Notre Dame and UCLA, who have five combined Sweet 16 appearances since 2014, have agreed to a home-and-home series. The Bruins and Fighting Irish will play in 2018 and 2019, with UCLA hosting first, on Dec. 18, 2018.
These two schools have a history; Notre Dame famously ended UCLA's record 88-game winning streak on Jan. 19, 1974, at the height of the Bruins' dominance under Hall of Famer John Wooden.
"The Notre Dame-UCLA basketball series is synonymous with college basketball," Irish coach Mike Brey said. "We will get to play in front of our great southern California fan base, take Rex Pflueger back to the Mater Dei area during his senior year with us and bring a historic rival back onto our schedule.