To whom it may concern: the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team, already stumbling drunkenly through ACC play with a 1-5 conference record, now has to play two games in three days against two of the top three teams IN THE COUNTRY.
Monday will feature the #2 Duke Blue Devils, their bevy of ridiculous freshmen led by Zion Williamson, and a halftime show starring the one and only Red Panda. But we can’t get caught looking ahead just yet, despite how exciting that will be.
Tomorrow, it turns out, brings an equally terrifying opponent to Purcell Pavilion, as the #3 Virginia Cavaliers, 17-1 on the season, bring their suffocating defense and deadly-efficient offense to South Bend.