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Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

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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.[2] They have also played in the NCAA tournament 36 times, good for 9th all time,[3] 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.[4] They 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 at the Purcell Pavilion, including 5 undefeated seasons at home (1973, 1985, 2006, 2007, and 2010) and have had only 4 losing seasons at the Purcell Pavilion (1971, 1981, 1992, and 1995). Jeff Sagarin and ESPN listed the program 12th in the college basketball all-time rankings in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia.[5] The Fighting Irish are currently coached by Micah Shrewsberry.

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Basketball_current_event.svg 2023–24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
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UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame
First season1896–97
All-time record1,900–1,040 (.646)
Head coachMicah Shrewsberry (1st season)
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
LocationNotre Dame, Indiana
ArenaPurcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
(Capacity: 9,149)
NicknameFighting Irish
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
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Alternate jersey
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Team colours
Alternate
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1927, 1936
NCAA tournament Final Four
1978
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1953, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1979, 2015, 2016
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987, 2003, 2015, 2016
NCAA tournament appearances
1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
Conference tournament champions
2015
Conference regular season champions
2001
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