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Bacot, UNC beat Notre Dame 101-59, advance to ACC quarters

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Big men Armando Bacot and freshmen Day'Ron Sharpe and Walker Kessler each had a double-double and North Carolina dominated inside in its 101-59 win over Notre Dame on Wednesday night at the ACC tournament.

No. 6 seed UNC (17-9) plays third-seeded Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals Thursday.

Bacot, a 6-foot-10 sophomore, finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Kessler added 16 points and a career-best 12 rebounds and Sharpe had 14 points, 10 boards and a career-high six assists. Kessler added eight blocks, the most by a UNC freshman in program history and an ACC tourney single-game record.

Leaders
Points:	P. Hubb	14.6
Rebounds:	N. Laszewski	7.3
Assists:	P. Hubb	5.8
FG%:	P. Hubb	39.2%
FT%:	N. Laszewski	71.0%
3P%:	C. Ryan	34.4%
Steals:	C. Ryan	1.0
Blocks:	J. Durham	1.9

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Gonzaga	31-1
2	Illinois	24-7
3	Baylor	28-2
4	Michigan	23-5
5	Alabama	26-7
6	Houston	28-4
7	Ohio State	21-10
8	Iowa	22-9
9	Texas	19-8
10	Arkansas	25-7
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Baylor	28-2
2	Gonzaga	31-1
3	Houston	28-4
4	Michigan	23-5
5	Alabama	26-7
6	Arkansas	25-7
7	UCLA	22-10
8	Illinois	24-7
9	USC	25-8
10	Florida State	18-7
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Atlantic Coast Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
15 Virginia	13-4	18-7
14 Florida State	11-4	18-7
25 Virginia Tech	9-4	15-7
Georgia Tech	11-6	17-9
Clemson	10-6	16-8
North Carolina	10-6	18-11
Louisville	8-5	13-7
Syracuse	9-7	18-10
North Carolina State	9-8	14-11
Duke	9-9	13-11
Notre Dame	7-11	11-15
Pittsburgh	6-10	10-12
Miami (FL)	4-15	10-17
Wake Forest	3-15	6-16
Boston College	2-11	4-16
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	72.7 (130)
Rebounds:	7.2 (325)
Assists:	14.9 (69)
FG%:	45.9% (75)
FT%:	77.3% (25)
3P%:	36.8% (50)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	74.3 (276)
Rebounds:	26.2 (116)
Assists:	14.0 (254)
FG%:	44.3% (216)
FT%:	73.2% (283)
3P%:	36.6% (315)