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Markus Burton, a 6-foot guard who played the last three seasons at Notre Dame, committed to IU basketball today out of the transfer portal.<\/p>\n
Burton also considered the University of Houston. He is the third transfer portal commitment of the day for the Hoosiers, joining Jaeden Mustaf (Georgia Tech) and Darren Harris (Duke).<\/p>\n
If he is granted a medical redshirt for the 2025-26 season, in which he only played in 10 games, Burton has two seasons of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n
A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, who played at Penn and was the 2023 Indiana Mr. Basketball, Burton started 68 of the 69 games he played in for the Fighting Irish under Micah Shrewsberry.<\/p>\n
He holds career averages of 19.1 points, 3.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 33.2 minutes per game. His career shooting percentage is 43.8 overall, 33.2 percent on 3-pointers and 84.7 percent from the free-throw line. <\/p>\n
Burton will slot in as Indiana\u2019s starting point guard, providing what should be a significant upgrade statistically over Tayton Conerway and Conor Enright.<\/p>\n
The highly coveted transfer made an immediate impact upon his arrival in South Bend and the IU coaching staff hopes he\u2019ll do the same as a Hoosier.<\/p>\n
In his first season at Notre Dame, the 2023-24 season, he was the ACC Rookie of the Year and a third-team All-ACC selection after averaging 17.5 points. His scoring average ranked third in the nation among freshmen. He also ranked second in the ACC with an assist rate of 37.6 percent and had the highest usage rate in the conference.<\/p>\n
Burton was a preseason All-ACC selection as a sophomore in the 2024-25 campaign and delivered a solid season, averaging 21.3 points per game overall and 23.5 points in ACC games, which led the conference. He took on more of a scoring role in his second season as his assist rate dipped to 20.4 in league play. <\/p>\n
In the 2025-26 season, Burton\u2019s impact was limited by an injury. He suffered a broken left ankle and underwent season-ending surgery in December.<\/p>\n
He was a preseason All-ACC selection and was on watch lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and the Bob Cousy Award. He played in only 10 games and averaged 18.5 points, 3.7 assists, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.6 steals in 30.1 minutes. Burton shot 49.9 percent from the floor and 30.6 percent on 3s as a junior.<\/p>\n
Highlights of Burton<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Burton shot chart<\/p>\n
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Burton scouting report<\/p>\n
\u201cBurton is a small-but-lethal lead guard scorer who excels at creating his own shot. His junior season was cut short by injury after just 10 games, but as a sophomore, he averaged 23.5 PPG in ACC play on 44.5 percent shooting from the field (40.2 percent from deep) en route to a second team All-ACC slot. He\u2019s outstanding in both pick-and-roll (87th percentile in efficiency as a scorer, per Synergy) and isolation (90th percentile).<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is especially effective off the bounce, cashing in on pull-ups at excellent rates for two straight years. In ball screens, his numbers dip noticeably when opponents force him to be a passer, but that could say more about his Notre Dame teammates, as he does show some impressive reads. At his smaller stature, he can really struggle if the defense hedges hard with length. Burton\u2019s size makes him a target defensively at times. He plays hard and has solid instincts, and he actually grades out well via defensive analytics (97th percentile in DRAPM, per CBB Analytics). But opponents can go at him in targeted mismatches or via switches.\u201d \u2013 The Athletic<\/a><\/p>\n Burton bio from Notre Dame<\/p>\n AS A JUNIOR (2025-26)<\/p>\n \u2022 During Notre Dame\u2019s men\u2019s basketball game at TCU on December 5th, Markus Burton sustained a left ankle injury. He underwent surgery on Dec. 10 and sat out the remainder of the season. AS A SOPHOMORE (2024-25)<\/p>\n \u2022 Exited the Rutgers game on Nov. 26 with a knee injury and missed 7 games. Made his return to the court against UNC on Jan. 4 with a gutsy performance of 23 points in 23 minutes. AS A FRESHMAN (2024-25)<\/p>\n \u2022 His 17.5 ppg led all ACC freshmen. Ranked 3rd nationally amongst DI freshmen (Photo credit: Notre Dame Athletics)<\/p>\n See More: Recruiting<\/a>, Markus Burton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Markus Burton, a 6-foot guard who played the last three seasons at Notre Dame, committed to IU basketball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,294599,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-605299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-markus-burton","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 Only 4 instances in the past 3 decades in which an ND player in his first 10 games had 180+ points, 30+ assists & 15+ steals: 2025-26 Markus Burton; 2014-15 Jerian Grant; 2013-14 Jerian Grant; 2002-03 Chris Thomas.
\u2022 Was averaging 19.9 ppg heading into TCU, where he injured his left ankle halfway through the first half. His average for the year finished at 18.5 ppg.
\u2022 Was wheelin\u2019 and dealin\u2019 again at the start of the TCU game. At 9:48, when he exited, Burton already had six points and five assists.
\u2022 Game prior, Burton had one of the most complete games of his career, recording his first collegiate double-double with a team best 18 points and a career-best 10 assists. Burton scored or assisted on 8 of the team\u2019s final 9 made buckets of the game.
\u2022 Averaged a team best 21.3 ppg in Vegas on 24-45 (.533) shooting. Nearly perfect 13-14 from the stripe.
\u2022 Burton\u2019s 24 points against Kansas tied for the most by an opponent against the Jayhawks this season.
\u2022 Shot 53.1% in the paint \u2013 11% above the D1 average.
\u2022 Around the rim, he was 29-41 (.707). Overall, from two, he was 55.7%.
\u2022 Over his last 5 games, Burton\u2019s Assist Percentage was 42.0% which ranked in the 99th percentile.
\u2022 Was 44-48 (.917) from the FT line. A career-best percentage.
\u2022 An efficient game: 10-13 FG for 25 points in win over Bellarmine.
\u2022 Team best 4 steals vs Detroit Mercy to go with his 13 pts.
\u2022 Burton\u2019s 19.1 career average ranks 31st amongst active players.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Last 4 games of regular season \u2013 31.5 ppg on 46.9% shooting, 11-22 (.500) from three & 39-46 (.848) from the line. Also averaged 4.3 rpg, 3.8 apg and 1.3 spg.
\u2022 Produced 5 straight games of 20+ points in January \u2013 first time an Irish player had done so since Ben Hansbrough in February of 2011. Did it again at end of reg. season. Ultimately produced 20+ points in 15 of 20 games since he returned on Jan. 4.
\u2022 Averaged 23.5 ppg in league play which led all ACC players.
\u2022 His 21.3 season average ranked 5th nationally. The last Irish player to average 20+ points in a season was Luke Harangody (21.8 ppg) in the 2009-10 season.
\u2022 Burton joined David Rivers as the only Irish players to average 20+ points and 3+ assists in a season. He averaged a team best 3.0 apg.
\u2022 A career high 43 points in 4OT thriller over Cal on March 8, with 21 points coming in the overtime periods in which he was 6-9 from the field and 4-4 from three. Burton\u2019s 43 points were the most by an Irish player in an ACC game and most by an ND player of any game since Adrian Dantley recorded 49 against Air Force on Feb. 10, 1975.
\u2022 Burton dropped 30 points on 8-19 shooting plus 12-13 from the FT line at #13 Clemson.
\u2022 Career high 32 points in 2OT win at BC on Feb. 12. Burton tallied eight over both overtimes. Shot 11-21 from two.
\u2022 Burton surpassed Bonzie Colson for most 30+ performances in ACC games with four.
\u2022 His 423 points in ACC play broke the program record he set last season. He now boasts 722 career ACC points which already ranks him fifth all-time.
\u2022 Worked hard on this three-ball, going from 30.0% as a freshman to 37.5% as a sophomore.
\u2022 ACC Play Ranks \u2014 1st in Scoring (23.5), 8th in Steals (1.6), 10th in FT% (.855), 7th in 3PT\/Game (2.2), 11th in FG% (.445).
\u2022 Crossed over the 1,000-point milestone at Clemson on Feb. 26. Became the 7th fastest Irish player to reach 1,000, accomplishing the feat in 54 games. Also became the program\u2019s 68th player to do so, moving ND into 4th place for most 1,000 points scorers behind UNC, Duke, Louisville.
\u2022 Shot 46.9% from two-point range => 44.6% from the midrange and 46.4% from the paint.
\u2022 Lifted team to 71-68 win vs. Georgia Tech on Jan. 28 with 18 points in the 2nd half, finishing with 26. Made back-to-back threes with less than 2:30 remaining.
\u2022 Dropped a first half career best 22 points at Syracuse on Jan. 18. Finished with 28 points.
\u2022 A rebound shy of his first career double-double against North Dakota (11\/19). Burton dropped 29 points & tied his career high of 9 rebounds.
\u2022 Burton flirted with what would have been just the program\u2019s second ever triple-double against Buffalo. The sophomore recorded 19 points, a career high nine rebounds and a career-high tying eight assists.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Burton\u2019s 577 points set a new ND freshman scoring record, surpassing the previous holder Troy Murphy and his 519 points (1998-99). Burton\u2019s 17.5 ppg ranked 3rd all-time for a freshman behind Troy Murphy (19.2) and Adrian Dantley (18.3)
\u2022 Only rookie in the country who averaged at least 17 points, 4 assists and 1.9 steals. In fact, he\u2019s just 1-of-2 P5 players (other is Syracuse\u2019s Judah Mintz)
\u2022 ACC freshman rankings: 1st in points\/game, 2nd in assists\/game, 1st in steals\/game
\u2022 ACC play rankings: 17.5 points (6th), 2.2 steals (1st), 4.8 assists (3rd).
\u2022 63 steals \u2013 tied Jerian Grant for 3rd most in an ND season. His 1.9 spg tied for 5th in a single season
\u2022 Overall rankings: 6th in the ACC in scoring (17.5), 5th in Assists (4.3), 5th in Steals (1.9), 8th in FT% (.821)
\u2022 Burton averaged the 2nd most points in the ACC since Feb. 24 to the end of the season. He averaged 22.1 ppg in that span, second to just Syracuse\u2019s Judah Mintz and his 22.4 ppg. Burton produced a whopping 6 20+ point games in that span, with one of 30+
\u2022 Over 2 ACC Tournament games: 42 total points on a combined 12-for-31 shooting from the field. 11 total assists
\u2022 Dished out 95 assists in ACC play \u2013 ranked as the 4th most by an ND player
\u2022 Burton and Shrewsberry became the 9th ACC freshmen duo in league history to rank No. 1 and 2 for their team in scoring come season\u2019s end
\u2022 Career high 31 points in the win over Wake Forest on Feb. 27. Dropped 19 in the first half. Career high 11-for-11 from the free-throw line. Now 1-of-4 freshmen in program history to record a 30-point game: Troy Murphy, Chris Thomas and Adrian Dantley.
\u2022 Double-digit points in all but 3 games.
\u2022 2nd half surge \u2013 13 times this season Burton scored double-digit points in the second half alone, including a high of 20 at Syracuse (2\/24). Burton is averaging a team best 8.8 points in the 2nd half.
\u2022 Stat line vs. Virginia Tech (2\/10) \u2013 16 points, eight assists and six steals, as the latter tied for the 3rd most steals in a single game in program history.
\u2022 Since 1996, only one other Irish player had produced two games in the same regular season with at least 15 points, 5 assists and 5 steals. His name was Chris Thomas back in the 2001-02 season. Burton has not only achieved this feat but did it in back-to-back games.
\u2022 Averaged 18.1 points at home, shooting 44.5 percent.
\u2022 First visit to Cameron Indoor \u2013 team best 19 points on 8-of-17 shooting, plus 4 assists.
\u2022 Set the program record for most points in a freshman debut, pouring in 29 to lift the Irish to a 70-63 win over Niagara. Laphonso Ellis previously held the record with 27 set back in 1988. Burton took over the end of the Niagara game \u2013 from 8:38-2:20 in the second half, Burton recorded 16 points on 6-for-6 shooting.
\u2022 Took over the end of the Oklahoma State win scoring 16 of his team-high 20 points in the second half plus overtime (10 in 2H + 6 in OT). Was later named to the Legends Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 16.0 points over the two games.<\/p>\n