Two of college basketball’s most competitive guards heard their names called Monday night during the first round of the WNBA Draft.

Louisville, a team with eight freshmen that improved steadily throughout the season to earn a No. 7 seed, beat Nebraska in its tournament opener Friday. The Cards are 12.5-point underdogs heading into Sunday’s game.

Overwhelming defensive pressure and just enough offense led the Louisville women’s basketball team into the second round of the NCAA Tournament and a matchup against former Cardinal Hailey Van Lith and No. 6-ranked TCU.

Louisville (21-10) earned a No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 seed Nebraska (21-11) on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Nobody said the "V" word. The University of Louisville women’s basketball team watched its NCAA Tournament draw in a dining room at Hurstbourne Country Club on Sunday night, and the players didn’t expect many surprises.

This is a week when news should abound in college basketball — if you know what I mean.

Challenges abound, challenges for everybody. That was the theme for the most recent episode of the WDRB+ streaming sports talk show, “Overtime,” with Rick Bozich and Eric Crawford.

Expectations never put a furrow in Jeff Walz's brow. Neither has the transfer of a player that ignited angst in his fan base.

This one, the news that former University of Louisville women's basketball star Hailey Van Lith will finish her college career at Louisiana State, is different.

Louisville guard Hailey Van Lith, who left the University of Louisville after graduating following her third year of eligibility, will join defending NCAA champion LSU, according to a social media post.