2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2019–20
Prev Year:2018–19
Next Year:2020–21
Team:Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:ACC
Record:20–12
Conf Record:10–10
Hc Year:20th
Asst Coach1:Rod Balanis
Asst Coach2:Ryan Ayers

The 2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by 20th-year head coach Mike Brey and played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana as seventh-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Fighting Irish finished the season 20–12, and 10–10 in ACC play. 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]

Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the 2018–19 season 14–19, 4–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Georgia Tech in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
D. J. Harvey 5 G/F 6'6" 225 Sophomore Transferred to Vanderbilt
Elijah Burns 12 F 6'8" 237 RS Junior Transferred to Siena
Liam Nelligan 25 G 6'5" 198 RS Senior Walk-on; graduated

2019 recruiting class

No recruits.

Schedule and results

Source:[3]

|-!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournament

Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement from ACC on Men's Basketball Tournament . theacc.com . Atlantic Coast Conference . 12 March 2020.
  2. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312202043/http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/ncaa-cancels-remaining-winter-and-spring-championships . 2020-03-12 .
  3. Web site: 2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule. und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. January 24, 2019.