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NCAA Tournament – The First Number One Seed to Say Goodbye
If there was one number seed everyone was predicting to make an early exit, it had to be Gonzaga. So according to the script, the Bulldogs fell against ninth seed Wichita State, leaving Ohio State as the favorite in the West Regional. Other than that, upsets weren’t really a popular thing on day 3 of the tournament, as Louisville had no problem excreting their top seed status, while both Michigan and Michigan State enjoyed easy games in their Round of 32 games.
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Louisville, Syracuse, Michigan, VCU & Arizona Make it Look Easy; Marquette & Gonzaga Not so Much
In a first night of NCAA tournament basketball, we had one real clear upset, but quite a few games that went down to the wire that probably shouldn’t have, including Gonzaga being pushed by Southern and Marquette barely getting by Davidson, thanks to a last-second layup by Vander Blue. On the other side of the equation, teams like Louisville, Syracuse, Michigan, VCU and Arizona, big favorites to begin with, didn’t really have any trouble with their opponents.
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2013 NCAA Tournament – Day 1 Predictions
The real first day of the NCAA tournament kicks off with the second round and two number one seeds, Gonzaga and Louisville, beginning their way, hopefully to the Final Four in Atlanta, with games against Southern and North Carolina A&T respectively, hoping not to make 2013 the year in which a 16th seed finally pulled off the biggest upset of them all.
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Louisville Cardinals – Big East Era Ends With a Double
The Big East name will remain, but with a lot less star power as the big names of one of College Basketball’s best conferences will be blown all over the nation, and Louisville, winning the conference tournament while grabbing a piece of the regular season title, become the last to be crowned champions.
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Louisville Cardinals – Teddy Bridgewater Better Than Expected
Anytime a team beats an SEC team in a BCS Bowl, it feels like a BCS Buster. But Louisville are much more than that, and so is their quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater.
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Sugar Bowl – Louisville vs Florida Predictions
Sometimes, when big teams don’t get where they think they should be, they tend to take it easier in the “lesser” bowl game. Florida, with only one loss this season thought they deserve a shot at the national title. Louisville, coming out of the crumbling Big East, are just happy they’re keeping their head coach.
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Louisville Cardinals – Chane Behanan Takes Over Rivalry
There’s no definite answer to what is the biggest rivalry in College Basketball, but when Kentucky plays Louisville, it’s probably as good as it gets. After four consecutive losses to the Wildcats, Chane Behanan and Russ Smith proved to be too much of a difference as one of the best teams in the nation outplayed the athletic and too young team built in Lexington.
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Big East Football – New Look Two Division Schedule
The Big East is being reshaped, torn apart and built up again. What comes out in the end of all the realignment in College Football, with the Big East as the big losers among the AQ conferences, although frankly, they’re not even close to the rest of the big five conferences? For now, it’s a two division conference, with 12 teams, some of them on their way out.
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Louisville Cardinals – Teddy Bridgewater Going to a BCS Bowl
A busy few days for the Lousiville football program, that began with them announcing their departure from the Big East to the ACC, followed by a huge win to claim a share in the conference title, but more importantly earn a spot in a BCS Bowl, probably the Orange Bowl, thanks to a fantastic comeback led by Teddy Bridgewater.
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College Football – Only Three Undefeated Teams Left
After week 11, only three teams are left undefeated in College Football, and none of them are from the SEC. Oregon continued to put on huge offensive numbers with a win over California; Notre Dame put in another defensive clinic against lowly Boston College while Kansas State kept rolling with a 23-10 win in TCU. Alabama and Louisville lost for the first time this season.