The Fighting Irish only scored eight baskets in the second half, with Hannah Hidalgo limited to eight points in the final two quarters.

Notre Dame ascended to the No. 1 team in the country in the AP poll for the first time since 2018. Since then, the Irish have dropped three of their last five games, eliminating the team’s chances for an outright ACC regular-season title and a second-straight conference tournament crown.

Oluchi Okananwa had 14 points off the bench and Ashlon Jackson scored 12 to help No. 11 Duke beat No. 6 Notre Dame 61-56 in the ACC Tournament semifinals.

On Saturday night, Duke will travel to take on North Carolina in Chapel Hill, another chapter in the historic series of head-to-head meetings between the two programs. And in the season-concluding matchup,

The rivalry has many names — the Battle of the Blues, the Battle for Tobacco Road — but for many, it is simply Duke-Carolina. On Saturday night, the No. 2 Blue Devils

Before UNC basketball plays Duke, here are the ACC Tournament seeding scenarios and the latest March Madness bracketology for the Tar Heels.