Irish Men's Hoops battled all night, but ultimately came up short against Rutgers on Tuesday night in Las Vegas

In a game that featured 12 ties and 17 lead changes, Irish power forward Paul Atkinson’s rebound basket with 1.2 seconds left gave Notre Dame an 89-87 victory and sent the Irish on to face Alabama in the first round in San Diego. Atkinson scored a game-high 26 points with six rebounds.

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Rutgers held off Notre Dame for an 85-84 overtime victory after an Allocco 3-point attempt from deep rimmed out at the buzzer.

Notre Dame men's basketball and Rutgers renewed their Big East rivalry in the first round of the new Players Era Festival tournament in Las Vegas

The Notre Dame men's basketball team will remember its first game of the Players Era Festival for a lot of reasons. Unfortunately, it won't be for a victory it lost an 85-84 overtime thriller to Rutgers in Las Vegas.

Notre Dame men's basketball guard Markus Burton has been the one constant for this program, but that all changed this week with an injury in Las Vegas

Notre Dame fans can exhale a little bit. Markus Burton suffered a knee injury early in the Irish loss to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Tuesday, and many wondered out loud if he might be done for the season.

Notre Dame basketball has suffered back-to-back disappointing losses after a promising 4-0 start. The Fighting Irish aim to get back on the winning track later on Wednesday night against No. 6 Houston as a massive 16.