Although Notre Dame is only one game back of Duke for the top seed in the ACC Tournament, it will need some help to claim it. With the Blue Devils owning the tiebreaker, the Irish need them to lose their next two games while also winning their own upcoming two games. Otherwise, the second seed is the best they can do. They can at least maintain that spot with a win over Florida State in their final time playing on an opponent’s home court this season.
If the Irish win this or their home finale against Pittsburgh, they will have 15 victories in ACC play. That would set a program record for most conference wins since they joined the Big East for the 1995-96 season. Their current mark of 14 has been reached four times, including this year. Before that, it most recently happened during their 32-win 2014-15 campaign in which they came so close to making their second Final Four.
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