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Duke vs. Notre Dame: Score, Twitter Reaction for ACC Championship 2017

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The No. 14 Duke Blue Devils defeated the No. 22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 75-69 on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, to win their first ACC tournament title since 2011.

With the win, Duke kept hope alive for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. As a conference fifth seed, it became the first team seeded fifth or worse to win the ACC tourney since Maryland in 2004, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

The Blue Devils also made history by winning four games to take the title:

ESPN Stats & Info

Duke is the first team to win 4 games to win the ACC Tournament and is the first 5-seed to ever win the event.