Purcell Pavilion

Purcell Pavilion at the Edmund P. Joyce Center is the home of Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's and women's basketball on the South Bend, Indiana campus. The arena sits inside the larger Joyce Center athletic complex, giving Irish fans an intimate on-campus setting rather than an off-site downtown arena. Blue-and-gold-clad student sections and a compact seating bowl keep the noise concentrated on game nights. It's one of the more tradition-steeped venues in the ACC, where Notre Dame basketball moved after decades of independence.

The arena opened in 1968 as the basketball half of the Joyce Center and underwent a major renovation completed in 2009, when it was renamed Purcell Pavilion in honor of a lead donor. Its signature moment came on January 19, 1974, when Notre Dame rallied from 11 points down in the final minutes to beat top-ranked UCLA, ending the Bruins' NCAA-record 88-game winning streak. The building has hosted Irish teams that reached national prominence over multiple eras of the program. It remains the Fighting Irish's home for ACC basketball following their conference realignment.