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Ray

9:04

Hi Tom. We currently have 9 scholarship players for next season and we obviously need at least 3 more. I'm sure Shrewsberry is not writing off next season as a rebuilding year and would like to have a realistic shot of making the tournament. In order to do this he needs to sign via the portal 2-3 more players who can start immediately. Are we close to signing anyone? What are you hearing? Its important for the players and the students to have a good season next year. With a new coach there will be excitment for the students and hopefully they will start showing up in big numbers but to keep them coming they will have to be a winning team.

Thomas Noie

9:04

Robert: Never thought that this player's name would be the first to be mentioned in the first Notre Dame men's basketball chat in the Micah Shrewsberry, but let's go with senior power forward Matt Zona. The reasons are multiple - he's the lone returning big with Atlantic Coast Conference experience, so they're going to need something from someone with some experience on the front line. Zona should get the first opportunity based on how he ended last season. In that first-round ACC tournament game against Virginia Tech, Zona was really good. Shockingly good. Yeah, I get it that there was zero pressure/expectation on him on a team going nowhere, but he looked good in going for nine points, four rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 17 minutes. Like, why didn't we see more of that (more of him) last season? This team as it's currently constructed is so young. It could really use an old guy or two to step forward. Why not Zona?

Robert

9:01

Of the returning players, which one will be a positive surprise in 2023?

Thomas Noie

8:45

Who will be the breakout player this season for Notre Dame?

Carey Booth (15.1% | 8 votes)

Markus Burton (34% | 18 votes)

J.R. Konieczny (30.2% | 16 votes)

Kebba Njie (13.2% | 7 votes)

Matt Zona (7.5% | 4 votes)

Total Votes: 53

8:39

Everything about the Notre Dame men's basketball program - the head coach, the staff, the roster, the optimism - carries that new-car look and feel and smell. Inhale....smells good doesn't it? Smells a lot better than where we last left off back in the winter of the Irish discontent where everything about the program had gone as stale as week-old sushi. It was time for a total reboot and reboot Notre Dame did with new coach Micah Shrewsberry and a new direction. Where it's all headed nobody knows for sure, but it will be fun to find out. To join today's chat, make sure you include your name and hometown with your question or comment. There should be plenty to discuss - and we'll be here as long as it takes. You know the drill - let's light this chat candle...

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