Kansas and Purdue have shared a very small, but significant history of head to head meetings.
I was surprised to see that Thursday night's Sweet 16 matchup will be just the fifth time the programs have met on the court.
While Purdue is not counted among the elite, NCAA Title level clubs, they do have a tradition rich program that, like Kansas, goes back to the 1890s in a basketball crazy state. Knowing this, you'd think these two programs would have met more often over the years.
The three most recent meetings in this short series have all come in the NCAA tournament though.