Missing in Action: Louisville and UND Don't Meet for First Time in Playoffs

Despite reaching the Elite Eight, the odds were against newer ACC members Louisville and Notre Dame advancing to the NCAA Tournament championship game to oppose each other in the playoffs for the first time. What other powerhouses never have battled each other in the NCAA tourney?

Although the event is in its eighth decade, there are attractive power school match-ups never to have occurred. Notre Dame also has never met another new ACC member (Syracuse) in the tourney. Among the potentially entertaining intra-sectional playoff contests between storied programs never to take place in the NCAAs include:

• Georgetown vs. Indiana
• Georgetown vs. Michigan
• Georgetown vs. UCLA
• Michigan vs. St. John's
• North Carolina vs. St. John's
• Notre Dame vs. St. John's
• Notre Dame vs. UCLA
• Notre Dame vs. Villanova
• St. John's vs. UCLA
• Syracuse vs. UCLA