Given the encouragement and freedom, Donovan Mitchell was a guy who could have carried a team to the Final Four.

Georgia Tech is next for Pat Kelsey's University of Louisville men's basketball team, the one that has won 10 straight and appears primed to extend that streak to 13 ... or more.

All 29 former Wildcats are John Calipari recruits, but the only Calipari recruit who brought the Wildcats a national title was Anthony Davis of the Lakers. He’s the last remaining member of the 2012 champs still in the league.

It has come to pass that the Cardinals cannot pass.

When Kenny Payne was in the mix for head college coaching positions during his time as an assistant with the University of Kentucky, several former Wildcats were outspoken advocates that Payne deserved his opportunity to run a team.

Sometimes there isn't only one item that deserves a headline. Sometimes there are several interesting notes.

But thanks, NBA. No better place to begin a Monday Muse.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — You start with mid-season chatter from NBA scouts. You move to the mock draft. You advance to the Draft Night blog.

It’s not Rivalry Week. It’s time for the Monday Muse.

We're less than three weeks from Selection Sunday, but 16 days past the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee early seeding report. Where does that leave us?