Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs North Carolina Prediction & Picks - NCAA Men

Prediction published on 3/11/25, 3:41 PM  by Matt Lowrimore | Modified on 3/11/25 at 5:30 PM in NCAA Men Picks

The ACC tournament continues on Wednesday and one of the games to be played will see the 12th-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the 5th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels. Let's look at the match statistics and predictions for this game to see who could advance to the ACC quarterfinals on Thursday.

Notre Dame enters this game with a record of 15-17. Given their poor ACC record in the regular season, the Fighting Irish played in the ACC first round on Tuesday, beating Pittsburgh by a score of 55-54. Notre Dame did well to extend their season at least one more day but will still need to run the table if they are going to be in the NCAA tournament, which will continue with Wednesday's game against the Tar Heels.

North Carolina, on the other hand, enters this game with a record of 20-12 and earned a first-round bye due to their ACC record being 13-7. However, the Tar Heels are on the outside of the projected NCAA tournament field, sitting in the “First Four Out” according to Joe Lunardi. North Carolina had a huge opportunity to solidify their resume in the regular-season finale against Duke this past Saturday but ended up losing to the Blue Devils by a score of 82-69 at home.