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Onward...I'm over it

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Ipartiedwithhopgood said:
Kalk is a problem. He's a multi BE DPOY and he's super experienced. They just got done playing a road game at night in the Garden in the BE final vs the #1 D. I mean really this is a team that you could see making it to the next weekend and not just be stunned by that.

They have some spot up shooters and a stretch 4, but they aren't overly athletic. Ashworth does fill up the stat sheet he's not afraid to mix it up and if we're going to win Hepburn has to outplay him. If they are hitting 3s we are in trouble. They are experienced and well coached.

I do love our guards not sure what we'll be getting out of Smith since he's been on ice a few weeks. Maybe the crowd can be a deciding factor for us I don't like the early tip either though.

This is an 8/9 so it's a total toss-up but we may have been in a toss-up in the 6/11 or 7/10 too. If they gave us UCLA's 7 and let us play Utah St that would have been a scary game too just a different sort of foe.

We've been given a ton of coverage it's hard to say how a team is going to react to that.

Ultimately, it's been a fun ride and I'm just taking it all as gravy. I also understand the system is massively corrupt and this seeding screwed Louisville, Creighton, and maybe Auburn too. Nice job NCAA!
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Hopefully our recent game against Stanford's big man will provide us with a similar gameplan. Can't shut him down completely but maybe enough to frustrate him. Definitely agree that we need Reyne if not for the fact we have become a 2 player team. Got to get Hadley involved and at least have them respect Scott at the rim. Traore needs to stay within himself and do the things he's capable of defending down low and getting rebounds.
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WV Governor Taking Legal Action Against NCAA Selection Committee

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CardX said:
To achieve what result, exactly?
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Maybe to force the selection committee to follow a set rule or format to determine seeding regardless on feel good TV matchups. Throw out the consideration that you don't match up teams from the same conference and let "defined" seedings play out.

Maybe just for a good laugh, write up a computer program using all the analytics that seem to make up a championship caliber team and see what the results are? Then maybe you could fine tweak a few matchups if there is enough reason to. Throw out the human element.

Use either of those two scenarios and I bet U of L doesn't end up with a 8 seed...
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WV Governor Taking Legal Action Against NCAA Selection Committee

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achilles992000 said:
watch the NCAA do everything to get Duke and Cooper Flagg to the Final 4. going to be a bunch of bogus calls for Duke.
NCAA is too corrupt and I am glad the West Virginia governor is standing up.
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I don’t care as long as it’s not an SEC school. Those will be the ones getting the calls.
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WV Governor Taking Legal Action Against NCAA Selection Committee

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Ipartiedwithhopgood said:
Louisville is in a difficult position because the NCAA could easily revoke NCAAT games from the Yum Center in the future. That would of course do real damage to the city as a ton of $ gets poured in for those 4 days.

I believe the agreement we signed on the banner would also impact WBB and volleyball if we tried hanging it. Not 100% on that stuff though.

But it is interesting to see WV looking at this.
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With all the inconsistencies by the NCAA I can only imagine how ugly it would get in a court room for the NCAA. And then you could bring action for retaliation. I want to see the NCAA go away
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Cards Ranked AP #10

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UofL is a blue blood program, if any other blue blood program had our ranking, regardless of how weak the conference was, they would get a fair seed, or an even better seed than they deserve. Look a Kansas and North Carolina.. IMO neither of those teams should've even been in the tournament..

They screwed us on purpose and nobody can convince me otherwise. As someone else said, they know we will just take it. Other blue blood fanbases would be screaming at the top of their lungs and every talking head on every sports talk show would be talking about it.. Total disrespect.!
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WV Governor Taking Legal Action Against NCAA Selection Committee

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I believe any punitive response from the NCAA would be met with much more resistance than what they would be inclined to risk at this time. Not so much with this recent action by the Governor of WV, but more about the current culture for institutions like the NCAA that have become increasingly unpopular with the both the courts and the public.

While I doubt this University is willing to litigate the past NCAA penalties, I believe the combination of the advent of NIL, along with the subsequent facts related to Pitino’s case, would suggest that UL would prevail in its challenge of the NCAA punishment.

In the very unlikely scenario where a lawsuit was initiated by UL, and the Courts decided the trial would be held in Louisville, I believe the NCAA would do everything possible to settle the case on UL terms, knowing its reputation is deeply tarnished universally, and particularly in the 502 area.

I refer to the successful lawsuit that Jerry Tarkanian brought against both the NCAA and UNLV in 1988 as evidence of just how vulnerable the NCAA is when challenged in a lawsuit. That was in 1988, over 35 years ago; at a time when the NCAA reputation was no where close to its tarnished level now.
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An idea that’s ready for prime time

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Bean, I think this is going to start up pretty quickly. When the sport is fully professionalized, within 2 or 3 years, max, they'll start this. More TV time and streaming and viewers. They take in more $$$. More advertisers. When the NCAA is pushed out of control of the P2/P3/P4, and the new Super "College Pro" League is formed, the sport will become even more about simply entertainment.

But, yes, I see lower level D1's playing pre-season exhibitions with Super League tams. For so many reasons.
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BASKETBALL Louisville vs. Creighton | Cardinals to Face Bluejays on Thursday in Lexington

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville men’s basketball was selected as an 8-seed in the South Regional of the NCAA Tournament and is due to play nine-seed Creighton in Lexington, Ky., in Rupp Arena on Thursday, March 20 at 12:15 p.m. ET on CBS. It will be the first game of the Round of 64.



The winner of the Cardinals’ first round game will play the winner of the overall 1-seed Auburn versus either Alabama State or Saint Francis.



Louisville’s open practice at Rupp Arena on Wednesday will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.



Louisville (27-7) is 1-2 all-time against Creighton, with both losses coming in NCAA Tournament games. The last time the two programs met was March 11, 1999, when the Bluejays beat the Cards 62-58 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Orlando, Fla. The full series history can be found below.



Louisville has only been selected as an eight seed one other time in its 40 NCAA Tournament appearances – the 40 appearances do not include four that were vacated by the NCAA Committee on infractions. The Cards went 1-1 in 1992 as an eight-seed, beating Wake Forest in the West Regional opener 81-58 before falling to No. 4 UCLA 85-69 in the Round of 32.



This is head coach Pat Kelsey’s fifth NCAA Tournament bid in his 13-year career. The Louisville Cardinals are the third team Kelsey has led to the national tournament.



Louisville has an overall record of 61-41 in the NCAA Tournament – the mark does not include a 15-3 record from four NCAA Tournament appearances vacated by the NCAA.



Purchase tickets for games in Lexington here.



Louisville vs. Creighton All-Time

March 16, 1974 – L, 80-71 – NCAA Midwest Regional – Tulsa, Oklahoma

December 29, 1976 – W, 69-66 2OT – Louisville Holiday Classic – Louisville, Ky.

March 11, 1999 – L, 62-58 – NCAA South Regional First Round – Orlando, Fla.
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