We are approaching March, the time of year when résumés get polished, seeds get assigned, and narratives get stamped in permanent ink.
If the Louisville basketball team is going to be a serious player in the postseason, Pat Kelsey knows, the time to demonstrate that is now. That’s why he had them in the top row of the KFC Yum! Center last week.
In modern basketball, desperation has been rebranded. Not as failure. As fuel.
It looks like man. It plays like zone. Its rushes come from nowhere. The quarterback thinks he sees it. Then he doesn’t.
For the third straight time, Louisville led Duke at halftime. And for the third straight time, the Blue Devils flipped the script like they wrote it themselves.
Pat Kelsey sounded like a guy trying not to sound alarmed Tuesday night. He sounded, in fact, like someone who had seen something he didn't quite trust or wasn't ready to say out loud.
More than a warm front, a stiff drink or a white Christmas, Kentucky’s 72-60 win over Indiana on Saturday night was just what the Wildcats needed.
Aly Khalifa was the show in the second half for Louisville, 11 points, three second-half threes, five assists, three blocked shots and enough sleight-of-hand to make David Blaine jealous.
The numbers frame it simply enough. No. 6-ranked Louisville enters Friday night ranked No. 2 in the nation in offensive efficiency. Cincinnati sits at No. 2 in defense.
For two drives Saturday, Boston College looked like it had cracked a code and hacked into Louisville's defense.