It will be a very interesting 2026-2027 season for Notre Dame men’s basketball, as the roster will look completely different than it did this past season.
The Irish lost multiple players to the transfer portal, and made plenty of additions as well. On Thursday, the ACC announced its conference matchups for the upcoming year, and Notre Dame seemingly has a very manageable home portion of the slate. They’ll host California, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and North Carolina, with home and away contests against Boston College and Wake Forest.
Notre Dame will have some tough games on the road as it will travel to Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State and Virginia. The Irish will miss out on playing Louisville, which could be seen as a positive since they ended this past year as a ranked team.
The hope is that head coach Micah Shrewsberry can finally turn the program around, as he’s posted a 41-56 record in three seasons in South Bend. A .500 record would be a step in the right direction, but if that doesn’t happen, the Irish would be looking at another coaching change.
Improving on a 4-14 conference record should be achievable, but Notre Dame will have to stay healthy and get contributions from its whole roster.
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This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Notre Dame men’s basketball ACC schedule has been announced
Reporting by Michael Chen , Fighting Irish Wire / Fighting Irish Wire
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