Notre Dame guard Markus Burton is out the remainder of Tuesday evening’s game against Rutgers with a knee injury, it was revealed on the TBS broadcast. Burton suffered the injury in the first half when a Scarlet Knights player landed on top of him.

The Players Era Festival in Las Vegas was always going to be a tough challenge for Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish were slated to face Rutgers and Houston, with a third game against an opponent to be determined after Wednesday's matchups.

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.

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.

Notre Dame men's basketball and Rutgers renewed their Big East rivalry in the first round of the new Players Era Festival tournament in Las Vegas

Markus Burton scored 13 of his 29 points in the second half when Notre Dame pulled away to beat North Dakota 75-58 on Tuesday night.

Markus Burton had a big night for Notre Dame, scoring 29 points to lead the Irish to a 75-58 win over visiting North Dakota on Tuesday night in South Bend,

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 men's basketball lost Markus Burton early, but that was no reason to give up or give in against Rutgers. The Irish almost figured a way out

The team fought valiantly without their best player for most of the game, but ultimately didn’t have enough firepower to hang with Dylan Harper and the Scarlet Knights