SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Penn grad Markus Burton is the first Notre Dame player selected to the preseason first team All-ACC list since John Mooney in 2019.
Burton averaged a league-best 21.3 points per game last year as a sophomore and was a second-team all-conference selection.
He also improved from beyond the arc, going from a 30.0 percent shooter freshman year to 37.5 percent as a sophomore. In ACC play, he shot 40.2 percent from deep.
Burton was also tied third for ACC preseason player of the year voting, alongside former Irish guard JJ Starling of Syracuse.
Notre Dame was picked to finish 10th out of the 18 teams in the league.
2025 ACC Preseason Poll
School, Points
Duke (34), 866Louisville (15), 842North Carolina, 741NC State, 710Virginia, 623SMU, 616Clemson, 510Miami, 500Syracuse, 489Notre Dame, 477Wake Forest, 412Virginia Tech, 355Georgia Tech, 315Pitt, 301Florida State, 221California, 156Stanford, 138Boston College, 107
First-place votes in parentheses; 49 total voters
2025-26 Preseason All-ACC Team
First Team
Name, School, Votes
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 46Darrion Williams, NC State, 45Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 46Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 36Ryan Conwell, Louisville, 36
Second Team
Boopie Miller, SMU, 27J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 27Isaiah Evans, Duke, 24Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 24Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 24ACC Preseason Player of the YearDarrion Williams, NC State, 23 votesCameron Boozer, Duke, 19J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 2Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 2Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 1Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 1Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 1