Six days away from game action turned out to be the needed tonic for Notre Dame basketball to go and win a league road game for first time this season

The Pack Line, as Virginia fans once knew it, no longer exists. Notre Dame shredded the Virginia D en route to a 74-59 win.

Prior to Saturday night’s victory, the Fighting Irish were 0-9 all-time against the Cavaliers at John Paul Jones Arena.

The UVA Basketball team, in need of another win in its quest for an ACC Tournament bid, hosts Notre Dame on Saturday (6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2).

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Markus Burton scored a game-high 21 points leading Notre Dame to its first ever win over Virginia at John Paul Jones Arena 74-59. Notre Dame had a record of 0-9 at JPJ coming into the game. Virginia trailed the entire game. Notre Dame led by 12 at halftime.

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Notre Dame basketball wasn't going to let four previous Atlantic Coast Conference losses hang over its collective head Saturday at Virginia

Virginia leads Notre Dame 18-4 in the all-time series that dates back to February of 1981. UVA is 13-2 against Notre Dame in regular season ACC play since the Fighting Irish joine

The Virginia Cavaliers dropped to 2-7 in ACC play on Saturday evening by losing to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 74-59. Despite a few runs from the ‘Hoos, they could never truly pull close to Notre Dame after going down 14-3 in the first seven minutes of action.