The 2017–18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by 18th-year head coach Mike Brey, played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana as fifth-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 21–15, 8–10 in ACC play to finish tied with Syracuse for tenth place. As the No. 10 seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Pittsburgh in the first round and Virginia Tech in the second round before losing to Duke in the quarterfinals. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA tournament and as a result earned a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Hampton in the first round before losing to Penn State in the second round.
Previous season The Fighting Irish finished the 2016–17 season 26–10, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Virginia and Florida State to advance to the championship game of the ACC tournament where they lost to Duke. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the West Region. There they defeated #12 seed Princeton in the First Round before losing in the Second Round where they lost to #4 seed West Virginia.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure V. J. Beachem 3 F 6'8" 201 Senior Fort Wayne, IN Graduated/Undrafted 2017 NBA draft Matt Ryan 4 F 6'7" 228 Sophomore Cortlandt Manor, NY Transferred to Vanderbilt Patrick Mazza 30 F 6'10" 255 RS Senior Glen Ellyn, IL Walk-on; graduated Steve Vasturia 32 G 6'5" 212 Senior Medford, NJ Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Juwan Durham 11 F 6'11" 207 Sophomore Tampa, FL Transferred from Connecticut. Under NCAA transfer rules, Durham will have to sit out for the 2017–18 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
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Rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
References