Notre Dame coming back late to beat Stanford on Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion felt rare for the seemingly couple hundred fans in attendance but that wasn't the historic part. Instead, it's what happened in the rest of the ACC thanks to the Fighting Irish victory.

Stanford faces Notre Dame. Our college basketball odds series has our Stanford Notre Dame prediction, odds and pick for Wednesday.

Notre Dame basketball has mostly had a season to forget but finally was able to close the deal against a formidable opponent on its home floor Wednesday night. The Fighting Irish, doing what it has failed to do most the season by rallying late,

Notre Dame has struggled during the first season of the 18-team ACC. At times, it was worth wondering if it would make the conference tournament with the bottom three teams no longer qualifying for it.