IMHO it came down to 3 point shots not falling.A good team should be able to score multiple ways.
If you look at Notre Dame’s schedule and results so far, it’s no surprise they lost to Syracuse. The outlier is that they beat Michigan State… even with the Spartans down a couple of players.
Radford - W 79-76
Youngstown State - W 88-81
Southern Indiana - W 82-70
Lipscomb - W 66-65
Bowling Green - W 82-66
@St Bonaventure - L 63-51
Michigan State - W 70-52
Syracuse - L 62-61