2007-08 Men’s Basketball Schedule
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Sept. 5, 2007
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The 2007-08 Notre Dame men’s basketball team, which returns three starters from a squad that finished 24-8 last season and matched a school record with an 11-5 BIG EAST record, will take on an 18-game conference schedule that includes six appearances at the Joyce Center on national television.
Seventeen home game highlight the upcoming slate for the Irish who enter the campaign riding a 20-games home win streak that is the sixth longest active streak among NCAA Division I teams. The Irish have not lost a home game since February of 2006.
Also featured on the schedule will be three games in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands at the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, Nov. 16-19. Notre Dame will open up play against Monmouth in the eight-team field and then will play either Baylor or Wichita State in second-round action. The remaining four teams in the tournament include Charlotte, Georgia Tech, Illinois-Chicago and Winthrop.
Notre Dame also is slated to play in the Jimmy V Classic in New York’s Madison Square Garden against Kansas State on Dec. 4. That game will be televised by ESPN and will mark the first national appearance of the season.
Fans can get a preview of the ’07-’08 Irish when they play host to two exhibition contests against St. Ambrose (Iowa) on Nov. 2 and St. Edward’s (Texas) on Nov. 6.
The regular season begins with three games during the month of November as Coach Mike Brey’s squad opens up the campaign at home against Long Island on Nov. 12. The remaining two contests will be played following the Paradise Jam against Youngstown State (Nov. 24) and Colgate (Nov. 26). Notre Dame plays four of five non-conference tilts at home during the month of December against Eastern Michigan (December 1), Northern Illinois (December 8), San Francisco (December 22), Brown (December 29) and North Florida (December 31).
For the first time since the 1998-99 campaign, the BIG EAST Conference will utilize an 18-game conference slate. Notre Dame will play its first two league contests at home when it opens up against West Virginia on Jan. 3 on ESPN2 and versus Connecticut on Jan. 5 on ESPN.
The Irish also have home dates during the month of January against Cincinnati (Jan. 15) and Providence (Jan. 31). The matchup against the Friars will be televised by either ESPN or ESPN2. The first league road test for the Irish will be against Marquette at the Bradley Center on Jan. 12 in addition to back-to-back contests at Georgetown (Jan. 19) and Villanova (Jan. 26).
Three of Notre Dame’s first five games to start the month of February will be on the road. The Irish start the month with a home game against DePaul on Feb. 2, followed by a single road game versus Seton Hall on Feb. 6. Notre Dame has a home engagement with Marquette on Feb. 9 on ESPN and will be featured in an ESPN2 broadcast against Connecticut on Feb. 13.
Following a road game at Rutgers on Feb. 17, Notre Dame faces Pittsburgh on Feb. 21 and Syracuse on Feb. 24 in consecutive home matchups at the Joyce Center. The contest against the Panthers will be broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN2, while the CBS cameras return to the Notre Dame campus for the first time since the 2004-05 season when the Irish take on the Orange. A visit to Louisville closes out the month of February. Either ESPN or ESPN2 is slated to televise that game.
Notre Dame will play two of its final three contests on the road versus DePaul (March 2) and the regular-season finale against USF on March 8. The Irish close out its home campaign against St. John’s on March 5. The BIG EAST Championship again will be held in Madison Square Garden and will take place March 12-15.
“I’m excited about the 18-game league schedule this season,” remarks eight-year head coach Mike Brey. “We’re in new territory now with two fewer non-conference games available for us to schedule,” says Brey. “I like the home and away schedule that we have this year and the games that we have on national television. We’ll see some good competition at the Paradise Jam and we’re excited to be returning to New York City to play in Madison Square Garden at the Jimmy V Classic.”