For the second year in a row, Rutgers and Notre Dame will meet at the Players Era men's tournament in Las Vegas, and on Tuesday afternoon, both programs will strive to avoid an 0-2 start to the week.

The Scarlet Knights beat the Fighting Irish on the first day of the inaugural tournament last year, a thrilling 85-84 overtime game in which Rutgers' Dylan Harper scored 36 points and Notre Dame's Matt Allocco hit six 3-pointers. Of course, Harper and Allocco are gone and both teams are vastly different now.

On Monday, Notre Dame (4-2) got 24 points from Markus Burton in a 71-61 loss to Kansas in the opening game. Burton and Jalen Haralson (13 points) helped Notre Dame hang within four points of the Jayhawks in the second half.

Burton was on last year's Irish squad but sustained a knee inju

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