Notre Dame men’s basketball dropped its sixth straight game with a Saturday evening loss at Pittsburgh. The Irish (7-15, 2-9 ACC) remain offensively challenged beyond all practical comprehension, raising quasi-genuine questions about whether Micah Shrewsberry and Brian Ferentz are offshoots of the same coaching tree.
It was an omen of ill fortune that Notre Dame’s leading (and, frankly, only reliable) scorer, freshman point guard Markus Burton, picked up two fouls just 2:15 into the first half. As a result, freshman combo guard Logan Imes filled in as the primary ball handler for much of the opening period.