THE OPENING TIP
- Winners of six straight and alone in second place in the ACC standings, No. 7 Duke welcomes Notre Dame to Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday afternoon.
- The game tips at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN with Bob Wischusen, Dick Vitale and Kris Budden on the call. On the radio, David Shumate and John Roth have the call on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield IMG College (96.5FM & 610AM in Durham) and on Sirius 105 and XM 193.
- The Blue Devils (11-2 ACC) enter the weekend a half-game back of Louisville (12-2), while leading Florida State (10-3) by a full game plus the head-to-head tiebreaker.