Jeff Capel stood dumbfounded, his arms extended while he tried to digest what had just happened. The Pittsburgh men’s basketball coach thought his team had five minutes of overtime coming up against Notre Dame in the first round of the ACC Tournament,

The Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team falls to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the final seconds, 55-54, during the first round of the ACC tournament. Unfortunately, the story of this contest wasn't the game itself, but instead a controversial officiating call in the final second that prevented the game from going into overtime.

Controversy erupted in the closing moments of ACC Tournament’s opening game on Tuesday. With the game tied 54-54, Notre Dame guard Markus Burton held the ball for the last shot. His contested pull-up jumper fell short but in a wild turn of events,

With the game tied in the final seconds, Markus Burton's desperation jumper was wide off the side of the rim, but Notre Dame's Tae Davis was there for the tip-in chance and somehow missed. Now, Pitt's Zack Austin did make somewhat of an attempt to contest the last-second tip,

Both Notre Dame and Pittsburgh have to win the ACC tournament in order to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. The first step to do that would be to survive a matchup in early Tuesday action in Charlotte.