probable. My thought is it depend on their improvement. Going 5 sets, losing the last set 15-13, and almost winning against the team that preseason was picked 4th in the ACC (linked coaches poll) was very impressive for a team with young players who can still improve. Tech did not want to start the ACC 0-3 especially playing at L'ville tomorrow which is probably a guaranteed loss so the team's season was on the line. ND was picked 13th in the conference so to make it so competitive was a phenomenal effort even if we fell short.

Very likely at least 7 ACC teams will make the NCAA tourney. While 3 teams are locks and probably SMU given they are the only team that beat Nebraska, any of the other 3 teams that makes it in the top 7 have a very good chance. If ND can go 12-8 in ACC play I think they will probably get in. So if they go 0-5 against those top 4 ACC teams picked by the coaches (so far both of their loses are to those teams), they can still lose 3 more, SMU in Dallas is probably another loss but a split next weekend in Florida would certainly make making the tournament a bigger possibilty.

Of course it does require beating Clemson at home tomorrow, a team that was picked 14th below us. Go Irish!

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