While the focus will undoubtedly skew toward Duke — with or without Cooper Flagg — UNC, Clemson and Louisville are coming off thrilling finishes in their own quarterfinals.

Duke basketball and UNC played a thriller in the ACC Tournament at Spectrum Center. Here are the observations.

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The Tar Heels lost to No. 1 Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals, but have won eight of their past 10 games and are playing their best basketball of the season.

The Tar Heels, who hold a 1-12 record against Quad 1 teams this season, earned a bid despite a poor showing against the country’s top teams.

Many are even pointing to Bubba Cunningham being the sole reason why UNC was in because of him being the Athletic Director. On Monday, the outrage continued and Jon Rothstein had some strong words for the committee and the situation while appearing on Barstool Sports' "Pardon My Take" podcast: "This is one of the biggest miscarriages of justices that I have seen in all of my years covering college basketball,