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

Mode:Basketball
Year:2020–21
Prev Year:2019–20
Next Year:2021–22
Team:Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:ACC
Record:11–15
Conf Record:7–11
Head Coach:Mike Brey
Hc Year:21st
Asst Coach1:Rod Balanis
Asst Coach2:Ryan Humphrey
Asst Coach3:Scott Martin
Stadium:Purcell Pavilion

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

The Fighting Irish finished the season 11–15, 7–11 in ACC play, to finish in eleventh place. In the ACC tournament they defeated Wake Forest before losing to North Carolina in the second round. They were not invited to either the NCAA tournament or NIT.

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 Graduated
10 G 6'3" 185 Senior Graduated
Chris Doherty 15 F 6'8" 235 Sophomore Transferred to Northeastern
33 F 6'9" 245 Senior Graduated

2020 recruiting class

Schedule and results

Source:[3]

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

Rankings

See also: 2020–21 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: 2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule. und.com. Notre Dame Athletics. November 23, 2020.