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Villanova will be the sixth team to face both UNC and Duke in the same NCAA Tournament.

Florida (2000) and Louisville (1986) are the only teams to pull off the double-blue sweep in the same tournament. Louisville won the national title (beating Duke in the final) and Florida lost in the national championship game (to Michigan State).

Even Roy Williams, at Kansas in 1991, couldn't run the Tobacco Road gauntlet.

1986
Third round: Louisville 72, UNC 69
Final: Louisville 72, Duke 69

1990
Third round: Arkansas 96, UNC 73
Final Four: Duke 97, Arkansas 83

1991
Final Four: Kansas 79, UNC 73
FInal: Duke 72, Kansas 65

2000
Third round: Florida 87, Duke, 78
Final Four: Florida 71, UNC 59

2005
Third round: Michigan State 78, Duke 68
Final Four: UNC 87, Michigan State 71

2008
Third round: Villanova 77, Duke 54
Final Four: UNC vs. Villanova

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J.P. Giglio covers the ACC for the News & Observer, where he has worked since 1997.

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