# 2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by 20th-year head coach Mike Brey and played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana as seventh-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Fighting Irish finished the season 20–12, and 10–10 in ACC play. 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. The NCAA tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.

## Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the 2018–19 season 14–19, 4–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Georgia Tech in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| D. J. Harvey | 5 | G/F | 6'6" | 225 | Sophomore | Bowie, MD | Transferred to Vanderbilt |
| Elijah Burns | 12 | F | 6'8" | 237 | RS Junior | Troy, NY | Transferred to Siena |
| Liam Nelligan | 25 | G | 6'5" | 198 | RS Senior | La Grange Park, IL | Walk-on; graduated |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Cormac Ryan | 5 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Sophomore | New York, NY | Stanford |

### 2019 recruiting class

No recruits.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 29, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | Capital | W 72–43 | – | 12 – Tied | 11 – Mooney | 6 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,040) South Bend, IN |
| November 1, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | Bellarmine | W 61–51 | – | 18 – Hubb | 13 – Durham | 8 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,235) South Bend, IN |
| Regular season |||||||||
| November 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN | | at No. 9 North Carolina | L 65–76 | 0–1 (0–1) | 22 – Hubb | 8 – Mooney | 6 – Hubb | Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC |
| November 9, 2019* 12:00 pm, ACCNX | | Robert Morris Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational | W 92–57 | 1–1 | 18 – Goodwin | 10 – Mooney | 5 – Gibbs | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,422) South Bend, IN |
| November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | Howard Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational | W 79–50 | 2–1 | 18 – Mooney | 16 – Mooney | 5 – Mooney | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,190) South Bend, IN |
| November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | Marshall Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational | W 74–64 | 3–1 | 28 – Mooney | 16 – Mooney | 4 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,831) South Bend, IN |
| November 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | Presbyterian | W 63–53 | 4–1 | 13 – Pflueger | 15 – Durham | 6 – Pflueger | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,752) South Bend, IN |
| November 21, 2019* 8:30 pm, ACCN | | Toledo Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational | W 64–62 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | 16 – Goodwin | 15 – Mooney | 5 – Pflueger | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,555) South Bend, IN |
| November 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCRSN | | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 91–66 | 6–1 | 16 – Laszewski | 13 – Mooney | 5 – Pflueger | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,166) South Bend, IN |
| December 4, 2019* 7:30 pm, ESPN | | at No. 3 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Challenge | L 51–72 | 6–2 | 17 – Mooney | 12 – Mooney | 3 – Hubb | Xfinity Center (15,529) College Park, MD |
| December 7, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Boston College | L 72–73 | 6–3 (0–2) | 22 – Gibbs | 18 – Mooney | 6 – Gibbs | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,117) South Bend, IN |
| December 10, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCN | | Detroit Mercy | W 110–71 | 7–3 | 27 – Goodwin | 11 – Mooney | 11 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,441) South Bend, IN |
| December 14, 2019* 3:00 pm, ABC | | UCLA Rivalry | W 75–61 | 8–3 | 20 – Hubb | 15 – Mooney | 6 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,083) South Bend, IN |
| December 21, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN | | vs. Indiana Crossroads Classic | L 60–62 | 8–4 | 15 – Tied | 10 – Tied | 6 – Pflueger | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,538) Indianapolis, IN |
| December 29, 2019* 12:00 pm, ACCNX | | Alabama A&M | W 82–56 | 9–4 | 17 – Gibbs | 18 – Mooney | 7 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,181) South Bend, IN |
| January 4, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Syracuse | W 88–87 | 10–4 (1–2) | 28 – Mooney | 14 – Mooney | 9 – Hubb | Carrier Dome (19,821) Syracuse, NY |
| January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at NC State | L 68–73 | 10–5 (1–3) | 24 – Hubb | 14 – Mooney | 6 – Gibbs | PNC Arena (16,825) Raleigh, NC |
| January 11, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN | | No. 13 Louisville | L 64–67 | 10–6 (1–4) | 15 – Mooney | 19 – Mooney | 8 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,404) South Bend, IN |
| January 15, 2020 8:30 pm, ACCN | | at Georgia Tech | W 78–74 | 11–6 (2–4) | 25 – Hubb | 13 – Mooney | 3 – Tied | McCamish Pavilion (5,899) Atlanta, GA |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Syracuse | L 82–84 | 11–7 (2–5) | 21 – Mooney | 13 – Mooney | 6 – Tied | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,492) South Bend, IN |
| January 25, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCN | | at No. 5 Florida State | L 84–85 | 11–8 (2–6) | 24 – Hubb | 9 – Durham | 4 – Tied | Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCN | | Wake Forest | W 90–80 | 12–8 (3–6) | 23 – Gibbs | 13 – Mooney | 4 – Tied | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,402) South Bend, IN |
| February 1, 2020 12:00 pm, ACCRSN | | Georgia Tech | W 80–72 | 13–8 (4–6) | 28 – Mooney | 10 – Mooney | 5 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,240) South Bend, IN |
| February 5, 2020 6:30 pm, ACCN | | Pittsburgh | W 80–72 | 14–8 (5–6) | 21 – Gibbs | 10 – Mooney | 7 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,534) South Bend, IN |
| February 9, 2020 6:00 pm, ACCN | | at Clemson | W 61–57 | 15–8 (6–6) | 18 – Pflueger | 11 – Mooney | 3 – 3 tied | Littlejohn Coliseum (7,472) Clemson, SC |
| February 11, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Virginia | L 49–50 $^{OT}$ | 15–9 (6–7) | 12 – Hubb | 14 – Mooney | 5 – Pflueger | John Paul Jones Arena (13,696) Charlottesville, VA |
| February 15, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 7 Duke | L 60–94 | 15–10 (6–8) | 12 – Durham | 9 – Mooney | 6 – Gibbs | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC |
| February 17, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN | | North Carolina | W 77–76 | 16–10 (7–8) | 20 – Hubb | 10 – Mooney | 8 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,150) South Bend, IN |
| February 23, 2020 6:00 pm, ACCN | | Miami (FL) | W 87–71 | 17–10 (8–8) | 19 – Tied | 12 – Mooney | 10 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,351) South Bend, IN |
| February 26, 2020 9:00 pm, ACCN | | at Boston College | W 62–61 | 18–10 (9–8) | 22 – Mooney | 12 – Mooney | 4 – Hubb | Conte Forum (5,101) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 29, 2020 4:00 pm, ACCRSN | | at Wake Forest | L 73–84 | 18–11 (9–9) | 24 – Mooney | 17 – Mooney | 4 – Hubb | LJVM Coliseum (8,870) Winston-Salem, NC |
| March 4, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 7 Florida State | L 71–73 | 18–12 (9–10) | 24 – Hubb | 11 – Mooney | 6 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,165) South Bend, IN |
| March 7, 2020 2:00 pm, ACCN | | Virginia Tech | W 64–56 | 19–12 (10–10) | 22 – Gibbs | 13 – Mooney | 6 – Hubb | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,301) South Bend, IN |
| ACC tournament |||||||||
| March 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (7) | vs. (10) Boston College Second round | W 80–58 | 20–12 | 16 – Gibbs | 11 – Mooney | 9 – Hubb | Greensboro Coliseum (20,809) Greensboro, NC |
| March 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN | (7) | vs. (2) No. 17 Virginia Quarterfinals | ACC Tournament Canceled | ACC Tournament Canceled | ACC Tournament Canceled | ACC Tournament Canceled | ACC Tournament Canceled | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | RV | | | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not released |
| Coaches | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings