Bonzie Colson's 17 points helped Notre Dame outlast Duke in a shocking upset in the ACC tournament semifinals. "One of the things I used to say all the time when we were in the Big East, 'Let's get to Saturday,'" coach Mike Brey said. "Darn if we're not playing for it ... and I've never been more confident of a group." Other leading scorers for Notre Dame were Demetrius Jackson with 15 points and Jerian Grant had 13 while shooting 50 percent as a team. Notre Dame led by 17 at one point and held off the Blue Devils' in the final few minutes to pull it out.
Jahlil Okafor balled out for Duke, though, as he scored 28 points on 13-18 shooting. Duke got off to an incredibly slow start, and their lack of depth really doesn't allow them to play a ferocious man-to-man defense. "Really, for about the first 24 minutes, I'm not sure -- I don't know who we were coaching tonight," coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We weren't talking, we weren't doing anything. We weren't following instructions. It was like an out-of-body experience."
Okafor brought them to 66-61 after a layup as Duke tried to fight back into the game, and Tyus Jones later made it 68-64 with Duke still fighting but they could never get in real reach of the game. Notre Dame played a spectacular game as they went on to win and are now in the championship game playing North Carolina.
Duke will move onto the NCAA tournament and while they for sure won't lose their bid in the tournament, they may have issues getting a number 1 seed if both Arizona and Wisconsin win their respective conference tournaments.