What began with 15 teams has dwindled to two in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the ACC Tournament bracket has chewed up and spit out 13 others to leave us with No. 1 seed Duke and No. 2 Louisville with only Saturday's title game remaining.

Duke buckled down with a dominant stretch of defense in the second half of a 73-62 win against Louisville on Saturday at Spectrum Center. The Blue Devils (31-3) held the high-scoring Cardinals (27-7) below 70 points for the second time this season to win their 23rd ACC Tournament title.

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Duke and Lousiville, the two best teams in the ACC this season, will meet on Saturday night with the tournament conference championship on the line.

The Blue Devils made a strong case for the top seed in the NCAA tournament with a 73-62 win over Louisville in the ACC tournament title game on Saturday. It’s the first time Duke has won the regular-season ACC title and the conference tournament in the same season since 2006.

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.