Louisville Cardinals
Rick Pitino is not fazed by the current scandal that one of his staff members is tied in and believes that he is still the right man at the helm for the Louisville Cardinals.
The Kentucky Wildcats missed the 2013 NCAA Tournament and ended the year unranked, but the new-look squad will enter the 2013-14 College Basketball Season as the No.1 team based on USA Today Sports coaches’ poll.
The Detroit Pistons are currently in a conundrum on how to retain the rights of former Louisville Cardinals standout and second-round pick Peyton Siva after signing no.8 overall pick Caldwell-Pope and Tony Mitchell to their rookie deal.
After all the hype and hoopla of March Madness, everything comes to a head Monday night as the Louisville Cardinals meet the Michigan Wolverines in the national championship game of the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Only one more day remains before the last four teams left in the NCAA Tournament battle for the right to play in the national college basketball title game.
And then there were four--the Final Four.
Days of NCAA basketball championship action have finally narrowed down the field of 68 teams and national title hopefuls to the last four teams left in the tournament.
What were 16 college teams vying for the NCAA national basketball title have been narrowed down to eight-the Elite 8. And the action continues this weekend as NCAA Tournament action continues.
Louisville avoided the fate suffered by the number one seeded Georgetown Hoyas in the semifinals of the Big East Conference tournament, sending Notre Dame packing 69-57.
Despite a late comeback in the second half, the Hoyas were unable to erase the lead the Syracuse Orangemen had built by halftime. When time expired, the Orange held on to defeat Georgetown 58-55 and advance to the finals of the Big East tournament.
With the Big East Conference tournament championship right around the corner, it is still somewhat unclear who will be in it.
Late in the first half, Syracuse was dominating the Georgetown Hoyas, the number one seeded team in the tournament. Trevor Cooney came off the bench and hit two of three 3-point attempts to give the Orange a big lead. Going into the half, the No. 5 seeded Orangemen led 29-20 and didn't look to be slowing down.
The No. 4 Louisville Cardinals, are set to take on Villanova in the quarter finals of the Big East tournament tonight at 7 p.m. EDT as they look for their eighth straight victory on the road to the NCAA tournament.
No men's college basketball team has been ranked #1 in the country in back-to-back weeks over the course of the last five weeks of the NCAA season. There will almost certainly be a different #1 next week with Indiana's loss.
We offer the national and local live streams of the Big East basketball game between the Louisville Cardinals Rutgers Scarlet Knights here, plus a preview of what to expect.
