The Regional Semifinal ("Sweet Sixteen") round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament commenced with four games on Thursday, two of them in the Midwest Region with both contests taking place at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
In the opener, Demetrius Jackson scored 20 points while Pat Connaughton added 16 (to go with his ten rebounds) as third-seeded Notre Dame (32-5) defeated seventh-seeded Wichita State (30-5) 81-70 as the Fighting Irish reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 1979. Fred VanVleet scored 25 points and Darius Carter added 22 to pace the Shockers.
In the nightcap, Trey Lyles scored 14 points as the unbeaten and overall top-seeded Kentucky Wildcats are off to men's college basketball's first 37-0 start following their 78-39 annihilation of the fifth-seeded West Virginia Mountaineers (25-10).
Notre Dame and Kentucky will face each other in the tournament for the first time since 1970 in Saturday's Midwest Regional Final, with the winner heading to Indianapolis and the Final Four.
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