Chase Hunter scored 21 points, Jaeden Zackery added 11 points and No. 10 Clemson battled back to beat SMU 57-54 for its ninth straight win to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference semifinals.

The sixth-seeded SMU Mustangs (23-10) fought to the finish against three-seed Clemson (27-5), the No. 10 team in the nation, but ultimately fell 57-54, ending their run in this year’s ACC tournament.

The No. 3 seed Clemson (26-5) and No. 6 seed SMU (23-9) will meet in the second round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday.

Bubble teams are facing big moments in their conference tournaments. Ohio State wasn’t up for it in the Big Ten on Wednesday night.

With 68 teams spread across 14 sites over three weeks, March Madness is upon us with the 2025 NCAA Tournament set to begin. You're ready, we're ready, and we know you want an NCAA bracket to print out before the teams are put into place on Selection Sunday (March 16).