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awhile, and we've got guys that have taken punches before. These veterans have taken punches. One of the things you talk about Monday is what is our bounce-back mode? We've never had to really deal with it in November, but now we do. Let's use it as a teaching moment to see how we respond. "We've had good practices, good energy. … I've tried to be less vocal in our practices because I think it's a time right now where our leadership has to really set the tone and kind of guide us in bounce-back mode." Much of the fashion in which Notre Dame bounces back or not depends on Knight, Sherman, and sophomore forwards Zach Auguste and Austin Burgett. "We have to have a post presence," Brey said. "We didn't get enough of a consistent one from any of our bigs. We 2013-14 Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Oct. 28 Indianapolis^ W, 95-69 Nov. 1 Tusculum^ W, 93-44 Nov. 8 Miami (Ohio) (ESPN3) W, 74-62 Nov. 10 Stetson (ESPN3) W, 80-49 Nov. 17 Indiana State (RSN) L, 83-70 Nov. 22 Santa Clara (ESPN3) W, 84-69 Nov. 24 Army (ESPN3) 2 p.m. Dec. 1 Cornell (ESPN3) 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at Iowa% (ESPN2) 9:15 p.m. Dec. 7 Delaware# (RSN) 4 p.m. Dec. 9 Bryant# (ESPNU) 7 p.m. Dec. 11 North Dakota State# (ESPNU)7 p.m. Dec. 14 Indiana@ (ESPN) 3:15 p.m. Dec. 21 Ohio State# (ESPN2) 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29 Canisius (ESPN3) 2 p.m. Jan. 4 Duke* (CBS) 4 p.m. Jan. 7 North Carolina State* (ACCN)9 p.m. Jan. 11 at Georgia Tech* (ACCN) 12 p.m. can't abandon it. We have to keep coming back because throwing it down there is how we play basketball. "I think our bigs, when they catch it down there, don't necessarily need to make a move right away. We can go inside-out a couple times, and those are the things we've talked about with our three bigs." Brey typically employs a seven-man rotation, but said each of this season's 10 contributors will be thrown into duty depending on the situation. "I think all 10 [players] will be called on," Brey said. "I think everybody's available. … Ten of those guys are probably gonna be part of things, maybe not just every night. I don't know if a rotation will ever be completely set upon. I think you're always evaluating what's helping you amongst those 10 guys." ✦ Jan. 15 at Maryland* (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Jan. 19 Virginia Tech* (ESPNU) 6 p.m. Jan. 21 at Florida State* (ACCN) 8 p.m. Jan. 25 at Wake Forest* (ACCN) 3 p.m. Jan. 28 Virginia* (ESPNU) 9 p.m. Feb. 1 Boston College* (ACCN) 12 p.m. Feb. 3 at Syracuse* (ESPN) 7 p.m. Feb. 8 North Carolina* (ACCN) 12 p.m. Feb. 11 Clemson* (RSN) 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Boston College* (ESPNU) 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Miami* (RSN) 9 p.m. Feb. 22 at Virginia* (ESPN/ESPN2) 2 p.m. Feb. 26 Georgia Tech* (ESPN2) 7 p.m. March 1 Pittsburgh* (ESPN/ESPN2) 2 p.m. March 3 at North Carolina* (ESPN) 7 p.m. March 12-16 ACC Tournament! TBD ^ Exhibition; % Big Ten/ACC Challenge; # Gotham Classic @ Crossroads Classic (Notre Dame, Indiana, Purdue and Butler); * ACC game; ! at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.