ACC Tournament 2015 bracket: Notre Dame wins 2015 ACC championship

By Jack Crosby | Mar 14, 2015

Mar 14, 2015; Greensboro, NC, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish forward Zach Auguste (30) shoots as North Carolina Tar Heels guard/forward Justin Jackson (44) and forward Joel James (42) defend in the first half of the championship game of the ACC Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish completed a nice run on Saturday night and it culminated by winning the ACC Tournament

Despite a nice regular season and being seeded pretty highly, there weren’t a lot of folks that gave the Notre Dame Fighting Irish much of a chance to win the 2015 ACC Tournament. Well, they ended up proving those detractors wrong when all was said and done, defeating North Carolina in the final game,

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Just one night after they stunned the Duke Blue Devils, Notre Dame went back out onto the ACC Tournament court in Greensboro and complete the ACC Tournament sweep. This is the first ACC Tournament title that the school has won, and it was anything but easy.

Notre Dame actually went into the locker room with the lead at the half, but North Carolina came back out and tore through the Irish, taking the lead in the process. It looked like Notre Dame might have finally hit a wall, but it appears North Carolina were the ones that hit said wall.

The Fighting Irish would end up going on a tremendous 22-2 run, completely obliterating the Tar Heels on both end of the floor en route to the history-making win.

Now we watch on Selection Sunday to see if maybe, just MAYBE, Notre Dame can get a two seed from the committee. More than likely, though, they will come in with a three.

But for now, they can revel in the fact that they’re ACC Tournament champions.

Here is a final look at how the ACC Tournament ended up playing out.

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