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 NCAA Tournament is no place for sightseeing, gawking at the chandeliers, or admiring the logos on the floor.
Louisville is dancing again. And this time, the Cardinals didn’t have to wait years to get back.
By this point in March, most teams have told you who they are. Louisville has told you a few different things.
Louisville players were bleeding, bandaged, blinking away eye pokes and trying to gather themselves between whistles.
Louisville wins a grind-it-out game to advance.
The Cardinals already know exactly what they're dealing with.
For three months, Louisville basketball carried a question around like a loose bolt in its pocket.
Ryan Conwell scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half, Adrian Wooley hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 18.4 seconds remaining and Louisville wasted a 12-point lead before hanging on to beat No. 22 Miami 92-89 on Saturday.