No. 14 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 6 Notre Dame
Only 5.6 percent of brackets even predicted this matchup would happen, with 1.6 percent taking Stephen F. Austin over the Irish. Well, the Lumberjacks came close. Notre Dame ended up advancing to the Sweet 16 as 10.8 percent of brackets predicted.
The Irish will face the winner of Sunday night's matchup between No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 2 Xavier, and they join No. 1 UNC and No. 5 Indiana in the Sweet 16 for the East Region. Just 7 percent of brackets predicted that UNC, Indiana and Notre Dame would all make the Sweet 16 (15 percent predicted that UNC, Notre Dame and Kentucky would make it).