Notre Dame’s appearance in the inaugural Players Era Festival in Las Vegas could have gone a lot better. Not only did it lose all three games, including an 80-76 decision to Creighton on the final day, but [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] suffered a knee injury in the first contest that will keep him out for an undetermined amount of weeks. One can’t help but think Sin City would have been kinder to the Irish had that not happened.
That said, the Irish were in every single game up until the end or close to it, including against a ranked Houston team. That’s encouraging for a team that was missing its best player almost the entire time. While we don’t know if things will get any better without that player, it’s nice to see that there’s enough available talent to at least keep games exciting.
Here are some photos of the Irish in action during this loss to the Bluejays: