Notre Dame basketball will be entering a brave new world in the 2016-2017 season, as Mike Brey will lead a squad without Demetrius Jackson and Zach Auguste, the team’s two leading scorers from last season. And the Legends Classic will test this new squad a great deal with a trio of talented teams.
The Irish will have the advantage of playing in the Barclays Center, where they have performed well in the past, winning the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament there last season. The arena is not yet four years old, but Notre Dame has already played there four times and amassed three straight wins.