Alright, let’s get this over with.
The 2024-25 Notre Dame men’s basketball season has been an unmitigated disaster. Period. Full stop. End of discussion. A team that, last season, finished seven games below .500 gave far much more cause for hope than this team, which, despite returning virtually every key contributor from the prior season and added a decent recruiting class and handful of transfer portal players, finished the regular season three wins under .500.
The issue, in short, is that head coach Micah Shrewsberry made a mistake. Last year, his inaugural season in South Bend involved laying the groundwork for a program built on defense and toughness.