The Clemson Tigers men's basketball team took on the Louisville Cardinals Friday evening with a spot in the ACC title game on the line, and the ending was full of controversy.

Clemson’s late rally wasn’t enough to overcome Louisville, as the Tigers fell 76-73 in the ACC Tournament Semifinals on Friday night. Despite trailing by 15 points with just over three minutes remaining, Clemson fought back to give itself a chance in the final moments before ultimately coming up short at the Spectrum Center.

Clemson fans were heading for the exits by the game’s final media timeout, with Louisville leading Clemson by 15 points (67-52) at the 3:37 mark of the second half. The Cardinals somehow held on. The Tigers go home with a loss, but not as demoralizing as expected. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Chase Hunter scored 15 of Clemson's 29 second-half points to help the Tigers survive SMU in the ACC tournament. Here's how the star guard did it.

The ACC is using the secondary locker rooms at Spectrum Center for teams in the men’s basketball tournament. The lockers are split into Locker Rooms 1 and 2 (lower seed) and Locker Rooms 3 and 4 (higher seed), per signage at the arena.

Clemson’s strong season keeps its NCAA Tournament spot safe despite a tough ACC semifinal loss to Louisville, which included a bizarre halftime locker room lockout.

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.

Clemson Tigers guard Jaeden Zackery (11) shoots as Southern Methodist Mustangs guard Boopie Miller (2) and forward Yohan Traore (21) defend in the first half at Spectrum Center. Bob Donnan Imagn Images Clemson is moving on in the ACC Tournament.