodwin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Upper Arlington	Upper Arlington, OH
G	24	Robby Carmody	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Mars Area	Mars, PA
F	25	Matt Zona	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Fr	Bergen Catholic	Blauvelt, NY
G	31	Elijah Morgan (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	Jesuit High School	New Orleans, LA

Head coach

Mike Brey (George Washington)

Assistant coach(es)

Rod Balanis (Georgia Tech)
Ryan Humphrey (Notre Dame)
Scott Martin (Notre Dame)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 23, 2020

Schedule and results

Source:[3]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 28, 2020* 8:00 p.m., BTN	at No. 13 Michigan State	L 70–80	0–1	23 – Hubb	9 – Laszewski	4 – Goodwin	Breslin Center (0) East Lansing, MI
December 2, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN	Western Michigan	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues[4]					Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
December 5, 2020* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX	Purdue Fort Wayne	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues[5]					Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
December 6, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	Detroit Mercy	W 78–70	1–1	18 – Hubb	11 – Laszewski	8 – Hubb	Purcell Pavilion (84) Notre Dame, IN
December 8, 2020* 7:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 22 Ohio State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 85–90	1–2	26 – Hubb	9 – Tied	6 – Hubb	Purcell Pavilion (156) Notre Dame, IN
December 12, 2020* 12:00 p.m., CBS	at Kentucky	W 64–63	2–2	21 – Laszewski	9 – Laszewski	4 – Ryan	Rupp Arena (3,075) Lexington, KY
December 16, 2020 9:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 21 Duke	L 65–75	2–3 (0–1)	25 – Goodwin	8 – Laszewski	3 – Tied	Purcell Pavilion (89) Notre Dame, IN
December 19, 2020* 2:30 p.m., ESPN2	vs. Purdue Crossroads Classic	L 78–88	2–4	27 – Wertz	6 – Tied	5 – Wertz	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0) Indianapolis, IN
December 22, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at Syracuse	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[6]					Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 23, 2020* 12:00 p.m.	Bellarmine	W 81–70	3–4	27 – Goodwin	8 – Laszewski	4 – Tied	Purcell Pavilion (82) Notre Dame, IN
December 30, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 23 Virginia	L 57–66	3–5 (0–2)	28 – Laszewski	7 – Goodwin	8 – Hubb	Purcell Pavilion (86) Notre Dame, IN
January 2, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at North Carolina	L 65–66	3–6 (0–3)	25 – Laszewski	9 – Laszewski	5 – Tied	Dean Smith Center (0) Chapel Hill, NC
January 6, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN	Georgia Tech	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[7]					Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
January 10, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 19 Virginia Tech	L 63–77	3–7 (0–4)	17 – Laszewski	7 – Ryan	6 – Hubb	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 13, 2021 4:30 p.m., ACCN	at No. 18 Virginia	L 68–80	3–8 (0–5)	16 – Ryan	8 – Laszewski	4 – Wertz	John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA
January 16, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN	Boston College	W 80–70	4–8 (1–5)	21 – Goodwin	11 – Durham	10 – Hubb	Purcell Pavilion (78) Notre Dame, IN
January 18, 2021* 2:30 p.m., FOX	at Howard	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues[8]					Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
January 24, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN	at Miami (FL)	W 73–59	5–8 (2–5)	21 – Laszewski	10 – Laszewski	9 – Hubb	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
January 27, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 20 Virginia Tech	L 51–62	5–9 (2–6)	22 – Hubb	10 – Laszewski	3 – Hubb	Purcell Pavilion (103) Notre Dame, IN
January 30, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN	at Pittsburgh	W 84–58	6–9 (3–6)	19 – Ryan	9 – Tied	9 – Hubb	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
February 2, 2021 5:00 p.m., ACCN	Wake Forest	W 79–58	7–9 (4–6)	18 – Durham	10 – Laszewski	10 – Hubb	Purcell Pavilion (123) Notre Dame, IN
February 6, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN	at Georgia Tech	L 80–82	7–10 (4–7)	27 – Laszewski	7 – Tied	10 – Hubb	McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA
February 9, 2021 4:30 p.m., ACCN	at Duke						Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 14, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN	Miami (FL)						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
February 17, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN	Clemson						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
February 20, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at Syracuse						Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 23, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN	at Louisville						KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
February 27, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at Boston College						Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
March 3, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCN	NC State						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
March 6, 2021 ESPN/ESPN2	Florida State						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
	vs.						Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	NR																			Not released
Coaches	NR

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

"Statement from ACC on Men's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
"NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
"2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
"Home Opener With Western Michigan Canceled". und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
"Home Opener With Purdue Fort Wayne Canceled". und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
"Notre Dame at Syracuse Men's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
"Georgia Tech at Notre Dame Men's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
"NOTRE DAME - HOWARD MLK DAY MEETING POSTPONED TO 2022". und.com. The University of Notre Dame. January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

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[1] "Statement from ACC on Men's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[2] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".

[3] "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

[4] "Home Opener With Western Michigan Canceled". und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

[5] "Home Opener With Purdue Fort Wayne Canceled". und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

[6] "Notre Dame at Syracuse Men's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

[7] "Georgia Tech at Notre Dame Men's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[8] "NOTRE DAME - HOWARD MLK DAY MEETING POSTPONED TO 2022". und.com. The University of Notre Dame. January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

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Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics