No. 3 seed Duke stunned No. 2 seed Notre Dame 61-54 in the ACC Tournament semifinals on Saturday. The Fighting Irish have struggled down the stretch, which has come at the worst time with only the NCAA Tournament left in the season.

Duke locks down on defense to stifle Notre Dame, sets up a meeting with Triangle rival N.C. State in the ACC Women’s Tournament final.

The Wolfpack failed to make the ACC tournament and dropped three of their last four games to close the regular season.

Just a year after leading the Wolfpack to an improbable ACC tournament title and Final Four run, eighth-year coach Kevin Keatts has been fired.

It was less than a year ago that Kevin Keatts and N.C. State took over March, taking a wild ride to the program's first Atlantic Coast Conference title in nearly 38 years followed by an improbable run to its first Final Four in even longer.