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A day after the Louisville men’s basketball team celebrated a championship, the women couldn’t keep up with UConn. The Huskies won their eighth title in dominating fashion 93-60. The Huskies’ defense locked down and kept the Cardinals shooting under 40 percent and held UofL to only five three-pointers out of 23 attempts. Sara Hammond was the only Cardinal in double digits, scoring 15 points, and the Schimmel sisters were held to six total baskets between the two of them. Louisville’s bench... Read more 

Even before the final buzzer sounded, Cardinal fans poured out of bars into blocked off streets near campus to celebrate Louisville’s third national championship. There were a few fireworks and lots of cheering.  Read more 

ATLANTA — After 26 years of waiting, the University of Louisville basketball team again cut down the nets. The first half lived up to the hype as a battle of the backcourts but not because of the much-heralded Trey Burke for Michigan or Louisville’s leaders Peyton Siva and Russ Smith. No, it was the Spike Albrecht and Luke Hancock three-point show And Michigan went into the locker room after watching a 12-point lead dissolve to 38-37. Hancock scored 16 in the... Read more 

Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz asked one simple question after beating California 64-57 in the Final Four: “Why not us?” So far in this tournament, Cal, Tennessee, and Baylor have not had an answer for the Cardinals.

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Coach Pitino said in today’s press conference that the great thing about college basketball is that non-power conference teams, like Wichita State, can make it to the Final Four. He said when he saw Wichita State beat VCU in November he called his son Richard and told him to watch out for the Shockers back then. Pitino said it’s terrific that there’s no difference between teams like Butler, VCU and Wichita State than UCLA, Louisville and North Carolina. “If you... Read more 

It was the Schimmel show in Oklahoma City Wednesday night as guards Shoni Schimmel and her younger sister Jude combined for 34 points, including several key shots in the final two minutes to put away Tennessee. The Lady Cards outlasted the second-seeded Volunteers, who pulled within four points with three minutes left after being down by as many as 20 points earlier in the second half. The fifth-seeded Cardinals move on to the Final Four to face California. UofL is... Read more 

The University of Louisville announced late tonight that guard Kevin Ware underwent successful surgery at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis to repair a broken bone in his right leg. Ware suffered the injury with six and a half minutes left in the first half of UofL’s win over Duke. According to a press release, Ware had the bone re-set, a wound from the injury closed and a rod inserted into his right tibia. He will remain in Indianapolis until at... Read more 

It’s been 21 years since Rick Pitino and Mike Krzyzewski have squared off in an Elite Eight and that game went down as, arguably, the greatest of all-time. In anticipation of tomorrow night’s matchup between Duke and Louisville, the two coaches discussed the game, as well as their friendship.  Read more 

After knocking off Oregon last night, the UofL basketball team now faces Duke – a team that beat them earlier this season. This afternoon, Russ Smith, Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng discussed what they expect the second time around.  Read more 

Earlier today, the Duke Blue Devils gathered to discuss tomorrow’s Elite Eight matchup with Louisville and break down how things will be different this time with Gorgui Dieng on the court.  Read more