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.
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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.