Two national championship guards. A World Series champion. A quarterback who led a top-10 team. And a hometown hero who helped launch a women's basketball powerhouse.

If you watched Louisville last season, particularly Chucky Hepburn’s transformation, you already know Peyton Siva’s fingerprints are all over it.

Peyton Siva has worn a lot of hats in basketball — floor general, national champion, overseas pro. This summer, he’ll add a new one: player-coach.

It's been a week to exhale on the local college basketball scene.

It was only an exhibition game.

Not only did a tournament record 13,509 fans wind their way into every section of the historic venue, they stood for nearly every dribble, change of direction and blocked shot of game matching (mostly) former players from Kentucky and Louisville.

The field has dwindled to eight teams in the 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all The Basketball Tournament.

Rick Pitino’s once-fractured relationship with the University of Kentucky has flowered into a full détente.