With only three games left in the regular season, Notre Dame is running out of time to win the outright ACC title. Still, the fact that we’re even considering the possibility is amazing given that it would have been laughable two months ago. Instead, the Irish are one win away from clinching a top-four spot in the conference standings. That would give them a double-bye in the ACC Tournament, and they can earn it against Georgia Tech.
While much has been made of Blake Wesley’s offense, the flash he provides there makes it easy to forget how good he is on defense. He has at least one steal in each of his past 10 games and a total of 17. Seven of those steals have come in the past three games. Over that time, that is the fourth-most for anyone in the ACC and the most by a freshman.
Oh, and Jack Nolan is coming back to the radio broadcast team for this game only. Hopefully, someone on the Irish will hit a big shot to trigger that familiar call: “GOOOOOOOOOOOOT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!”
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