2025 ACC Tournament: No. 1 Duke beats Louisville 73-62 to win its 23rd ACC tourney

Duke star player Cooper Flagg appears to have injured his ankle in the first half of the ACC Tournament game against Georgia Tech.

He hobbled to the bench after going up for a rebound and crashed to the floor after he appeared to have his left foot land on the foot of a Georgia Tech player. Flagg hobbled back to the bench.

After sitting on the bench for a few minutes, Flagg got up and put his arms around two teammates and was taken to the locker room for observation.

In addition to Flagg's injury, Maliq Brown injured his left shoulder in the first half. Duke Men's Basketball posted on social media that Brown is out for the rest of the game and Flagg is doubtful to return with a left ankle injury.

Georgia Tech leads Duke at the half, 31-26.

The Men's 2025 ACC Tournament is being played in Charlotte, N.C.

The Associated Press contributed to this story

Chuck Harris and Matt Cross scored 12 points apiece and sixth-seeded SMU beat No. 14 seed Syracuse 73-53 on Wednesday night in the second round of the ACC Tournament.

SMU (23-9) advances to play third-seeded Clemson in a quarterfinal matchup on Thursday.

Boopie Miller and backup Keon Ambrose-Hylton each scored 10 points for the Mustangs who shot 53.2% (25 for 47).

J.J. Starling scored 16 points and Jyare Davis 14 for Syracuse (14-19).

The Mustangs' win was in stark contrast to their March 4 home win over Syracuse when they led for only 1:28 and needed a tip-in from Ambrose-Hylton with 2.9 seconds left to seal a 77-75 win.

It's not exactly what most ACC fans would call a vintage tournament matchup -- in prime time no less -- but West Coast rivals Stanford and Cal played a highly entertaining game Wednesday night.

In the end, the Cardinal outlasted the Golden Bears 78-73 in a game that was tight throughout.

• Box Score

Former Duke guard Jaylen Blakes scored 21 points for Stanford and Maxime Raynaud finished with 23. Andrej Stojakovic poured in 37 points for Cal but it wasn't enough.

Stanford (20-12) advances to play Louisville on Thursday.

UNC jumped out early and never looked back in dominating Notre Dame 76-56 in its ACC tournament opener Wednesday.

The Tar Heels (21-12) got 21 points and nine rebounds from Jae'Lyn Withers. Van Allen Lubin added 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Withers scored all his points on 3-pointers - making 7-of-10 overall. North Carolina made nine of 17 3-pointers in the first half, highlighted by Withers, who made five of six. His first three 3-pointers, all in a row, helped the Tar Heels build a 17-5 lead in the opening five minutes. Later, he made two more in a 12-0 run that gave the Tar Heels a 37-17 lead. North Carolina led 43-29 at halftime.

• Box Score

Five players scored for the Tar Heels in the first 7 1/2 minutes of the second half as they extended their lead to 58-38. The largest lead was 24 points on two occasions, the second time when Withers made his career-high seventh 3-pointer.

RJ Davis added 13 points, and Elliot Cadeau had 10 assists. The Tar Heels shot 48% and made 13 of 28 3-pointers.

Markus Burton was held to 11 points on 3-of-11 shooting plus 5 of 7 from the free-throw line for Notre Dame (15-18).

The Tar Heels won six of their last seven games to close the regular season, reaching 20 wins for the 55th time in 72 seasons in the ACC.

North Carolina finished in a tie for fourth place in the regular season and was seeded fifth in the tournament. The Tar Heels will play No. 4 seed Wake Forest (21-10) on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

The Associated Press contributed.