Disaster struck for Notre Dame only a few minutes into its Players Era Festival opener against Rutgers in Las Vegas. As standout guard Markus Burton drove to the basket for a short field goal, he fell down,

Notre Dame’s worst-case scenario may have just happened. Sophomore guard Markus Burton, the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year and a preseason first-team All-ACC selection, exited Tuesday night’s game Rutgers with a knee injury.

The Notre Dame men's basketball team will remember its first game of the Players Era Festival for a lot of reasons. Unfortunately, it won't be for a victory it lost an 85-84 overtime thriller to Rutgers in Las Vegas.