Notre Dame is a football school. There’s no denying that. Eleven National Championships, seven Heisman winners, and over 100 All-Americans. This leaves basketball, the other major college sport, as a bit of an afterthought in South Bend.
That being said, basketball has a long and proud history at Notre Dame. That’s true of both the men’s and the women’s games.
The men’s team has an all-time winning percentage on .646, and has accumulated over 1,800 wins. That’s 8th all-time. They have 36 NCAA Tournament bids, and 2 National Championships. In the early 1970s, Notre Dame was the only team that could beat UCLA, ending their 88 game winning streak.