National Player-of-the-Year Candidate
Academic All-America Candidate
Pat Garrity
Senior/Forward/6-9/Monument, Colo.
Arguably the finest student-athlete playing Division I college basketball
today, based on his '97-'98 preseason first-team All-America honors and his
'97 GTE first-team Academic All-America recognition . . . the reigning BIG
EAST Player of the Year, also selected as the BIG EAST preseason player of
the year for '98 (a unanimous pick) -- and a leading candidate for '98
national college player of the year . . . the leading scorer on the
current Notre Dame team (has led or tied the Irish in scoring in 15 of 17
games), the leading BIG EAST Conference scorer in overall games at 23.3
points per contest and conference games at 24.4 through games of Jan. 30 --
and is tied for eighth nationally in scoring . . . shared BIG EAST player
of the week honors after scoring 27 points and 10 rebounds at West Virginia
on Jan. 15 and a career-high 37 points vs. Seton Hall two days later . . .
has five double-doubles this season and 17 in his career . . . scored 32
points in win over Rutgers on Jan. 11 for his fifth career 30-point game .
. . leads the Irish team in rebounding (8.4 per game), is first in the BIG
EAST in rebounding for conference games at 9.7 and is fourth in field goal
percentage 52.9 . . . one of five national player-of-the-year candidates
listed in preseason by Street & Smith's . . . one of 10 preseason
candidates for Naismith College Player of the Year Award presented by
Atlanta Tipoff Club . . . first-team preseason All-American by Inside
Sports . . . has scored 1,854 career points, fourth highest in school
history . . . holds Notre Dame record with 101 consecutive starts . . . has
scored 20 or more points in 41 career games and has scored in double
figures in 36-straight contests . . . leading scorer (11.8 average) on
United States National team that played in Under-22 World Championships
last summer in Melbourne, Australia . . . was also part of the National
Invitation Tournament all-star team that travelled to Spain and Greece in
summer on '96 . . . a biochemistry major who carries an overall grade point
average of 3.679 and was named first-team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America
last season (one of five players) . . . one of 22 Notre Dame
student-athletes selected for University's Academic Honors Program . . .
member of BIG EAST Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Quotebook
"He plays a lot like (Larry) Bird. He makes all the other kids better. Whenever you formulate your game plan against Notre Dame, you've got to start with him."
- Drexel coach Bill Herrion
"There's nobody we play against who I like better than Garrity. I just think Garrity is a helluva player. He's a tough kid. He plays the boards. He doesn't let up on defense. He maintains position and he's an outstanding offensive basketball player."
- Indiana coach Bob Knight
"Now you know why he was (BIG EAST) player of the year last year and why he's going to be player of the year again. He's a 6-9 guy who can shoot and who's very physical. I like his game."
- Pittsburgh guard Vonteego Cummings
"Pat Garrity truly represents the term student-athlete. Brilliant in the classroom and sensational on the basketball court. There is no doubt he can play on the next level and he is awesome, baby, with a capital A."
- ABC/ESPN analyst Dick Vitale
The Inside Numbers on Notre Dame's Pat Garrity
Garrity's Statistics
3-Point Rebounds
YEAR G-S MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O D TOT AVG. AST. STL BLK PF-D PTS/AVG
1994-95 27-27 744/27.6 136-260 52.3 7-18 38.9 82-107 76.6 43 94 137 5.1 34 18 17 77-3 361/13.4
1995-96 27-27 893/33.1 177-372 47.6 14-51 27.5 96-140 68.6 66 127 193 7.1 38 24 14 79-3 464/17.2
BIG EAST 18-18 623/34.6 118-265 44.5 12-39 30.8 64-94 68.1 51 81 132 7.3 28 19 6 58-3 312/17.3
1996-97 30-30 1056/35.2 221-457 48.4 39-102 38.2 152-196 77.6 71 150 221 7.4 84 25 17 78-0 633/21.1
BIG EAST 18-18 652/36.2 126-271 46.5 23-64 35.9 87-114 76.3 47 95 142 7.9 54 14 11 48-0 362/20.1
1997-98 17-17 582/34.2 138-272 50.7 23-65 35.4 97-129 75.2 34 108 142 8.2 48 11 11 48-1 396/23.3
BIG EAST 9-9 324/36.0 74-140 52.9 9-31 29.0 63-83 75.9 17 70 87 9.7 24 5 5 27-1 220/24.4
TOTALS 101-101 3244/32.1 672-1361 49.4 83-236 35.2 427-572 74.7 214 479 693 6.9 204 78 59 282-7 1854/18.4
BIG EAST 45-45 1599/36.4 318-676 47.0 44-134 32.8 214-291 73.5 115 246 361 8.0 106 38 22 133-4 894/19.9
Garrity's Career Highs
Points: 37 points vs. Seton Hall, 1997-98
Field Goals: 12 in three games
Field Goals Attempted: 22 on two occasions
Field Goal Percentage: 1.000 (7-7) vs. Lehigh, 1994-95
Free Throws: 12 vs. Seton Hall, 1997-98
Free Throws Attempted: 15 on two occasions
Free Throw Percentage: 1.000 on 19 occasions
Rebounds: 17 vs. Akron, 1995-96
Assists: 9 vs. Syracuse, 1996-97
Blocked Shots: 3 on three occasions
Steals: 3 on six occasions
Minutes: 42 vs. Connecticut, 1996-97
Game-By-Game in '97-'98
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
+ The Citadel 33 6-19 2-3 4-5 5 4 9 2 3 1 1 18
+ Marquette 32 7-15 0-3 2-3 4 3 7 1 4 1 0 16
+ Northeastern 28 9-19 1-4 5-6 0 6 6 5 4 0 1 24
+ Sam Houston St 37 11-18 3-6 7-9 1 6 7 4 1 1 2 32
+ Indiana 34 11-17 2-5 0-0 1 7 8 4 4 0 0 24
+ Pittsburgh 40 8-14 1-3 11-16 4 11 15 5 4 0 0 28
+ Drexel 33 9-18 2-5 8-15 3 3 6 5 4 0 0 28
+ Florida Int'l 36 9-16 4-6 2-2 3 4 7 1 1 1 1 24
+ Dartmouth 25 2-10 0-2 6-6 0 5 5 2 2 2 1 10
+ St. John's 40 9-17 2-4 7-11 2 4 6 1 2 1 1 27
+ Connecticut 19 5-11 0-2 5-7 0 6 6 0 5 0 0 15
+ Pittsburgh 40 8-16 0-3 3-5 3 12 15 4 1 0 2 19
+ Rutgers 38 10-18 2-4 10-10 2 2 4 7 3 0 1 32
+ West Virginia 37 11-17 2-4 3-3 0 10 10 3 3 0 1 27
+ Seton Hall 40 12-22 1-6 12-14 2 11 13 1 3 1 0 37
+ Syracuse 39 7-12 1-2 6-7 2 8 10 3 2 1 0 21
+ Villanova 31 4-13 0-3 6-10 2 6 8 4 4 0 0 14
Game-By-Game in '96-'97
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
+ Monmouth 26 8-13 4-5 6-6 0 5 5 1 3 2 0 26
+ Youngstown St. 20 9-17 0-1 2-3 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 20
+ Indiana 34 12-20 3-4 9-12 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 36
+ Providence 37 5-11 0-2 10-11 3 5 8 3 2 0 1 20
+ New Hampshire 29 7-15 3-4 1-5 3 3 6 2 4 1 0 18
+ Kentucky 31 8-15 0-0 9-11 3 7 10 2 2 0 3 25
+ Loyola (Md.) 35 8-15 4-6 7-10 5 5 10 3 2 1 0 27
+ Nicholls State 33 6-13 0-2 7-7 3 4 7 5 2 0 2 19
+ Loyola (Chi.) 37 11-17 0-1 9-10 4 7 11 3 2 0 2 31
+ Syracuse 34 11-19 3-7 0-3 5 6 11 1 3 0 1 25
+ Rutgers 37 3-16 0-2 3-6 5 10 15 1 3 1 0 9
+ Georgetown 35 5-13 1-2 2-2 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 13
+ Boston College 36 6-16 1-3 5-5 1 3 4 2 3 3 0 18
+ Villanova 29 3-8 2-5 9-12 1 3 4 2 4 1 0 17
+ Syracuse 39 7-16 1-2 7-11 4 9 13 9 3 0 3 22
+ Seton Hall 28 5-11 2-3 1-4 2 3 5 5 4 0 1 13
+ West Virginia 38 9-16 0-3 4-4 1 6 7 2 4 0 0 22
+ Pittsburgh 29 4-13 2-5 2-2 3 3 6 1 2 0 0 12
+ St. John's 32 7-14 1-3 2-2 2 3 5 2 4 0 0 17
+ Connecticut 42 7-16 0-1 11-12 3 12 15 5 2 2 2 25
+ West Virginia 38 9-18 1-3 8-10 3 10 13 6 2 0 1 27
+ Villanova 40 10-16 2-5 0-0 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 22
+ Seton Hall 39 10-17 2-4 5-6 2 7 9 2 2 0 1 27
+ Providence 41 5-14 1-4 2-6 3 2 5 6 2 1 0 13
+ Miami 37 9-19 2-7 7-7 3 3 6 3 3 2 0 27
+ Boston College 40- 11-18 2-3 9-11 5 2 7 2 3 0 2 33
+ Syracuse 37 3-11 1-5 3-3 2 2 4 2 4 0 1 10
+ Oral Roberts 32 6-15 1-3 3-4 1 5 6 2 3 0 0 16
+ TCU 35 9-19 0-4 2-2 0 6 6 6 3 1 0 20
+ Michigan 40- 8-16 0-3 7-9 0 8 8 3 2 0 1 23
Game-By-Game in '95-'96
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
+ Akron 37 9-16 0-2 0-2 4 13 17 2 3 3 0 18
+ Indiana 26 2-8 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 4
+ Rutgers 29 6-13 2-3 4-4 4 4 8 0 5 0 1 18
+ Connecticut 38 7-17 0-1 4-5 3 2 5 2 3 0 3 18
+ Loyola (MD) 35 6-13 0-0 9-15 1 10 11 3 2 2 0 21
+ UCLA 28 9-11 2-4 3-4 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 23
+ Xavier (Ohio) 27 5-8 0-0 3-4 3 4 7 1 4 0 0 13
+ San Diego 24 8-10 0-1 2-4 0 3 3 0 2 2 3 18
+ Loyola Marymount20 7-12 0-2 1-1 3 4 7 1 3 0 0 15
+ Villanova 35 7-19 0-2 2-3 2 5 7 5 3 1 0 16
+ Boston College 36 5-15 1-1 2-2 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 13
+ Pittsburgh 32 8-13 1-2 10-10 3 3 6 2 5 1 1 27
+ Georgetown 33 4-13 0-1 4-4 4 5 9 3 4 1 3 12
+ Rutgers 36 7-12 0-2 9-15 0 6 6 1 3 2 2 23
+ Miami 27 6-14 1-4 0-0 1 8 9 0 4 0 1 13
+ West Virginia 40 11-22 1-4 1-6 4 5 9 0 3 0 1 24
+ St. John's 31 7-14 0-0 1-1 4 6 10 4 5 1 1 15
+ Georgetown 35 6-15 1-4 0-2 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 13
+ Manhattan 38 6-10 0-0 8-8 2 3 5 1 3 0 1 20
+ St. John's 40 10-21 2-5 4-7 4 6 10 2 4 0 1 26
+ Pittsburgh 35 9-15 0-1 4-8 2 7 9 0 3 0 1 22
+ Connecticut 29 3-14 1-2 6-8 4 5 9 0 2 0 0 13
+ Providence 31 7-11 0-0 1-2 2 5 7 1 4 0 0 15
+ Seton Hall 40 6-17 1-3 4-5 7 1 8 2 3 0 0 17
+ Miami 40 6-11 1-3 7-8 4 4 8 2 1 0 1 20
+ Syracuse 37 3-9 0-1 1-4 0 5 5 3 2 0 1 7
+ Syracuse 36 7-19 0-3 6-8 1 7 8 0 4 0 0 20
Game-By-Game in '94-'95
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
+ Valparaiso 17 8-12 0-0 2-3 3 4 7 1 3 1 0 18
+ Indiana 27 4-7 0-0 6-9 2 3 5 2 4 0 0 14
+ San Diego 32 5-9 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 11
+ Loyola Marymount26 4-6 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 10
+ DePaul 18 2-9 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 3 0 2 4
+ St. Bonaventure 30 3-9 0-0 6-6 3 4 7 3 4 0 0 12
+ Oregon State 27 4-7 0-1 1-3 1 5 6 1 4 0 1 9
+ Oregon 14 3-5 0-0 1-1 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 7
+ Cornell 26 7-13 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 1 1 2 1 16
+ Lehigh 22 7-7 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 16
+ Loyola (Md.) 36 10-13 2-2 4-4 3 3 6 1 3 2 1 26
+ Louisville 37 7-16 0-2 3-3 0 9 9 1 4 0 0 17
+ Columbia 23 7-10 0-0 3-3 1 2 3 3 1 0 3 17
+ Missouri 27 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 4
+ Hofstra 23 2-5 0-0 4-4 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 8
+ Dayton 38 6-13 0-0 6-7 2 5 7 0 3 0 0 18
+ Xavier 28 5-7 1-1 1-3 0 3 3 1 5 0 1 12
+ Duke 33 12-17 2-3 1-1 4 4 8 3 3 0 0 27
+ Boston College 32 1-7 0-1 3-6 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 5
+ Iona 30 6-12 0-1 2-3 2 4 6 2 1 2 2 14
+ UCLA 25 4-12 0-1 1-1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 9
+ Duquesne 32 4-9 0-0 7-8 3 9 12 3 3 2 1 15
+ Kentucky 23 1-8 0-1 5-8 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 7
+ Butler 30 5-11 1-2 8-10 1 3 4 1 4 1 0 19
+ Fordham 37 8-13 0-1 2-5 3 4 7 0 2 3 0 18
+ Marquette 29 2-7 0-1 7-9 2 6 8 2 4 1 0 11
+ Loyola (Ill.) 22 7-11 1-1 2-2 0 4 4 2 2 2 1 17
+ - Games Started
