Here are the teams that stand in front of Notre Dame from reaching an ELITE EIGHT DATE in Cleveland with #1 seed Kentucky:
STEP ONE: BEAT NORTHEASTERN
- Record: 23 - 11
- Common Opponents: Florida State & UMass
- Northeastern beat FSU 76 - 73 /// ND beat FSU 83 - 63
- Northeastern loss to UMass 79 - 54 /// ND beat UMass 81 - 68
- Won the Colonial Conference Championship
STEP TWO: BEAT BUTLER or BEAT TEXAS
- Butler is 22 - 10
- Texas is 20 - 13
- Common Opponents with Butler: North Carolina, Providence
- Butler beat North Carolina 74 - 66 /// ND beat North Carolina twice
- Butler loss to Providence 66 - 62 /// ND loss to Providence 75 - 74
- Common Opponents with Texas: None
STEP THREE: BEAT KANSAS OR WICHITA STATE
- Kansas is 26 - 8
- Wichita State is 28 - 4
- Common Opponents with Kansas: Michigan State
- Kansas beat Michigan State 61 - 56 /// ND beat Michigan State 79 - 78
- Common Opponents with Wichita State: None
