
Both Notre Dame and Pittsburgh have to win the ACC tournament in order to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. The first step to do that would be to survive a matchup in early Tuesday action in Charlotte. The Irish were able to do just that thanks to a controversial call at the end of regulation.
With things knotted up at 54-54, Notre Dame's Tae Davis grabbed an offenive rebound with less than a second remaining and attempted a potential game-winning putback. There was some contact on the desperation play thanks to Panthers defender Zack Austin.