Two of Notre Dame's ACC foes have a bye the week before facing the Irish: Pittsburgh and Syracuse. N.C. State faces FCS-level Campbell as a prelude to its trip to South Bend, while Boston College plays at Louisville, and Stanford hosts archrival California the week before facing Notre Dame.

It seems like Notre Dame and Virginia made a transfer trade this cycle, each of the teams receiving a wide receiver in return. The Irish already got their part over a month ago, as Malachi Fields committed towards the end of December.

Thomas has had a good career with the Notre Dame football team, and he is now ready for a new chapter of his playing career. The Fighting Irish have played a lot of ACC teams over the year, so Thomas is pretty familiar with Virginia and a lot of the opposition that he will go up against.

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