NCAA Tournament History for Notre Dame

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Champ

Runner Up

Final Four

Overall Record: 40-41, 0.494

Year	Conference	Region	Seed
Results
2022	ACC	West	11
beat W 22 Rutgers 89-87, OT +beat W 6 Alabama 78-64 lost to W 3 Texas Tech 53-59
2017	ACC	West	5
beat W 12 Princeton 60-58 lost to W 4 West Virginia 71-83
2016	ACC	East	6
beat E 11 Michigan 70-63 beat E 14 Stephen F. Austin 76-75 beat E 7 Wisconsin 61-56 lost to E 1 North Carolina 74-88
2015	ACC	Midwest	3
beat M 14 Northeastern 69-65 beat M 6 Butler 67-64, OT beat M 7 Wichita St 81-70 lost to M 1 Kentucky 66-68
2013	Big East	West	7
-lost to W 10 Iowa State 58-76
2012	Big East	South	7
-lost to S 10 Xavier 63-67
2011	Big East		2
beat SW 15 Akron 69-56 -lost to SW 10 Florida St 57-71
2010	Big East	South	6
-lost to S 11 Old Dominion 50-51
2008	Big East	East	5
beat E 12 George Mason 68-50 lost to E 4 Washington St 41-61
2007	Big East	Midwest	6
-lost to M 11 Winthrop 64-74
2003	Big East	West	5
beat W 12 Milwaukee 70-69 +beat W 4 Illinois 68-60 lost to W 1 Arizona 71-88
2002	Big East	South	8
beat S 9 Charlotte 82-63 lost to S 1 Duke 77-84
2001	Big East	Midwest	6
beat M 11 Xavier 83-71 lost to M 3 Mississippi 56-59
1990	Independent	Southeast	10
lost to SE 7 Virginia 67-75
1989	Independent	East	9
+beat E 8 Vanderbilt 81-65 lost to E 1 Georgetown 74-81
1988	Independent	East	10
lost to E 7 SMU 75-83
1987	Independent	East	5
beat E 12 Middle Tenn St 84-71 +beat E 4 TCU 58-57 lost to E 1 North Carolina 68-74
1986	Independent	Midwest	3
-lost to M 14 Little Rock 83-90
1985	Independent	Southeast	7
beat SE 10 Oregon St 79-70 lost to SE 2 North Carolina 58-60
1981	Independent	East	2
beat E 10 James Madison 54-45 -lost to E 6 BYU 50-51
1980	Independent	Midwest	4
-lost to M 5 Missouri 84-87, OT
1979	Independent	Mideast	1
beat ME 8 Tennessee 73-67 beat ME 5 Toledo 79-71 -lost to ME 2 Michigan St 68-80
1978	Independent	Midwest
beat Houston 100-77 beat Utah 69-56 beat DePaul 84-64 lost to Duke 86-90 lost to Arkansas 69-71
1977	Independent	East
beat Hofstra 90-83 lost to North Carolina 77-79
1976	Independent	Midwest
beat Cincinnati 79-78 lost to Michigan 76-80
1975	Independent	Midwest
beat Kansas 77-71 lost to Maryland 71-83 lost to Cincinnati 87-95, OT
1974	Independent	Mideast
beat Austin Peay 108-66 lost to Michigan 68-77 beat Vanderbilt 118-88
1971	Independent	Midwest
beat TCU 102-94 lost to Drake 72-79, OT lost to Houston 106-119
1970	Independent	Mideast
beat Ohio 112-82 lost to Kentucky 99-109 lost to Iowa 106-121
1969	Independent	Mideast
lost to Miami-Ohio 60-63
1965	Independent	Midwest
lost to Houston 98-99
1963	Independent	Mideast
lost to Bowling Green 72-77
1960	Independent	Mideast
lost to Ohio 66-74
1958	Independent	Mideast
beat Tennessee Tech 94-61 beat Indiana 94-87 lost to Kentucky 56-89
1957	Independent	Mideast
beat Miami-Ohio 89-77 lost to Michigan St 83-85 beat Pittsburgh 86-85
1954	Independent	East
beat Loyola-LA 80-70 beat Indiana 65-64 lost to Penn State 63-71
1953	Independent	East
beat Eastern Ky 72-57 beat Pennsylvania 69-57 lost to Indiana 66-79