2025–26 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
| 2025–26 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 13–18 (4–14 ACC) |
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| Associate head coach | Kyle Getter (3rd season) |
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| Home arena | Joyce Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Duke † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 34 | – | 2 | .944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Virginia | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 30 | – | 6 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Miami (FL) | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 North Carolina | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23т Louisville | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 ACC tournament winner As of March 22, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025–26 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame, located in Notre Dame, Indiana, in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Micah Shrewsberry in his third season as head coach and played home games at the on-campus Joyce Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Previous season
The Fighting Irish finished the season 15–18 and 8–12 in ACC play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place. As the twelfth seed in the 2025 ACC tournament, they faced thirteenth-seed Pittsburgh in the First Round, a rematch of a game played just seventeen days earlier. The team won a low-scoring affair 55–54. They then were defeated in the Second Round by fifth-seed North Carolina. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Matt Allocco | 41 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Graduate | Hilliard, OH | Graduated |
| Nikita Konstantynovskyi | 25 | F | 6'10" | 260 | Graduate | Kyiv, Ukraine | Graduated |
| Burke Chebuhar | 21 | F | 6'8" | 240 | Graduate | Marietta, GA | Graduated |
| Julian Roper II | 1 | G | 6'4" | 220 | Senior | Detroit, MI | Graduated |
| Thomas Crowe | 22 | F | 6'7" | 220 | Senior | Macedonia, OH | Walk-on; graduated |
| J.R. Konieczny | 20 | G | 6'7" | 205 | Junior (Redshirt) | South Bend, IN | Graduated; transferred to Florida Gulf Coast[1] |
| Tae Davis | 7 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Junior | Indianapolis, IN | Transferred to Oklahoma[2] |
| JT Kelly | 10 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Junior | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | Walk-on; graduated |
| Thomas Hattan | 15 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Junior | San Clemente, CA | Walk-on; left team |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Carson Towt | 33 | F | 6'8" | 250 | Graduate | Gilbert, AZ | Northern Arizona[3] |
| Matthew MacLellan | 34 | F | 6'9" | 240 | Graduate | Canton, MI | Madonna[4] |
2025 recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Brady Koehler #15 PF |
Fishers, IN | Cathedral High | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (82) | ||||||
| Jalen Haralson #6 SF |
Anderson, IN | La Lumiere | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (89) | ||||||
| Ryder Frost #19 SF |
Beverly, MA | Phillips Exeter Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (83) | ||||||
| Tommy Ahneman #19 C |
Fargo, ND | Cretin-Derham Hall | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 250 lb (110 kg) | Sep 30, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (79) | ||||||
| Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 9 247Sports: 13 ESPN: 9 | ||||||
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2026 recruiting class
| College recruiting information (2026) | ||||||
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| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
| Jonathan Sanderson #13 PG |
La Porte, IN | La Lumiere | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Jun 8, 2025 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (84) | ||||||
| Gan-Erdene Solongo #18 C |
La Porte, IN | La Lumiere | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (80) | ||||||
| Nick Shrewsberry #90 SG |
South Bend, IN | St. Joseph | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR) | ||||||
| Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 51 247Sports: 39 | ||||||
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Roster
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- Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.
- Mark Zackery IV joined the team on December 11, 2025, while already on football scholarship, and left the team on January 24, 2026.
Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Carson Towt | Matthew MacLellan | |
| PF | Brady Koehler | Garrett Sundra | |
| SF | Jalen Haralson | Ryder Frost | |
| SG | Cole Certa | Sir Mohammed | Brady Stevens |
| PG | Braeden Shrewsberry | Logan Imes |
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 17, 2025* 7:00 p.m. |
at Butler | W 77–76 | - |
12 – Tied | 6 – Haralson | 4 – Haralson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,887) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
| October 24, 2025* 6:00 p.m. |
DePaul | L 62–69 | - |
10 – Burton | 10 – Njie | 7 – Burton | Joyce Center (3,617) South Bend, IN | ||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
LIU | W 89–67 | 1–0 |
24 – Burton | 19 – Towt | 3 – Tied | Joyce Center (3,911) South Bend, IN | ||||
| November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Detroit Mercy | W 102–70 | 2–0 |
19 – Shrewsberry | 10 – Towt | 6 – Mohammed | Joyce Center (7,608) South Bend, IN | ||||
| November 11, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX |
Eastern Illinois | W 78–58 | 3–0 |
21 – Burton | 11 – Towt | 3 – Tied | Joyce Center (3,618) South Bend, IN | ||||
| November 16, 2025* 12:30 p.m., FS1 |
at Ohio State | L 63–64 | 3–1 |
14 – Burton | 12 – Towt | 3 – Haralson | Value City Arena (12,357) Columbus, OH | ||||
| November 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Bellarmine | W 86–79 | 4–1 |
25 – Burton | 11 – Towt | 5 – Haralson | Joyce Center (3,676) South Bend, IN | ||||
| November 24, 2025* 3:30 p.m., TNT |
vs. Kansas Players Era Festival Game 1 |
L 61–71 | 4–2 |
24 – Burton | 10 – Towt | 2 – Towt | MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,628) Paradise, NV | ||||
| November 25, 2025* 1:00 p.m., TNT |
vs. Rutgers Players Era Festival Game 2 |
W 68–63 | 5–2 |
21 – Burton | 6 – Tied | 5 – Burton | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV | ||||
| November 26, 2025* 3:30 p.m., TNT |
vs. No. 3 Houston Players Era Festival Consolation Game |
L 56–66 | 5–3 |
19 – Burton | 7 – Burton | 5 – Burton | MGM Grand Garden Arena (1,629) Paradise, NV | ||||
| December 2, 2025* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU |
Missouri ACC–SEC Challenge |
W 76–71 | 6–3 |
18 – Burton | 9 – Towt | 10 – Burton | Joyce Center (4,980) South Bend, IN | ||||
| December 5, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at TCU | W 87–85 OT | 7–3 |
20 – Tied | 9 – Towt | 9 – Haralson | Schollmaier Arena (5,706) Fort Worth, TX | ||||
| December 10, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Idaho | W 80–65 | 8–3 |
20 – Haralson | 15 – Towt | 3 – Towt | Joyce Center (3,687) South Bend, IN | ||||
| December 13, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCN |
Evansville | W 82–58 | 9–3 |
26 – Shrewsberry | 10 – Njie | 3 – Tied | Joyce Center (4,323) South Bend, IN | ||||
| December 21, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Purdue Fort Wayne | L 69–72 | 9–4 |
21 – Haralson | 10 – Towt | 4 – Haralson | Joyce Center (5,366) South Bend, IN | ||||
| ACC regular season | |||||||||||
| December 30, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Stanford | W 47–40 | 10–4 (1–0) |
13 – Haralson | 10 – Towt | 3 – Imes | Maples Pavilion (3,868) Stanford, CA | ||||
| January 2, 2026 11:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at California | L 71–72 | 10–5 (1–1) |
21 – Shrewsberry | 15 – Towt | 6 – Imes | Haas Pavilion (5,158) Berkeley, CA | ||||
| January 10, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
Clemson | L 61–76 | 10–6 (1–2) |
18 – Haralson | 10 – Towt | 2 – Tied | Joyce Center (6,933) South Bend, IN | ||||
| January 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPNU |
Miami | L 69–81 | 10–7 (1–3) |
18 – Haralson | 8 – Imes | 3 – Shrewsberry | Joyce Center (5,278) South Bend, IN | ||||
| January 17, 2026 12:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Virginia Tech | L 76–89 | 10–8 (1–4) |
17 – Koehler | 5 – Mohammed | 3 – Mohammed | Cassell Coliseum (8,925) Blacksburg, VA | ||||
| January 21, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at No. 22 North Carolina | L 69–91 | 10–9 (1–5) |
14 – Mohammed | 6 – Tied | 5 – Shrewsberry | Dean Smith Center (19,686) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||
| January 24, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
Boston College | W 68–64 | 11–9 (2–5) |
22 – Shrewsberry | 13 – Towt | 2 – Tied | Joyce Center (5,248) South Bend, IN | ||||
| January 27, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
No. 17 Virginia | L 97–100 2OT | 11–10 (2–6) |
34 – Certa | 10 – Koehler | 7 – Haralson | Joyce Center (4,012) South Bend, IN | ||||
| January 31, 2026 12:00 p.m., The CW |
at Syracuse | L 72–86 | 11–11 (2–7) |
26 – Haralson | 8 – Towt | 4 – Haralson | JMA Wireless Dome (21,455) Syracuse, NY | ||||
| February 4, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at No. 24 Louisville | L 65–76 | 11–12 (2–8) |
18 – Certa | 10 – Towt | 5 – Haralson | KFC Yum! Center (14,787) Louisville, KY | ||||
| February 7, 2026 4:00 p.m., The CW |
Florida State | L 79–82 | 11–13 (2–9) |
18 – Shrewsberry | 8 – Tied | 4 – Shrewsberry | Joyce Center (6,170) South Bend, IN | ||||
| February 10, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
at SMU | L 81–89 | 11–14 (2–10) |
23 – Haralson | 6 – Koehler | 6 – Mohammed | Moody Coliseum (5,819) University Park, TX | ||||
| February 14, 2026 12:00 p.m., The CW |
Georgia Tech | W 89–74 | 12–14 (3–10) |
37 – Certa | 9 – Tied | 4 – Shrewsberry | Joyce Center (5,906) South Bend, IN | ||||
| February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Pittsburgh | L 68–73 | 12–15 (3–11) |
16 – Certa | 13 – Towt | 4 – Towt | Petersen Events Center (6,406) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||
| February 24, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 1 Duke | L 56–100 | 12–16 (3–12) |
14 – Tied | 7 – Towt | 2 – Mohammed | Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN | ||||
| February 28, 2026 12:00 p.m., The CW |
NC State | W 96–90 OT | 13–16 (4–12) |
32 – Certa | 9 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Joyce Center (6,446) South Bend, IN | ||||
| March 4, 2026 9:00 p.m., ESPNU |
Stanford | L 78–86 | 13–17 (4–13) |
19 – Haralson | 6 – Sundra | 3 – Tied | Joyce Center (3,902) South Bend, IN | ||||
| March 7, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPNU |
at Boston College | L 69–77 | 13–18 (4–14) |
21 – Haralson | 11 – Koehler | 3 – Shrewsberry | Conte Forum (5,029) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
References
- ^ Neill, Jackson (April 28, 2025). "Former Notre Dame guard J.R. Konieczny to transfer to Florida Gulf Coast". WNDU. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ McVeigh, Griffin (April 7, 2025). "Former Notre Dame forward Tae Davis commits to Oklahoma". On3. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ "Irish Land Graduate Transfer Carson Towt". FightingIrish.com. April 15, 2025. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ Noie, Tom (October 23, 2025). "Scouting power forward Matthew MacLellan ahead of 2025-26 Notre Dame basketball season". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved November 3, 2025.