People tend to forget, and some never knew, that before Notre Dame joined the ACC there was a bit of bad blood between Duke and Notre Dame.
Well Coach K and Digger Phelps got along okay but there was some tension, starting with the Gene Banks recruitment (after Banks committed to Duke, Phelps continued to recruit him).
Then there was Phelps and his endless jealous carping about the ACC, a bit ironic now.
Suffice it to say the Irish weren’t hugely popular in North Carolina.
So when Notre Dame, led by the great David Rivers, trailed 75-74 and were about to bring the ball in with :05 left, the situation was very tense.