One of the hallmarks of Mike Brey’s system at Notre Dame is that, in the age of one-and-done, the Irish get players and mature them for 3-4 years. As a result, the Irish have a built-in advantage with experienced players who know exactly what they’e doing.
Not so much this year: Brey has six upperclassmen and his best returnee, senior Rex Pflueger, is out for the season.
In Notre Dame’s rotation, sans Pflueger, we see minutes going to TJ Gibbs, a 6-3 junior, Prentiss Hubb, a 6-3 freshman, John Mooney, a 6-10 junior, DJ Harvey, a 6-6 sophomore coming off of a serious knee injury, Dane Goodwin, a 6-6 freshman, Nate Laszewski, a 6-10 freshman, Juwan Durham, a 6-11 junior transfer from UConn, and Robby Carmody, a 6-4 freshman.