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).
The Fighting Irish began the season with three straight non-conference wins against non-Power 4 teams. They had their first loss at Ohio State by one point. They rebounded with a victory over Bellarmine before traveling to Paradise, Nevada to participate in the Players Era Festival. There, they lost their first game against Kansas, but defeated Rutgers in their second game. They lost their consolation game by ten points to third-ranked Houston. They returned to South Bend and defeated Missouri in the ACC–SEC Challenge. They followed that with three-straight wins, including an overtime win at TCU. They lost their final non-conference game by three points to Purdue Fort Wayne. The Fighting Irish began ACC play with a low-scoring 47–40 victory at Stanford. However, they went on a five-game losing streak after that win, which included a one-point loss at California , and a loss at twenty-second ranked North Carolina. They broke the streak with a four-point victory over Boston College. The victory was followed by another five-game losing streak, with a double-overtime loss to seventeenth-ranked Virginia, and a road loss to twenty-fourth ranked Louisville. They broke the streak with a victory over Georgia Tech. The Fighting Irish finished the season on a 1–4 stretch, where they defeated NC State in overtime and lost to top-ranked Duke by forty-four points. Their final game of the season was an eight-point loss to Boston College.
The Fighting Irish finished the season 13–18 and 4–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixteenth place. They did not qualify for the 2026 ACC tournament and were not invited to a post-season tournament.
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 Departures G 190 Hilliard, OH Graduated F 260 Kyiv, Ukraine Graduated F 240 Marietta, GA Graduated G 220 Detroit, MI Graduated F 220 Macedonia, OH Walk-on; graduated G 205 (Redshirt) South Bend, IN Graduated; transferred to Florida Gulf Coast F 215 Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Oklahoma G 180 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Walk-on; graduated G 180 San Clemente, CA Walk-on; left team
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers F 250 Gilbert, AZ Northern Arizona F 240 Canton, MI Madonna
2025 recruiting class
2026 recruiting class
Roster
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. </onlyinclude>
Depth chart
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| ACC regular season
References