1996-97 Review
Game-by-Game ResultsDate Opponent Score W/L Attend. Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder11-24 MONMOUTH 73-66 W 9,002 Pat Garrity--26 Derek Manner-911-26 YOUNGSTOWN ST. 69-48 W 8,847 Pat Garrity-20 Matt Gotsch-912-2 INDIANA 75-76 L 11,418 (c) Pat Garrity-36 Derek Manner, Matt Gotsch-812-7 * at Providence 59-82 L 11,758 Pat Garrity-20 Pat Garrity-812-10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 68-47 W 8,606 Pat Garrity-18 Admore White-1112-14 at Kentucky 56-80 L 24,152 (c) Pat Garrity-25 Pat Garrity-1012-21 LOYOLA (MD) 92-75 W 7,968 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-1012-23 NICHOLLS STATE 84-75 W 8,449 Pat Garrity-19 Pat Garrity, Admore White-712-30 at Loyola Chicago 70-62 W 5,330 Pat Garrity-31 Pat Garrity-111-2 * SYRACUSE 69-52 W 8,858 Pat Garrity-25 Pat Garrity-111-4 * at Rutgers 53-70 L 6,041 Admore White, Pat Garrity-15 Matt Gotsch-101-7 * at Georgetown 57-70 L 8,438 Matt Gotsch-17 Matt Gotsch-121-11* BOSTON COLLEGE 61-73 L 8,779 Pat Garrity-18 Gary Bell-61-14* VILLANOVA 57-68 L 11,059 Pat Garrity-17 Derek Manner, Admore White-51-18* at Syracuse 73-58 W 25,355 Pat Garrity-22 Pat Garrity-131-22* SETON HALL 86-72 W 8,726 Admore White-16 Matt Gotsch-131-25* at West Virginia 66-67 L 12,621 Pat Garrity-22 Pat Garrity-71-29* at Pittsburgh 64-88 L 13,240 Matt Gotsch-14 Matt Gotsch, Pat Garrity-62-4 * ST. JOHN'S 75-70 W 10,366 Pat Garrity-17 Derek Manner-62-8 * CONNECTICUT 71-65 (ot) W 10,196 Pat Garrity-25 Pat Garrity-152-11* WEST VIRGINIA 90-76 W 9,007 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-132-16* at Villanova 70-75 L 19,372 (c) Pat Garrity-22 Pat Garrity-42-18* at Seton Hall 74-85 L 8,510 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-92-22* PROVIDENCE 86-74 W (ot) 11,418 (c) Matt Gotsch-18 Admore White, Matt Gotsch-102-25* MIAMI 69-60 W 9,289 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-63-1 * at Boston College 74-76 L 8,606 (c) Pat Garrity-33 Admore White-83-5 % vs. Syracuse 66-84 L 19,876 (c) Admore White-12 Derek Manner-63-12& Oral Roberts 74-58 W 3,808 Admore White-18 Phil Hickey-83-18& TCU 82-72 W 6,927 Pat Garrity-20 Phil Hickey-123-20& MICHIGAN 66-67 L 7,483 (c) Pat Garrity-23 Pat Garrity-8
* — BIG EAST Conference games
% — BIG EAST Conference tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
& — National Invitation Tournament
(c) – indicates sellout
Record W L Pct All Games 16 14 .533 Home 14 4 .777 Away 2 9 .182 Neutral 0 1 .000 BIG EAST 8 10 .444 BIG EAST Home 7 2 .777BIG EAST Away 1 8 .111Attendance # Total AverageHome 18 160,206 8,900Away 11 143,423 13,038Neutral 1 19,876 19,876Total 30 323,505 10,784
University of Notre Dame
1996-97 Men’s Basketball Statistics
Record: 16-14
FG 3FG FT Rebounds GP-GS Min.-Avg. M-A Pct. M-A Pct M-A Pct. Off Def Tot Avg PF-D A TO BL S Pts AvgPat Garrity 30-30 1056-35.2 221-457 48.4 39-102 38.2 152-196 77.6 71 150 221 7.4 78-0 84 105 17 25 633 21.2Admore White 30-30 947-31.6 102-251 40.6 30-96 31.3 67-104 64.4 17 136 153 5.1 69-1 201 110 1 50 301 10.0Matt Gotsch 28-17 523-18.7 90-155 58.1 0-1 0.0 34-46 73.9 32 110 142 5.1 69-3 10 33 41 12 214 7.6Derek Manner 30-30 803-26.8 83-155 53.5 0-0 -- 45-82 54.9 63 89 152 5.1 58-0 43 68 2 36 211 7.0Pete Miller 30-29 651-21.7 56-143 39.2 37-97 38.1 21-29 72.4 9 50 59 2.0 78-3 38 40 3 20 170 5.7Antoni Wyche 24-1 373-15.5 34-94 36.2 17-55 30.9 48-65 73.8 1 29 30 1.3 47-1 24 34 2 14 133 5.5David Lalazarian27-0 340-12.6 56-112 50.0 4-20 20.0 26-46 56.5 25 30 55 2.0 31-0 16 28 2 5 142 5.3Gary Bell 14-0 131-9.4 23-60 38.3 6-19 31.6 6-15 40.0 8 16 24 1.7 16-0 7 17 1 1 58 4.1Keith Friel 18-0 195-10.8 18-71 25.4 15-54 27.8 21-30 70.0 2 17 19 1.1 19-0 22 18 0 14 72 4.0Phil Hickey 29-3 371-12.8 39-68 57.4 0-0 -- 25-41 61.0 36 58 94 3.2 49-0 7 33 14 10 103 3.6Jimmy Dillon 29-0 260-9.0 13-37 35.1 4-13 30.8 13-21 61.9 5 15 20 0.7 16-0 46 28 0 20 43 1.5Nick Wills 2-0 3-1.5 1-2 50.0 0-0 -- 1-2 50.0 1 0 1 0.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5Marcus Young 29-10 383-13.2 19-31 61.3 0-1 0.0 4-13 30.8 33 54 87 3.0 50-0 11 27 9 8 42 1.4Paul Rainey 1-0 2-2.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 -- 1-2 50.0 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0Dennis Carroll 5-0 9-1.8 0-3 0.0 0-0 -- 3-4 75.0 0 3 3 0.6 2-0 1 2 0 2 3 0.6Skylard Owens 1-0 2-2.0 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0Adin McCann 1-0 2-2.0 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0-2 0.0 0 2 2 2.0 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0TEAM 33 72 105 5NOTRE DAME 755-1640 46.0 152-458 33.2 467-698 66.9 336 831 1167 38.9 584-8 510 548 93 220 2129 71.0Opponents 750-1870 40.1 184-521 35.3 407-619 65.8 424 680 1004 36.8 610 413 452 93 277 2019 69.7
BIG EAST Statistics
Record: 8-10
FG 3FG FT Rebounds GP-GS Min.-Avg. M-A Pct. M-A Pct M-A Pct. Off Def Tot Avg PF-D A TO BL S Pts AvgPat Garrity 18-18 652-36.2 126-271 46.5 23-64 35.9 87-114 76.3 47 95 142 7.9 48-0 54 64 11 14 362 20.1Admore White 18-18 580-32.2 62-148 41.9 21-60 35.0 40-60 66.7 13 76 89 4.9 48-1 117 66 0 33 185 10.3Matt Gotsch 18-13 350-19.4 55-101 54.5 0-1 0.0 26-33 78.8 19 68 87 4.8 49-2 6 27 29 9 136 7.6Antoni Wyche 16-0 254-15.9 26-62 41.9 12-37 32.4 44-57 77.2 1 18 19 1.2 38-1 15 27 2 11 108 6.8Derek Manner 18-18 485-26.9 46-93 49.5 0-0 -- 29-55 52.7 39 60 99 5.5 32-0 24 44 2 22 121 6.7Pete Miller 18-18 377-20.9 31-87 35.6 18-55 32.7 14-20 70.0 6 31 37 2.1 49-2 19 21 3 15 94 5.2Gary Bell 11-0 119-10.8 22-57 38.6 6-19 31.6 5-13 38.5 8 14 22 2.0 12-0 6 6 1 1 55 5.0David Lalazarian 15-0 157-10.5 20-48 41.7 4-10 40.0 11-17 64.7 14 15 29 1.9 10-0 5 11 0 2 55 3.7Keith Friel 9-0 94-10.4 8-39 20.5 7-28 25.0 8-13 61.5 1 7 8 0.9 11-0 7 6 0 7 31 3.4Phil Hickey 17-0 190-11.2 17-28 60.7 0-0 -- 18-31 58.1 19 29 48 2.8 28-0 2 16 6 6 52 3.1Jimmy Dillon 18-0 157-8.7 8-27 29.6 2-8 0.0 3-6 50.0 22 36 58 3.2 32-0 6 14 7 6 27 1.5Dennis Carroll 2-0 1-0.5 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0 1 1 0.5 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Nick Wills 1-0 1-1.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0TEAM 20 44 64 3NOTRE DAME 433-983 44.0 93-283 32.9 295-435 67.8 214 499 713 39.6 372-6 280 335 61 136 1254 69.7Opponents 444-1126 39.4 112-320 35.0 281-421 66.7 269 418 687 38.2 380 246 268 65 187 1281 71.2
Game-by-Game ResultsDate Opponent Score W/L Attend. Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder11-24 MONMOUTH 73-66 W 9,002 Pat Garrity--26 Derek Manner-911-26 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 69-48 W 8,847 Pat Garrity-20 Matt Gotsch-912-2 INDIANA 75-76 L 11,418 (c) Pat Garrity-36 Derek Manner, Matt Gotsch-812-7 * at Providence 59-82 L 11,758 Pat Garrity-20 Pat Garrity-812-10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 68-47 W 8,606 Pat Garrity-18 Admore White-1112-14 at Kentucky 56-80 L 24,152 (c) Pat Garrity-25 Pat Garrity-1012-21 LOYOLA (MD) 92-75 W 7,968 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-1012-23 NICHOLLS STATE 84-75 W 8,449 Pat Garrity-19 Pat Garrity, Admore White-712-30 at Loyola Chicago 70-62 W 5,330 Pat Garrity-31 Pat Garrity-111-2 * SYRACUSE 69-52 W 8,858 Pat Garrity-25 Pat Garrity-111-4 * at Rutgers 53-70 L 6,041 White, Garrity-15 Matt Gotsch-101-7 * at Georgetown 57-70 L 8,438 Matt Gotsch-17 Matt Gotsch-121-11 * BOSTON COLLEGE 61-73 L 8,779 Pat Garrity-18 Gary Bell-61-14 * VILLANOVA 57-68 L 11,059 Pat Garrity-17 Derek Manner, Admore White-51-18 * at Syracuse 73-58 W 25,355 Pat Garrity-22 Pat Garrity-131-22 * SETON HALL 86-72 W 8,726 Admore White-16 Matt Gotsch-131-25 * at West Virginia 66-67 L 12,621 Pat Garrity-22 Pat Garrity-71-29 * at Pittsburgh 64-88 L 13,240 Matt Gotsch-14 Matt Gotsch, Pat Garrity-62-4 * ST. JOHN'S 75-70 W 10,366 Pat Garrity-17 Derek Manner-62-8 * CONNECTICUT 71-65 W (ot) 10,196 Pat Garrity-25 Pat Garrity-152-11 * WEST VIRGINIA 90-76 W 9,007 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-132-16 * at Villanova 70-75 L 19,372 (c) Pat Garrity-22 Pat Garrity-42-18 * at Seton Hall 74-85 L 8,510 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-92-22 * PROVIDENCE 86-74 W (ot) 11,418 (c) Matt Gotsch-18 Admore White, Matt Gotsch-102-25 * MIAMI 69-60 W 9,289 Pat Garrity-27 Pat Garrity-63-1 * at Boston College 74-76 L 8,606 (c) Pat Garrity-33 Admore White-83-5 % vs. Syracuse 66-84 L 19,876 (c) Admore White-12 Derek Manner-63-12 & Oral Roberts 74-58 W 3,808 Admore White-18 Phil Hickey-83-18 & TCU 82-72 W 6,927 Pat Garrity-20 Phil Hickey-123-20 & MICHIGAN 66-67 L 7,483 (c) Pat Garrity-23 Pat Garrity-8
* — BIG EAST Conference games
% — BIG EAST Conference tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
& — National Invitation Tournament
(c) – indicates sellout
1996-97 BIG EAST Conference Final Standings League Games All GamesBIG EAST W L Pct. W L Pct.Villanova 12 6 .667 24 10 .706Boston College 12 6 .667 22 9 .710West Virginia 11 7 .611 21 10 .677Notre Dame 8 10 .444 16 14 .533St. John's 8 10 .444 13 14 .481Connecticut 7 11 .389 18 15 .545Georgetown 11 7 .611 20 10 .667Providence 10 8 .556 24 12 .667Pittsburgh 10 8 .556 18 15 .545 Syracuse 9 9 .500 19 13 .594Miami 9 9 .500 16 13 .552Rutgers 5 13 .278 11 16 .407Seton Hall 5 13 .278 10 18 .357
BIG EAST in 1997 NCAA Championship
East Region - Winston-Salem, N.C.No. 4 Villanova 101, No. 13 Long Island 91No. 5 California 75, Villanova 68
Southeast Region - Charlotte, N.C.
No. 10 Providence 81, No. 7 Marquette 59Providence 98, No. 2 Duke 87Birmingham, Ala.Providence 71, No. 14 Chattanooga 65No. 4 Arizona 96, Providence 92 ot
West Region - Salt Lake City, Utah
No. 5 Boston College 73, No. 12 Valparaiso 66No. 4 St. Joseph's 81, Boston College 77 otTucson, Ariz.
No. 7 UNC Charlotte 79, No. 10 Georgetown 67
BIG EAST in 1997 CHASE NIT
First RoundConnecticut 71, Iona 66Notre Dame 74, Oral Roberts 58Pittsburgh 82, New Orleans 63Florida State 82, Syracuse 67West Virginia 98, Bowling Green 95Michigan 76, Miami 73Second RoundConnecticut 63, Bradley 47Notre Dame 82, TCU 72West Virginia 76, N.C. State 73Arkansas 76, Pittsburgh 71QuarterfinalsFlorida State 76, West Virginia 71Michigan 67, Notre Dame 66Connecticut 76, Nebraska 67SemifinalsFlorida St. 71, Connecticut 65 otThird PlaceConnecticut 74, Arkansas 64
1997 BIG EAST Award WinnersPlayer Of the Year - Pat Garrity, Notre DameCoach of the Year - John MacLeod, Notre DameDefensive Player of the Year - Jason Lawson, VillanovaRookie of the Year - Tim Thomas, VillanovaMost Improved Player - Ya Ya Dia, GeorgetownScholar-Athlete of the Year - Ya Ya Dia, GeorgetownAll-BIG EAST First Team*Pat Garrity, Notre DameDanya Abrams, Boston College*Austin Croshere, Providence*Victor Page, GeorgetownAlvin Williams, Villanova.All-BIG EAST Second TeamTim James, MiamiVonteego Cummings, PittsburghZendon Hamilton, St. John'sShaheen Holloway, Seton HallOtis Hill, SyracuseJason Lawson, Villanova.All-BIG EAST Third TeamDerrick Brown, ProvidenceFelipe Lopez, St. John'sJason Cipolla, SyracuseTim Thomas, VillanovaDamian Owens, West Virginia.BIG EAST All-Rookie TeamJason Hart, SyracuseEarl Johnson, Rutgers*Richard Hamilton, Connecticut*Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall*Tim Thomas, Villanova.BIG EAST All-Tournament Team Scoonie Penn (Most Outstanding Player), Boston CollegeDanya Abrams, Boston CollegeDuane Woodward, Boston CollegeAlvin Williams, VillanovaTim Thomas, VillanovaVictor Page, Georgetown* denotes unanimous selection
1996-97 BIG EAST Weekly Award Winners
Date Player of the Week Rookie of the WeekNovember 25 Jamel Thomas, PC Shernard Long, GUDecember 2 Jason Lawson, VU Tim Thomas, VUDecember 9 Gordon Malone, WVU Tim Thomas, VUDecember 16 Tim James, UM Earl Johnson, RUDecember 23 Jason Cipolla, SU Lavor Postell, SJUDecember 30 Austin Croshere, PC Shaheen Holloway, SHUJanuary 5 Victor Page, GU Richard Hamilton, UC, Shaheen Holloway, SHUJanuary 13 Vonteego Cummings, Pitt Shaheen Holloway, SHUJanuary 20 Kevin Norris, UM Tim Thomas, VU, Alvin Williams, VUJanuary 27 Damian Owens, WVU Shaheen Holloway, SHU Tim Thomas, VUFebruary 3 Derrick Brown, PC Ed Sheffey, GU Gordon Malone, WVUFebruary 10 Pat Garrity, ND Jason Hart, SU Scoonie Penn, BCFebruary 17 Felipe Lopez, SJU Richard Hamilton, UCFebruary 24 Jason Cipolla, SU Tim Thomas, VU Victor Page, GUMarch 2 Alvin Williams, VU Shaheen Holloway, SHU