Notre Dame basketball is adding a former Big Ten forward to it’s 2026 roster.
Former Rutgers forward Bryce Dortch announced on his Instagram that he will play basketball next season in South Bend. The 6-foot-9 big man spent two seasons with the Scarlet Knights and will give Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry another front court option.
Dortch arrived at Rutgers as a member of a very highly regarded 2024 recruiting class. He was ranked among the top-200 players nationally and saw his role expand unexpectedly in his first season because injuries to the front court led him to burn his redshirt.
In 43 career games, Dortch averaged 1.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. In his sophomore year, he appeared in 31 games and averaged 2.1 points and 3.2 rebounds as the main backup at center.
Shrewsberry is under a great deal of pressure from Irish fans having missed a postseason for the second straight season. He praised this portal class for its’ fit and maturity saying via social media that “these guys buy into our culture.” The coach will hope that the talent brought in can do more than fit into culture, but also provide some extra wins as he hopes to turn things around in South Bend.
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Reporting by Sunny Verma, Fighting Irish Wire / Fighting Irish Wire
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