No. 3 seed Duke stunned No. 2 seed Notre Dame 61-54 in the ACC Tournament semifinals on Saturday. The Fighting Irish have struggled down the stretch, which has come at the worst time with only the NCAA Tournament left in the season.

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Notre Dame, which plays Duke in Saturday’s second ACC semifinal, has been the final No. 1 seed in both seeding reveals, but it lost to Florida State in the final week of the regular season. Beating the Wolfpack would help the Irish stay on the top line, though UConn and South Carolina also will be in the mix.