The team is led by eighth-year head coach, Mike Brey, and play their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Dating to 2006, the team won 37 consecutive home games, the second longest active winning streak in the nation.

The 2006-07 Notre Dame team finished their season with a 24–8 record that included a loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

[7] In addition to Carter and Falls, freshman, Joe Harden, who played in only 14 games throughout the season, decided to transfer from Notre Dame.

[12] However, with only five returning upperclassmen, including only one senior, the Big East's coaches picked the team to finish ninth in the conference.

[22] The Irish returned home for three games and went on to win against the Youngstown State Penguins,[23] the Colgate Raiders,[24] and the Eastern Michigan Eagles,[25] to move to 5–2 on the season.

They next traveled to New York to face the Kansas State Wildcats in the Jimmy V. Classic, their first televised game of the season.

[27] After finals, they played three more home games, beating the San Francisco Dons,[28] the Brown Bears,[29] and the North Florida Ospreys,[30] to finish their non-conference schedule with a 10–2 record.

Notre Dame began their conference play with two home games before the students returned from Christmas break.

They next traveled to face the 16th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles for their first true road game of the season, however they lost by 26 points to give Mike Brey his worst loss as Notre Dame coach.

[33] The team returned home to beat the Cincinnati Bearcats,[34] before once again losing on the road against the sixth-ranked Georgetown Hoyas.

[37] They continued at home and beat DePaul in the first of two games against the Blue Demons,[38] to move into the rankings for the first time in the season.

[41] Despite winning another road game later in the week against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights,[42] they dropped back to 21st in the rankings with a 19–5 record overall.

[48] With a 14–4 record in the Big East, Notre Dame finished the regular season tied in second in the conference with Louisville.

[53][54][55][56] The NCAA announced that the team would receive a five seed in the tournament and face the George Mason Patriots in Denver on March 20, whom they beat.

[61] With the win over St. John's on March 5, the Irish became the first Big East team to go undefeated at home in conference games in consecutive seasons.