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Notre Dame Basketball: Top 10 Players Of The Mike Brey Era

By Mychal Hunter

PITTSBURGH, PA - MARCH 19: Bonzie Colson #35 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish plays against the Northeastern Huskies during the second round of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Consol Energy Center on March 19, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA - MARCH 19: Bonzie Colson #35 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish plays against the Northeastern Huskies during the second round of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Consol Energy Center on March 19, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK – MARCH 8: Guard Matt Carroll #13 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish passes the ball against guards Ben Gordon #4 and Tony Robertson #32 of the Connecticut Huskies during the Big East Conference Semifinals game at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on March 8, 2002. Connecticut defeated Notre Dame 82-77. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /

6. Matt Carroll ,1999-2003

Big guards that can shoot the ball are one of the best things to watch in college basketball. If you want to get technical, Carroll was already at Notre Dame when Brey arrived.

We aren’t going to get technical.

For the record, this also isn’t the last time you will see me skate on that technicality on this list.

You could almost argue that Matt Carroll was before his time. In today’s NBA, he might be a max salary player, possibly a lottery pick and early entry candidate. Carroll did one thing extremely well: shoot the ball.

The only time during Matt’s four-year college career he shot less than 40 percent from deep was during his freshman campaign. He drilled it at a 39..5 percent clip for his career, draining 301 total triples during his time in South Bend.

Carroll was not just a spot up shooter that you threw into a corner, however. He was a very good rebounding guard (4.3 rpg for his career), and took care of the ball as well, recording a 1.86 A/TO ratio for his career.

In 2002-03, he was named to the Big East First Team after averaging career highs in points (19.5), rebounds (5) and steals (1.1).

The Pittsburgh native went undrafted in the 2003 NBA draft but later signed with the Portland Trailblazers. He bounced around the NBA for a bit before heading to the NBA Developmental League (now the G-League). He was named the D-League MVP in 2005 and played with the Charlotte Bobcats for four years after that. For his career, he averaged 6.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game.