Louisville Cardinals

In the midst of a major comeback against the North Carolina Tar Heels, one of the Louisville Cardinals coaches(I believe it is the Strength and Conditioning coach) BUGS OUT! It's awesome because I think he is actually burning more calories than the players...

We all remember Kevin Ware going down to one of the most brutal injuries in recent sports history during last year's NCAA Tournament, when he snapped his leg closing out on a shot in the Cardinals' Elite Eight win over Duke. Well, now, he's back on the court and back to dunking, just six months after the injury occurred.

Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame (all sports but football) officially joined the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2013.  Louisville will become a member during the 2014-1015 season.  What school will have the most success in its new conference...

Earlier this month, we mentioned that Louisville basketball head coach Rick Pitino promised his team prior to the NCAA tournament that he'd get a tattoo if they won the national championship. Well, Pitino kept his promise. Rick Pitino said he’d get a tattoo if Louisville won the National Championship...

The exodus has begun. Both the champion Louisville Cardinals and the early out but previous number 1 Indiana Hoosiers lose big time players to the association. Indiana's Victor Oladipo and the Cards Russ Smith have in some way declared early and will enter the draft...

Louisville head coach Rick Pitino had some skin in the game on Monday night. Minutes after his team won the 2013 NCAA basketball championship over Michigan, the Cardinals' head coach revealed that he had promised his well-inked team weeks ago that he would get a tattoo if they won the national title...

Louisville 82, Michigan 76 Reserve guard Luke Hancock scored 22 points, including making all five of his 3-point shot attempts, as Louisville beat Michigan, 82-76, in the 2013 NCAA basketball championship in Atlanta on Monday night. The victory gave Cardinals' head coach Rick Pitino a second national title in addition to the one he won at Kentucky in 1996, making him the first coach to win a men's

With all of the parity filling college basketball this season, it has come down to this.  Louisville, the best team from the Big East all year, and a Big 10 titan in Michigan.  Here is a preview of what should be a terrific ballgame in Atlanta:

The NCAA basketball championship is tonight. It's the Big East against the Big 10 for the national title, as Louisville (33-5) meets Michigan (31-7) for the 2013 NCAA national championship in Atlanta.

Louisville, the top-overall seed in the 2013 NCAA tournament, advanced to Monday's national title game by rallying past Wichita State. Louisville 72, Wichita State 68 Reserve Luke Hancock scored 20 points, including several crucial baskets late, and Louisville beat Wichita State, 72-68, in the Final Four of the 2013 NCAA tournament in Atlanta on Saturday...

When Kevin Ware suffered a gruesome broken leg during Louisville's Elite Eight win over Duke on Sunday, many reacted by calling it the most horrific injury of all time. Louisville is now trying to capitalize on that injury financially by selling merchandise featuring his jersey number.

Four teams remain alive in the 2013 NCAA tournament field. The 2013 Final Four pits the odds-on favorite against a Cinderella and a beast from the Big East against the Big 10's last remaining entrant.