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Notre Dame men’s basketball 2025-26 scholarship chart

IMG_7504by:Jack Soble•04/14/25•

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Micah Shrewsberry, Notre Dame
Notre Dame head men's basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry. (Matt Cashore-Imagn Images)

Notre Dame is entering the home stretch of a pivotal offseason for head men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry’s program.

In a year the Irish were expected to take a significant step from their 13-20 (7-13 Atlantic Coast Conference) record in Shrewsberry’s first season, they did not. Instead, they finished 15-18 (8-12 ACC). They suffered slumps such as a five-game losing streak, a four-game losing streak and seven losses in nine games, and they enter Year 3 under Shrewsberry with more questions than answers.

Notre Dame set out to add two players in the transfer portal: A big man and a combo guard. The Irish secured a commitment from Northern Arizona transfer forward Carson Towt on April 13, checking box No. 1. They hope to check box No. 2 at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Here is Notre Dame’s scholarship chart for the 2025-26 season. As a reminder, teams are expected to have 15 roster spots available — all of which can be used on scholarship players — as a result of the House Settlement that is expected to be finalized in April.

Notre Dame men’s basketball 2025-26 scholarship chart

KEY
* Has used a redshirt season, a medical redshirt season and is playing on the COVID-19 exception

PositionNumber of playersFour years of eligibilityThree years of eligibilityTwo years of eligibilityOne year of eligibility
Guard8•Jalen Haralson
•Ryder Frost		•Sir Mohammed
•Cole Certa		•Markus Burton
•Braeden Shrewsberry
•Logan Imes
Forward5•Brady Koehler
•Tommy Ahneman		•Garrett Sundra•Carson Towt*
•Kebba Njie

Scholarship guards: 7
Scholarship forwards: 5
TOTAL scholarship players: 12

Blue & Gold’s thoughts

Notre Dame men’s basketball checked its first offseason box when it retained star point guard Markus Burton.

It wasn’t easy. As On3’s Jamie Shaw reported, there was “very real smoke” around Burton entering the transfer portal, particularly after he hired Octagon as his agency shortly after the 2024-25 season. Financial hurdles aside, the Irish also had to sell Burton on their plan for on-court success as his burning desire to win battles with his love for his hometown program.

In the end, Burton stayed. Blue & Gold reported on March 25 that the Mishawaka native — and the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading scorer — was likely to say. On April 4, he made it official (through his agents telling ESPN).

Tae Davis, Notre Dame’s second-leading scorer, did not. Neither did senior guard J.R. Konieczny. The rest of the roster, which includes three rising sophomores, two rising juniors and one rising senior, will remain intact.

Konieczny’s exit was anticipated. Davis was an extremely valuable defender who got votes for the ACC’s Most Improved Player award, but there was a feeling that his offensive game would be too similar to top-25 freshman Jalen Haralson’s and negatively affect floor spacing. Retaining Burton was a larger priority, and in that sense, mission accomplished.

Towt is the long-awaited big man addition. His skill set is not without flaws — he’s a career 42 percent free throw shooter, he’s smaller than the Irish would like at 6-foot-8 and he’s never taken a three — but he was the nation’s leading rebounder at Northern Arizona this past season at 12.4 per game. The Irish believe his rebounding will translate and they love his ability to pass out of the post (3.4 assists per game in 2024-25).

Towt’s addition also makes it imperative for rising sophomore Garrett Sundra, standing at 6-foot-11, to take a sizable step in Year 2. He would give the Irish size and shooting in the front court if he reaches his potential.

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