A year after each program reached new heights, both Wisconsin and Notre Dame return with players thirsty for more success. Only one can advance to the Elite 8. Time to meet the Irish.
Philadelphia has the second-largest Irish-American population at just over 11 percent, behind only Boston among major American cities. Notre Dame regularly plucks players from the City of Brotherly Love as well. Was it the luck of the Irish that placed Notre Dame in the East region as a 6-seed?
If the Fighting Irish feel at home in Philly, that's okay with Wisconsin -- the seventh-seeded Badgers (22-12, 12-6 Big Ten) do better as underdogs anyway.