We’re almost there, almost back to the grind of another Notre Dame basketball season. Before you know it, there will be a foot of snow on the ground, temperatures will be below zero and another Atlantic Coast Conference game will be going up and down the court inside Purcell Pavilion.
To get you ready for those nights and get you ready for a Notre Dame season that starts in Rome on November 1 against Villanova in the Eternal City Tip-off, we’ll take a numerical player-by-player look - from 0 to 51 with several stops in between - at the 2026-27 Notre Dame basketball team over the next 16 days (Monday, October 12 thru Friday, October 30).
Who are these guys? What did they do last year? Where do they fit in this one? And what does fourth-year head coach Micah Shrewsberry think of them? Your snapshot of the 2026-27 Irish starts here.
∎ (11) Braeden Shrewsberry
Hometown (High School/previous school): Granger, Indiana (State College (Pa.) Area)
Dimensions: 6-foot-4, 205 pounds
Projected position: Starting shooting guard
Class: Senior
Notable number: Enters his fourth and (maybe) final season at Notre Dame ranked No. 10 in program history for 3-pointers made (238), 93 shy of the school record of 331 (Colin Falls).
25-26 stats: Averaged 11.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a team-high 32.7 minutes over 31 games, all starts. Shot .390 percent from the field, .402 percent from 3 and .778 from the foul line.
26-27 outlook: Be a steady, old, experienced veteran. Make shots. Score points. Lead. Play like a four-year college player. Like Imes, Shrewsberry has the unexpected option of returning for a fifth season in 2027-28 under the NCAA’s new five-for-five ruling.
Shrews on Shrewsberry: "Now that he's a senior, he's got to be steady. We need his pop and (scoring) explosiveness at times and we need him to be steady at other times. He understands it. He's a competitor and a fighter. More than anything, he just wants to win."
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This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Scouting Braeden Shrewsberry ahead of 2026-27 Notre Dame basketball season