Day 1 at the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament yielded three close finishes and allowed three teams to keep their title hopes alive. UNC is among the teams to debut on Day 2. Follow along for scores, recaps and analysis.

Duke coach Jon Scheyer is practicing extreme caution with all-American Cooper Flagg as the Blue Devils seek an ACC title. But the 6-9 freshman should be back for NCAA Tournament.

Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and No. 1 Duke held off a furious second half rally by North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time this season, 74-71 on Friday night to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game.

Following Saturday's ACC Championship win over Louisville, the Blue Devils didn’t pass up the opportunity to take a jab at their biggest rival, North Carolina, whom they beat three times this year. "Try ACC champs or The Brotherhood if you are still struggling w/ it today?" they posted on social media.

North Carolina just blew its shot at the ACC Tournament championship game in perhaps the worst way possible. With just 4.1 seconds left in the semifinal matchup against No. 1 seed Duke on Friday, UNC was called for a lane violation on a potential game-tying free throw.