UNC meets Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen on Friday night. It will be the first postseason meeting between the two teams since 1984. That season a 28-2 Tar Heel team which included Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, Matt Doherty and Brad Daugherty was ranked #1 and the top seed in the East Region. Indiana was the #4 seed led by Steve Alford. It was the second NCAA Tournament in three seasons between the two teams with the Hoosiers topping UNC in the 1981 NCAA Championship game.
The 1984 game has become somewhat legendary. For UNC fans the 1984 Tar Heels are considered the best Dean Smith team to never win a title.