CHARLOTTE. – Notre Dame junior guard Markus Burton received some love from the league coaches and affiliated media on Tuesday when he was named a Preseason First Team All-ACC selection. The last Irish player to garner Preseason First Team honors was senior forward John Mooney in 2019.
Burton averaged a league-best 23.5 points per game in ACC play last season, as his 423 total points also broke a Notre Dame ACC play record. Overall on the year, the Mishawaka native averaged 21.3 ppg, which ranked fifth in the country. It now ranks third amongst active returners, trailing just SMU’s Jaron Pierre Jr. (21.6) and Kansas State’s PJ Haggerty (21.7).
Last year, Burton was the master of the midrange. He shot 46.9 percent from two, as his true shooting percentage soared to 54.8 percent. He drew 5.3 fouls per game and converted 84.8 percent from the free-throw line.
If that wasn’t enough, Burton 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 knocked down 40.2 percent from deep.
Burton was not just a shot-maker but a ball distributor as well. At the conclusion of last season, Burton joined ND great David Rivers as the only two players in program history to average both 20+ points and 3+ assists.
Lastly, who could forget Burton’s monster 43-point game vs. Cal in the 4OT win. The 43 points were the most by an ND player since Adrian Dantley recorded 49 in February of 1975.
Below, you’ll find the full Preseason All-ACC teams along with the Preseason Poll.
2025 ACC Preseason Poll
School, Points
- Duke (34), 866
- Louisville (15), 842
- North Carolina, 741
- NC State, 710
- Virginia, 623
- SMU, 616
- Clemson, 510
- Miami, 500
- Syracuse, 489
- Notre Dame, 477
- Wake Forest, 412
- Virginia Tech, 355
- Georgia Tech, 315
- Pitt, 301
- Florida State, 221
- California, 156
- Stanford, 138
- Boston College, 107
First-place votes in parentheses; 49 total voters
2025-26 Preseason All-ACC Team
First Team
Name, School, Votes
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 46
Darrion Williams, NC State, 45
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 46
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 36
Ryan Conwell, Louisville, 36
Second Team
Boopie Miller, SMU, 27
J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 27
Isaiah Evans, Duke, 24
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 24
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 24
ACC Preseason Player of the Year
Darrion Williams, NC State, 23 votes
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 19
J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 2
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 2
Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 1
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 1
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 1
ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 43 votes
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 3
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 2
Neoklis Avdalas, Virginia Tech, 1
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