Louisville Basketball, NCAA champions

2013 Louisville Cardinals NCAA Tournament Champions NATIONAL FINAL Louisville 82, Michigan 76 artball. Top scorers: Luke Hancock (22), Trey Burke, Mich. (24) Michigan comes out strong. led by outside shooting from their bench. Hancock's four 3-pointers lead a stunning spurt that erases the deficit before hal ftime. Lead tracker Louisville leads Opponent leads #2 Russ Smith (G, Jr.) Down 12 points, Louisville turns to walk-on Tim Henderson. His two #10 Gorgui Dieng (C. Jr. # 3 Peyton Siva (G, Sr.) # 21 Chane Behanan (F, So.) #11 Luke Hancock (F, Jr.) #20 Wayne Blackshear (F, So.) long-range threes spark a rally. Chartbe #24 Montrezi Harrell (F, F.) #5 Kevin Ware (G, So) AA Stephan Van Treese (F, Sr.) 15 Tim Henderson (G Jr.) Shots 3pt. 2 1 Louisville rebounds Made Mimed opponent turnovers Louisville blocks Seond halt Firsthat Wichita jumps to a quick lead with the Cardinals Defensive struggling to find offense. Monday April 8 Atlanta, Ga Hancock's 3-pt. shot takes the lead to 16 and the stadium erupts. March 23 March 29 Friday Cards go on a 13-0 runthat expands the lead to 30 pts. Aepimes +5 +10 +20 Louisville sets a tournament record with 20 steals. +30 tball Leaping to block a 3 pt. shot, Kevin Ware suffers a compound Cops to his leg- fracture Ware urges on his teamma tes before being rushed to the hospital. Upby just 2 pts, a Smith 3-pointer sets off a Louisville 22-7 run that puts the game out of reach. Top scorers: Russ Smith (31), E.J. Singler, Ore. (15) Top scorers: Russ Smith (27), Greg Smith. Col. (14) Oregon goes on a run and closes the gapto 6 pts, buta Kein Ware layup and Chane Behanan dunk seal the win. 10.... Battling a chest cold, Russ Smith Louisville 77, Oregon 69 matches a care er best with 31 pts. Louisville 82, Colorado State 56 com NCAA Tourmament Big East Tournament Big East Season Season Summary, Game-by-Game North Carolina A&T Colorado State College of Charleston 460 ts Villanova DePaul Miami (OH) Cincinnati Notre Dame Coach: Rick Pitino South Fla South Florida pracuse Marquette Rutgers St. Johns Seton Hall No tre Dame Oregon wichita StO Florida Int. Western K DE+ Providence Manhattan Missouri Connecticut +20 Syracuse Seton Hall Pittsburgh Georgetown Kentucly Notre Dame llinois State Villanova (5OT) Co Megin Syracuse WINS: Northern lowa Cardinals lose after five ovetime periods at N.D. Longest game in Big East regular sea son history (3:40). of victory Duke NCAA Tournament Seed Margin of loss LOSSES: 1. 4 24 Home Away Neutral 12 10 12 12 10 10 19 16 11 12 24 11 12 25 12 3 25 | April 4 5 6 5 5 APPOLLS 2. March Louis ville Rank 2 13 | February Opponent Rank January | December MONTH| November Data nources: CESSporta.con; College Beakathal Redernon; Untersky of Loudwile O Chartball pright e 2013 Chartll Ventan 10,40.20 Team and plyer ramen ure used for nkmational purpo only. The teama, lengus and play eru mantioned have not andoredor mupported this product in anyway. tball.com ©Char OChartball.com OCha Louisville 79, NCA&T 49 com ©Chartba Top scorers orers: Russ Smith (23). Bruce Beckford, NC A&T (12) ©Chartk OChartba 8om Och Thursday ington, Ky. arday April 6 rtball.com Cha com NATIONAL SEMIFINAL Top scorers: Russ Smith (21). Cleanthony Early, Weh ca Louisville 72, Wichita State 68 a.com OCI com Top scorers: Russ Smith (23), Mason Plumlee, Duke (17) Louisville 85, Duke 63 echy ball. Cha com OChartball.com OCha Och com com