The U.S. had just been run off the pitch by Belgium, 4-1, ending an exhilarating World Cup run and igniting a debate that had apparently been waiting for permission to explode.
The cruelest thing about March is not that it ends your season. It's that it ends your team.
Louisville spent most of Saturday afternoon within reach.
The most unsettling thing about Florida's visit to Rupp Arena on Saturday wasn't the score.
Three weeks into the season, Louisville looked like a team that might have something to say in April.
Louisville honors victims of violence with a remembrance ceremony, highlighting the impact on the whole community.
The effort was there. The result was not.
Short week. Short press conference. Jeff Brohm met with the media Monday morning, still stung by Louisville's overtime loss to California but with little time to dwell on it.
If Kentucky was going to spark any real enthusiasm for the rest of its season, it needed to happen here.
Trailing by a run in the bottom of the fifth, the Indiana state champions loaded the bases with two outs against Pennsylvania ace Reagan Bills, the tournament’s dominant pitcher.