Just two days after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball program finally acquired a big-man transfer in Nikita Konstantinovskiy, a transfer from Monmouth Graduate School, Micah Shrewsberry and his staff managed to secure a 2024 transfer on Thursday afternoon. -Successfully added a new piece to the 2025 roster.
Burke Chevhar is a 6'8'', 230 pound senior forward from Marietta, Georgia who has played the past three seasons with the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. He began his career at D-III Bowdoin College, where his freshman season was canceled due to the coronavirus. He then decided to transfer to Lehigh and continue with that program.
After appearing in just 22 games and averaging less than two minutes per game in his first two seasons at Lehigh, he served as the team's starting center in 2023-2024, playing 23 minutes per game and averaging 7.5 minutes per game. Scored 5.0 rebounds. He had 1.0 assists and 0.7 steals, shooting 46% from the field and 32% from long range.
Chebuhar — Nickname is “Cheese”, favorite movie is Hoosiers According to his Lehigh player profile, he was an interesting addition to the roster and was likely intended to provide some help on both the wing and low row after Carey Booth was lost to the portal. He's a very different player from Booth, especially in terms of size, length, and athleticism, but the left-hander can also stretch the floor a little while still having some size and performing well. , appears to be a crafty and hard-working player. Touch and dexterity to score in the paint.
How he holds up down low against bigger, longer ACC forwards with more vertical ability than he does, as well as taller wings and mobile big players who stretch the floor and the perimeter. It will be interesting to see how well they catch up. But at least he added some size and some shooting/scoring ability — not to mention enough effort and work ethic considering he's a walk-on — to get a chance to play against opponents. to a roster in dire need of a forward option. There will be some decent competition next season as well.
This addition likely means that additional Irish players have been registered, as there are currently 14 Irish players currently on scholarship, with Tony Sanders joining Matt Zona. , likely confirming the widely assumed idea that he and Booth will leave the program. Marcus Barton returns, including Saunders, until something official is announced:
- Tony Sanders Jr. — Guard — Graduate Student
- JR Koniechny — Guard — Senior
- Julian Roper II — Guard — Sr.
- Tae Davis — Forward — Junior
- Keba Njie — Forward — Junior
- Marcus Burton — Guard — Sophomore
- Braden Shrewsberry — Guard — Sophomore
- Logan Imes — Guard — Sophomore
- Sir Mohammed — Guard — Freshman
- Cole Serta — Guard — Freshman
- Garrett Sandra — Forward — Freshman
- Matt Allocco — Guard — Graduation Transfer
- Nikita Konstantinovsky — Forward — Graduate Student Transfer
- Burk Chevhar — Forward — Graduate Student Transfer