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MARCH MADNESS LIVE: Notre Dame basketball defeats Rutgers in double-overtime, NCAA Tournament updates

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017. As a No. 11-seed in the West Region, the Irish will face fellow No. 11-seed Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Wednesday night's First Four round.

The Irish (22-10 overall, 3rd in ACC) are having a rough start in March, losing two of its past three games, with its most recent loss to Virginia Tech in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament. Blake Wesley leads Notre Dame in scoring (14.6 ppg), while Paul Atkinson Jr.