2023-24 Notre Dame Men's Basketball

[notredomer23]

Do we think the admin will let him get enough dudes in through the portal?

Sure seems they're giving him some flexibility given the transfer visits that have taken place, but not holding my breath til one is actually committed.

 

[Henges24]

Do we think the admin will let him get enough dudes in through the portal?

Are you saying he should start looking towards the Bookstore courts?

 

[anarin]

https://www.si.com/college/notredame/basketball/notre-dame-basketball-lands-northwestern-transfer-julian-roper-ii

 

[Irish#1]

A guard with some good height. Nice

 

[Crazy Balki]

Do we think the admin will let him get enough dudes in through the portal?

They don't really have a choice at this point.

College sports is changing and ND can't simply ignore the reality that maintaining the old barriers on undergrad transfers is no longer an option if you want to legitimately compete. It doesn't mean you have to go full USC and load up on a dozen or so transfers per year, but you have to give your programs some leeway to bring in willing undergrads who can help supplement the roster.

ND is looking at a situation where they can't even field a starting 5 with who they currently have left. Shrews isn't going to be able to just load up on grad transfers. That only kicks the problem down the road. He needs guys who can contribute and do so for multiple years to provide some sort of stopgap and mitigate the absolute disaster that ND's admin allowed.

The good news is that if ND does start to be far more liberal with undergrad transfers to fix this mess on the basketball team, it will set a precedent that Marcus can use to force the admin to give him more transfers.

If the admin is even remotely smart or competent, they know this has to happen and will work quickly. Roper is a nice start, but more evidence will be needed to convince us that they've truly made changes to allow more undergrad transfers.

 

[Old Man Mike]

... where do they fit juniors and seniors in academically?

Agreed that athletics wise this is "good", but where is ND NOT curricularly so rigid that incomers can fit?
.... just seems like an intractable disaster to me.

 

[Irish#1]

Markus Burton voted Indiana Mr. Basketball in a runaway vote.

 

[Henges24]

Wow. Congrats to MB. Brey left us with a steal it looks like, at least.

For some reason I think Luke Zeller was the last Mr Basketball that attended ND? I’m sure someone else can either confirm or deny that.

 

[sfk324]

Wow. Congrats to MB. Brey left us with a steal it looks like, at least.

For some reason I think Luke Zeller was the last Mr Basketball that attended ND? I’m sure someone else can either confirm or deny that.

You are correct. Chris Thomas before that.

 

[BabyIrish]

Burton averaged 30 ppg for the season.

He set the school record at Penn with 909 points for the entire season.

He currently sits in 20th all time for most points scored in his career in Indiana.

He’s gonna play next year.

 

[clashmore_mike]

Burton averaged 30 ppg for the season.

He set the school record at Penn with 909 points for the entire season.

He currently sits in 20th all time for most points scored in his career in Indiana.

He’s gonna play next year.

I hope he'd play, there are only like 3 players on the current roster at this point!

 

[arrowryan]

If he was 6’1”, he’d be a 5 star

 

[anarin]

Love seeing the shout out by the coach.

 

[Irish#1]

Nice article in the Indy Star. His coach said he knew Markus was going to be good when he was in 6th grade.

Penn guard Markus Burton wins 2023 Indiana Mr. Basketball in a runaway

Markus Burton is the first Indiana Mr. Basketball for Penn and the first from the South Bend area since South Bend LaSalle’s David Magley in 1978.

www.indystar.com

 

[clashmore_mike]

Cormac Ryan is transferring to North Carolina?

 

[Henges24]

Cormac Ryan is transferring to North Carolina?

Good for him. Will be fun to see how he does.

 

[Irish14]

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[CTIDANDREW]

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Not going to pretend to know him all that well, but on paper this seems like a great hire!
Highly respected recruiter, apart of a Nat'l championship coaching staff, UVA admissions are similar to Notre Dame standards as far as P5 level programs go.

Very impressive from coach Shrews

 

[Irish14]

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[PolishDomer]

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Apparently he likes to play pool...not sure if my eyes are going bad, but is that a pool cue on the far right? lol

 

[dang227]

I know Kyle and he is a great guy. I'm really excited he is at ND

 

[Irish14]

Shrewsberry son made it official. Braeden is Irish.


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[Irish14]

We got a crystal ball for Penn St transfer Kebba Njie.


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[MacIrish75]

We got a crystal ball for Penn St transfer Kebba Njie.


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Shrews, Imes, Booth, Njie is four…

But don’t we need like 3-4 more, still?

 

[stpeteirish]

Shrews, Imes, Booth, Njie is four…

But don’t we need like 3-4 more, still?

Those 3 guys make it 9 which is not enough unless everyone is good enough to contribute which would be unlikely but not impossible

 

[ab2cmiller]

Being unable to scrimmage 5 on 5 without pulling guys off the bookstore courts is always problematic.

 

[Rack Em]

What a great deal for the Penn State transfers. They got admitted to Penn Freaking State, their coach leaves, and now they get a free Notre Dame education. What a time to be alive.

 

[SoIll]

ND is overwhelming favorite. Making decision soon.

Source. Me

 

[Henges24]

 

[Irish14]

Carey Booth is Irish




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