Syracuse and Indiana are scheduled to face each other nearly four decades after Keith Smart's iconic buzzer-beater decided the 1987 NCAA Final Four championship game. Smart's jump shot with seconds remaining gave Indiana a 74-73 victory over Syracuse in New Orleans on March 30, 1987.
The upcoming matchup renews a connection between the two programs that has been defined by that singular moment. Smart, then a junior guard for the Hoosiers, hit the game-winner over Syracuse's Howard Triche to secure Indiana's fifth national title.
Details regarding the date and venue for the new meeting have not been announced.
