Notre Dame men’s basketball begins major roster rebuild under Micah Shrewsberry

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame men’s basketball will enter the 2026-27 season with a dramatically different roster after head coach Micah Shrewsberry added 10 newcomers following an offseason marked by transfer portal departures.

Only four players return from last season’s team, which finished 4-14 in Atlantic Coast Conference play and missed the conference tournament.

Shrewsberry met with reporters Wednesday in his first media availability with the revamped group, emphasizing that the immediate priority is building chemistry, leadership and trust before the season begins.

After six Notre Dame players departed through the transfer portal, Shrewsberry responded by adding six transfers and four freshmen.
The transfer class includes guards Braeden Smith, Devin Brown and Ethan Roberts; forwards Bryce Dortch and Yoro Diallo; and center Logan Duncomb, the reigning Big South Player of the Year.

The returning players are Braeden Shrewsberry, Logan Imes, Brady Koehler and Tommy Ahneman. The roster overhaul gives Notre Dame new options in terms of size, experience and scoring.

But Shrewsberry said the greater challenge will be establishing roles and developing consistency on both ends of the floor. “We need to be better defensively, we need to be more consistent offensively and defensively in different areas,” Shrewsberry said. “We need to take care of the ball more. There’s a lot of things we need to do better as a group, and then from there it’s how do we put ourselves in a better position to retain the guys that we’ve spent a lot of time with.”

The offseason changes extend beyond the roster. Notre Dame’s coaching staff also has new faces after Kyle Getter left to become head coach at California Baptist. Mike Farrelly was promoted to associate head coach, while Tony Rack, Isaiah Thompson and Colin McGettigan joined the program.

Shrewsberry is entering his fourth season at Notre Dame, but the combination of roster and staff turnover has made this offseason feel like another starting point. The Irish will spend the coming months trying to turn a nearly new team into a more competitive and cohesive group by November.