Gotham Classic presented by Discount Tire set to take place on Friday

The 10th annual Gotham Classic presented by Discount Tire features Notre Dame taking on St. Bonaventure at UBS Arena at Belmont Park on Nov. 25. 

TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for the Gotham Classic presented by Discount Tire can be purchased at:  www.gothamclassic.com

Notre Dame (5-0)

Now in his 23rd year at Notre Dame, head coach Mike Brey is the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach in school history while becoming the only Irish head coach to reach 400 victories (481) wins at Notre Dame and 579 in his career…Nate Laszewski paced the Irish in scoring (19.6 ppg) and rebounding (8.8 rpg) while Dane Goodwin, who entered the year with eight 20+ point scoring performances, has two through five games and is the Irish’s second leading scorer at 18.4 ppg…JJ Starling (14.0 ppg) and Trey Wertz (13.2 ppg, team-high 20 assists) also score in double figures…Notre Dame is making its third appearance in the Gotham Classic presented by Discount Tire, having previously played in 2013 and 2018.

St. Bonaventure (3-2)

In 16 years at St. Bonaventure, Mark Schmidt has turned the Bonnies program into a consistent challenger for the Atlantic 10 title…his 271 wins at St. Bonaventure are more than the combined record of the five previous SBU coaches (227)…the Bonnies return only four points from last year after being devastated by the portal…among the new faces are St. Peter’s transfer Daryl Banks III who paces SBU with 19.2 ppg…Holy Cross transfer kyrell Luc nets 16.0 ppg and leads the team with 31 assists…freshman Yann Farrell paces the team with a 6.8 rpg to go with a 10.0 ppg average…this is the Bonnies’ first Gotham Classic appearance.

SHOWCASE GAME WINNERS

Champion Runner-Up Score
2022 Pitt St. John’s 59-57

2019 Saint Louis Boston College 64-54

2018 Notre Dame Duquesne 67-56

2017 Louisville Memphis 81-72
2016 Massachusetts Pacific 72-48

2015 Pitt Davidson 94-69

2014 Richmond Pepperdine 65-63
#22 West Virginia NC State 83-69

2013 #2 Ohio State Notre Dame 64-61

2012 Temple #3 Syracuse 83-79