A year ago, Notre Dame was completely rebuilding itself. So it was no surprise that it had by far the lowest percentage of returning scoring in the ACC. Ahead of the 2024-25 season, the Irish are on the exact opposite end of the spectrum.
Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports has tweeted out the percentages of returning scoring for every ACC program, and it’s insane how much difference a year makes:
ACC returning scoring by percentage:
Notre Dame 85.6%
Wake Forest 59.8%
North Carolina 56%
Pitt 48.2%
Clemson 45%
GT 42.2%
NC State 40%
Syracuse 36.9%
Virginia 39.5%
SMU 31.9%
Miami 31.7%
Florida State 30.2%
Stanford 26.7%
Duke 21.2%
VT 13.1%
BC 12.7%
Cal 0%
Louisville 0%— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 3, 2024
While the Irish still will be a young team making strides this upcoming season, the high roster carryover from the 2023-24 season should make things run at least a little smoother. It also helps that they barely lost anyone to graduation or the transfer portal.
One easily could make the argument that the Irish overachieved in [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag]’s first season. They stayed out of the conference cellar and even won their first ACC Tournament game en route to a 13-20 record. The question now is how they can build on that.
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