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List of transfer portal targets for Notre Dame

At least one of these players could suit up for the Irish next season.

Notre Dame had a horrible 2022-23 season, but no matter what happened, 2023-24 was going to present a challenge. Having barely enough returning players just to to be able to play 5-on-5 is a problem no program ever wants to deal with. Yet that’s where the Irish are after half the previous roster was made up of graduate students and two of their three incoming freshmen de-committed after [autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag] announced his departure.

The good news is the transfer portal is more active than ever before. Say what you will about what NIL has done to college sports, but new coach [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] has to be grateful that it has allowed the equivalent of free agency. With only [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] on the horizon, he’ll have to bandage up the Irish’s problems with transfers until he has one or two recruiting classes under his belt.

Nathan Erbach of the “Golden Homers” podcast has done a good job of tracking the existing college players who might make South Bend their home next season. Here are the players who reportedly have been connected to the Irish so far, a few of which either are about to visit campus or already have:

Notre Dame unable to get revenge against Boston College

Even if Mike Brey’s future clear now, it still can’t stop the losses.

SOUTH BEND – Blowing the Jan. 3 game against Boston College after leading most of it couldn’t have sat well with Notre Dame. Less than three weeks later, the programs met again at Purcell Pavilion against the fresh backdrop of [autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag]’s impending retirement. This was a game of runs in which both teams took turns taking control. In the end, it was the Eagles who had enough to get across the finish line, 84-72, for their second win in as many meetings this season.

The Irish (9-11, 1-8) led by as much as nine in the first half, but the Eagles (9-11, 3-6) went on a 15-5 run to take a one-point lead in the locker room. Then, the Eagles scored 13 unanswered points to begin the second half while the Irish missed their first nine shots from the field, seven of which came from 3-point range. Somehow, the Irish battled back to go up by one.

Once the Eagles took a 60-59 lead with less than eight minutes to go, they never trailed again. While the Irish did their best to hang with their guests at first, they slowly started to fall further behind. The game ended on a 14-4 Eagles run that made the game seem like less of a contest than it was. Alas, chalk this up as another disappointing loss.

Quinten Post led the way for the Eagles with a double-double of 29 points and 14 rebounds. Makai Ashton-Langford scored 20 points and dished out a game-high seven assists. DeMarr Langford Jr., Makai’s brother, had 10 points.

[autotag]Nate Laszewski[/autotag] tied Post’s scoring mark with 29 points and also had seven rebounds. Seven of his eight field goals came on 3-pointers. [autotag]Dane Goodwin[/autotag] and [autotag]Cormac Ryan[/autotag] both scored 13.

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Notre Dame blows lead vs. Boston College, still winless in ACC play

It just keeps going from bad to worse.

Forget March Madness. The way this season is going for Notre Dame, it will be lucky to see any postseason play. After leading Boston College the entire game, the Irish let it slip away at the 37:19 mark and didn’t get it back in a 70-63 loss. Based on that score, you never would have known the Irish were in control most of the way.

The Irish (8-7, 0-4) led by as much as 10 early in the second half. While the Eagles (8-7, 2-2) slowly chipped into that lead, the Irish had an answer for every threat. That changed in the final four minutes as the Eagles finished the game on a 17-4 run after trailing by six. They made their final five field-goal attempts while the Irish finished 1 of 9 with the one basket coming on a layup after three straight missed layups with seconds to play and the game’s outcome decided.

To make matters worse, [autotag]Ven-Allen Lubin[/autotag] went down with an ankle injury in the first half and didn’t return. Early indications are that the injury isn’t serious, but we should find out how accurate that is in the coming days. In the meantime, the Irish are dealing with both a major hit to their depth and a first conference that continues to elude them.

Jaeden Zackery led all scorers and the Eagles with a season-high 18 points. Prince Aligbe had 15 points and seven rebounds, while Makai Ashton-Langford scored 12 points. Quinten Post, who was involved in the play that injured Lubin, finished one rebound short of a double-double with 10 points and nine boards. DeMarr Langford Jr. dished out a game-high eight assists.

[autotag]JJ Starling[/autotag] and a flu-ridden [autotag]Dane Goodwin[/autotag] tied for the Irish high with 16 points, and Goodwin’s six rebounds tied [autotag]Nate Laszewski[/autotag] for another team high. [autotag]Cormac Ryan[/autotag] scored 11 points.

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