Georgetown looked its age Saturday afternoon — and probably not for the last time. There are inevitable struggles for a men’s basketball program that opts to enter the season with just two upperclassmen.

Georgetown’s not the Georgetown of the past, and that’s too bad. Notre Dame looked like the Notre Dame of the past, and that’s good. “I think in instances like this, you prepare well out of fear,” Shrewsberry said. “Like, you go back to the future.

Matt Allocco made his first four 3-point attempts and scored 17 points to get visiting Notre Dame off to a fast start on its way to a 84-63 victory over Georgetown on Saturday in Washington, D.C.