Notre Dame's basketball program dates to 1897 and the 'Fighting Irish' nickname — whose exact origin is debated — became the school's official moniker in the 1920s. While Notre Dame is best known for football, the basketball program has a proud history including an upset of UCLA that ended the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak in 1974. Under Mike Brey, Notre Dame became a consistent ACC contender with multiple Sweet Sixteen appearances. The program plays at the Purcell Pavilion at the Edmund P. Joyce Center.
The exact origin of 'Fighting Irish' is debated — theories include references to the Irish Brigade in the Civil War and the school's Irish Catholic heritage
Ending UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak with a 71-70 victory on January 19, 1974, one of college basketball's most historic upsets
Digger Phelps' Notre Dame team broke UCLA's legendary 88-game winning streak in 1974, and fans famously stormed the court in celebration
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish compete in the ACC and hold an all-time record of 1989–1144 (.635 winning percentage) across 122 recorded seasons dating back to 1896-97. The program has reached 1 Final Four.
| Season | Record | Conference | Coach | AP peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 13-18 | 4-14 (ACC) | Micah Shrewsberry | |
| 2024-25 | 15-18 | 8-12 (ACC) | Micah Shrewsberry | |
| 2023-24 | 13-20 | 7-13 (ACC) | Micah Shrewsberry | |
| 2022-23 | 11-21 | 3-17 (ACC) | Mike Brey | |
| 2021-22 | 24-11 | 15-5 (ACC) | Mike Brey | |
| 2020-21 | 11-15 | 7-11 (ACC) | Mike Brey | |
| 2019-20 | 20-12 | 10-10 (ACC) | Mike Brey | |
| 2018-19 | 14-19 | 3-15 (ACC) | Mike Brey | |
| 2017-18 | 21-15 | 8-10 (ACC) | Mike Brey | AP #5 |
| 2016-17 | 26-10 | 12-6 (ACC) | Mike Brey | AP #14 |
| 2015-16 | 24-12 | 11-7 (ACC) | Mike Brey | AP #17 |
| 2014-15 | 32-6 | 14-4 (ACC) | Mike Brey | AP #8 |
| 2013-14 | 15-17 | 6-12 (ACC) | Mike Brey | AP #21 |
| 2012-13 | 25-10 | 11-7 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #17 |
| 2011-12 | 22-12 | 13-5 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #20 |
| 2010-11 | 27-7 | 14-4 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #4 |
| 2009-10 | 23-12 | 10-8 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #23 |
| 2008-09 | 21-15 | 8-10 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #7 |
| 2007-08 | 25-8 | 14-4 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #14 |
| 2006-07 | 24-8 | 11-5 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #17 |
| 2005-06 | 16-14 | 6-10 (Big East) | Mike Brey | |
| 2004-05 | 17-12 | 9-7 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #20 |
| 2003-04 | 19-13 | 9-7 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #21 |
| 2002-03 | 24-10 | 10-6 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #5 |
| 2001-02 | 22-11 | 10-6 (Big East) | Mike Brey | |
| 2000-01 | 20-10 | 11-5 (Big East) | Mike Brey | AP #10 |
| 1999-00 | 22-15 | 8-8 (Big East) | Matt Doherty | |
| 1998-99 | 14-16 | 8-10 (Big East) | John MacLeod | |
| 1997-98 | 13-14 | 7-11 (Big East) | John MacLeod | |
| 1996-97 | 16-14 | 8-10 (Big East) | John MacLeod | |
| 1995-96 | 9-18 | 4-14 (Big East) | John MacLeod | |
| 1994-95 | 15-12 | Ind | John MacLeod | |
| 1993-94 | 12-17 | Ind | John MacLeod | |
| 1992-93 | 9-18 | Ind | John MacLeod | |
| 1991-92 | 18-15 | Ind | John MacLeod | |
| 1990-91 | 12-20 | Ind | Digger Phelps | |
| 1989-90 | 16-13 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #17 |
| 1988-89 | 21-9 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #19 |
| 1987-88 | 20-9 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #19 |
| 1986-87 | 24-8 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #18 |
| 1985-86 | 23-6 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #10 |
| 1984-85 | 21-9 | Ind | Digger Phelps | |
| 1983-84 | 21-12 | Ind | Digger Phelps | |
| 1982-83 | 19-10 | Ind | Digger Phelps | |
| 1981-82 | 10-17 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #19 |
| 1980-81 | 23-6 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #4 |
| 1979-80 | 22-6 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #3 |
| 1978-79 | 24-6 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #1 |
| 1977-78 | 23-8 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #2 |
| 1976-77 | 22-7 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #2 |
| 1975-76 | 23-6 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #5 |
| 1974-75 | 19-10 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #9 |
| 1973-74 | 26-3 | Ind | Digger Phelps | AP #1 |
| 1972-73 | 18-12 | Ind | Digger Phelps | |
| 1971-72 | 6-20 | Ind | Digger Phelps | |
| 1970-71 | 20-9 | Ind | Johnny Dee | AP #5 |
| 1969-70 | 21-8 | Ind | Johnny Dee | AP #6 |
| 1968-69 | 20-7 | Ind | Johnny Dee | AP #4 |
| 1967-68 | 21-9 | Ind | Johnny Dee | |
| 1966-67 | 14-14 | Ind | Johnny Dee | |
| 1965-66 | 5-21 | Ind | Johnny Dee | |
| 1964-65 | 15-12 | Ind | Johnny Dee | AP #17 |
| 1963-64 | 10-14 | Ind | John Jordan | |
| 1962-63 | 17-9 | Ind | John Jordan | |
| 1961-62 | 7-16 | Ind | John Jordan | |
| 1960-61 | 12-14 | Ind | John Jordan | |
| 1959-60 | 17-9 | Ind | John Jordan | |
| 1958-59 | 12-13 | Ind | John Jordan | AP #11 |
| 1957-58 | 24-5 | Ind | John Jordan | AP #7 |
| 1956-57 | 20-8 | Ind | John Jordan | AP #17 |
| 1955-56 | 9-15 | Ind | John Jordan | |
| 1954-55 | 14-10 | Ind | John Jordan | AP #9 |
| 1953-54 | 22-3 | Ind | John Jordan | AP #5 |
| 1952-53 | 19-5 | Ind | John Jordan | AP #7 |
| 1951-52 | 16-10 | Ind | John Jordan | AP #9 |
| 1950-51 | 13-11 | Ind | Moose Krause | AP #14 |
| 1949-50 | 15-9 | Ind | Moose Krause | AP #16 |
| 1948-49 | 17-7 | Ind | Moose Krause | |
| 1947-48 | 17-7 | Ind | Moose Krause | |
| 1946-47 | 20-4 | Ind | Moose Krause | |
| 1945-46 | 17-4 | Ind | Elmer Ripley | |
| 1944-45 | 15-5 | Ind | Clem Crowe | |
| 1943-44 | 10-9 | Ind | Moose Krause | |
| 1942-43 | 18-2 | Ind | George Keogan,Moose Krause | |
| 1941-42 | 16-6 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1940-41 | 17-5 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1939-40 | 15-6 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1938-39 | 15-6 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1937-38 | 20-3 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1936-37 | 20-3 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1935-36 | 22-2 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1934-35 | 13-9 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1933-34 | 20-4 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1932-33 | 16-6 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1931-32 | 18-2 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1930-31 | 12-8 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1929-30 | 14-6 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1928-29 | 15-5 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1927-28 | 18-4 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1926-27 | 19-1 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1925-26 | 19-1 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1924-25 | 11-11 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1923-24 | 15-8 | Ind | George Keogan | |
| 1922-23 | 10-12 | Ind | Walter Halas | |
| 1921-22 | 6-13 | Ind | Walter Halas | |
| 1920-21 | 9-14 | Ind | Walter Halas | |
| 1919-20 | 5-13 | Ind | Gus Dorais | |
| 1918-19 | 2-10 | Ind | Gus Dorais | |
| 1917-18 | 2-4 | Ind | Jesse Harper | |
| 1916-17 | 8-5 | Ind | Jesse Harper | |
| 1915-16 | 9-3 | Ind | Jesse Harper | |
| 1914-15 | 14-3 | Ind | Jesse Harper | |
| 1913-14 | 11-5 | Ind | Jesse Harper | |
| 1912-13 | 13-2 | Ind | Bill Nelson | |
| 1911-12 | 16-2 | Ind | Bertram Maris | |
| 1910-11 | 7-3 | Ind | Bertram Maris | |
| 1909-10 | 10-4 | Ind | Bertram Maris | |
| 1908-09 | 33-7 | Ind | Bertram Maris | |
| 1907-08 | 12-4 | Ind | Bertram Maris | |
| 1898-99 | 2-0 | Ind | Fred Powers | |
| 1897-98 | 1-2 | Ind | Frank Hering | |
| 1896-97 | 2-1 | Ind | Unknown |
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Top 100 by all-time D1 wins. Verified against the NCAA record book — and tiered so you can argue properly.
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