Louisville's Big East Tournament Seed And First Game Time Are Set
by Mike Rutherford on Mar 1, 2012 6:13 PM EST
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PrintLouisville's loss to South Florida Wednesday night coupled with Cincinnati's win over Marquette means the Cardinals are locked in as the No. 7 seed for next week's Big East Tournament. U of L will begin play on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against the winner of Tuesday's first round game between the No. 10 and No. 15 seeds.
The good news is that the tip for the game (and the potential three others after it) will come at a time when most people will be off work. The bad news is that the Cards will now almost certainly be facing either Connecticut, West Virginia or Seton Hall, a trio of talented teams that figure to have a lot to play for.
Here's how the bracket stands with all but two teams (Villanova and Rutgers) having just one game remaining:
Tuesday, March 6 (First Round):
Noon ET: (No. 16-seed) DePaul Blue Demons vs. (9) West Virginia Mountaineers
2 p.m.: (13) Pittsburgh Panthers vs. (12) Rutgers Scarlet Knights
7 p.m.: (15) Providence Friars vs. (10) Connecticut Huskies
9 p.m.: (14) Villanova Wildcats vs. (11) St. John's Red Storm
Wednesday, March 7 (Second Round on ESPN):
Noon: (WINNER of No. 16/9) vs. (8) Seton Hall Pirates
2 p.m.: (WINNER of No. 13/12) vs. (5) South Florida Bulls
7 p.m.: (WINNER of No. 15/10) vs. (7) Louisville Cardinals
9 p.m.: (WINNER of No. 14/11) vs. (6) Cincinnati Bearcats
Thursday, March 8 (Quarterfinal Round on ESPN):
Noon: (WINNER of Wed. Noon Game) vs. (1) Syracuse Orange
2 p.m.: (WINNER of Wed. 2 p.m. Game) vs. (4) Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7 p.m.: (WINNER of Wed. 7 p.m. Game) vs. (2) Marquette Golden Eagles
9 p.m.: (WINNER of Wed. 9 p.m. Game) vs. (3) Georgetown Hoyas
Friday, March 9 (Semifinal Round on ESPN):
7 p.m.: (WINNER of Thurs. Noon Game) vs. (WINNER of Thurs. 2 p.m. Game)
9 p.m.: (WINNER of Thurs. 7 p.m. Game) vs. (WINNER of Thurs. 9 p.m. Game)
Saturday, March 10 (Championship Round on ESPN):
9 p.m.: WINNERS of Semifinal-Round Games
Well we beat Connecticut by about 100 and lost to Providence by about 100, so I'm gonna go ahead and take...yeah, a rematch with the Friars.
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I think he meant "will not be at work"
"We are on a collision course with the national championship; the only variable is time"
Hate to say this but,
I don’t see us making it past the first round. Unless we see a UConn type performance change in the next few days we are going to sit around and wonder what the hell happened to our season.
There seems to be no on court leadership on this team.
"/>Sorry, you're already wrong.
We’re already past the first round. By virtue of our seven seed, we get a first round bye, thereby advancing directly to the second round.
(Sorry, just giving you a hard time. I know you meant first game.)
by Cool Hand Cards on Mar 1, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
You got me :-)
I really don’t want to be a hater but we really have struggled of late.
Color me excited
The postseason is nigh and in college basketball, more than any other sport, that means a clean slate. I think Pac said it best:
3 and done
Face it. Our Cards have 3 games left. When does Spring Practice start?
by Cardsdaddy on Mar 1, 2012 6:51 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
^At these guys
“With guys that” continue to choose to live in a state of delusion and refuse to see the program is a train wreck, “idk why I want to be a Cardinals fan”.
Face it, we are staring straight at the real possibilty of three straighr years of one and done, and not the good kind that involves players going to the NBA.
Wake the fuck up!
I love the pictures and jokes...
but get out of in front of the mirror ;-)
Just stop attacking guys with optimism
There’s nothing good to come out of it. What are you hoping for? You want us to be like,“You are right, we are delusional and should walk around mad until the Cards prove us wrong.” Screw that, the way I see it, we have at least 3 games left and I would like to think we can win at least a couple of them. If we don’t, and its the third year in a row of a first round loss, then feel free to come on here with the rest of the mob and go ape shit crazy on anybody who is positive.
Ok...you stop attacking realists and I'll leave you alone.
You started it chump. Look above ^
But I do like the Most Interesting Man Negative Nancy thing.
Pretty funny.
I would love to see a miracle happen in the NCAA. I am not holding my breath though.
If we suddenly get to the Sweet 16 all of RP’s loafer licking minions will be crowing about what a brilliant coach he is. HE SAVAED THE DAY!!!
I will enjoy the wins for what they are, and then puke.
Well, you could at least show up during a winning streak
Y’know, prove that you actually talk abou UofL even if they, God forbid, are winning.
Remember the Beef Bowl!
by HorsePig55 on Mar 2, 2012 10:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
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Unless we beat Syracuse this weekend,
I see no cause for optimism about the postseason. And that’s more than sad. Just can’t wrap my mind around how we’re playing of late. Something is drastically wrong and my best guess is a problem — personality conflict, general disagreement — between Pitino and his point guard. And remember, the one solid fact of this team is that we are only as good as Peyton can make us.
Pitino is a heckuva coach and has the record to prove it, but to these aging eyes this has not been one of his better jobs. He’s never been a very good in-game coach; that has also been part of his legacy. But we’ve usually been better prepared than we’ve appeared to be recently. All in all, I hope I’m wrong about this, but right now I cannot imagine us playing on the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. At this point, I just hope we get a second game.
theoldman
I'm not going to pretend to be naive to fact we have some chemistry issues
that have cause some offensive woes. But, we are a ranked team that has shown some signs of being able to compete. We hung in there with the top 2 favorites to win the whole thing. If teams like Butler, VCU, and last year’s UConn can defeat the odds and make a run, than by god we can too. We have talent, depth, and a future hall of fame coach so we have a decent chance at making a run still. There’s going to be time to prepare and watch film and with the BE tourney already pretty much laid out, we have a good idea of who we are going to play and how to scout them.
The Providence game was a fluke and I have no doubt we will lay another egg against them if we play them again. We were able to beat a struggling WVU in a hostile environment and although I don’t think we’ll blow Uconn out again, I’m confident we can beat them on a neutral floor.
The team seemed really mad about the USF loss judging by their post game interviews, so I doubt we get anything but their best from this point on. There are a lot of optimistic Cards fans still, so for those of you who are throwing in towel on this season, please do the rest of us a favor and just observe the blog, and save your disheartening comments for the post season.
Do you a favor?
Are you serious? Do me a favor and can the delusional blathering.
You think the blog domain is for the delusional only? Realists not allowed?
A team scores 17 points in the first half on senior night on March 1st and you seriously think they have a run in them?
You are like that that kid shoveling the mountain of shit with the grin on his face and saying "with all this shit I know there is a puppy in here somewhere’!
Nice that you are trying to stay positive though.
Well, alright then. Internet tough guy just put me in my place. I can just see you sitting there in your MMA Affliction T-shirt and your line beard, popping your knuckles and basking in your big blog victory. You’ll probably come up from your mom’s basement and give her a big high five and tell her how you just ruined some pussy’s day and then give her the latest excuse on why the rent is late.
No, he has the super ultimate secret booster room bro.
Remember the Beef Bowl!
by HorsePig55 on Mar 2, 2012 10:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Last March 2, the realists also said that UCONN, VCU, and Butler could not make runs.
Ends up their optimistic fans were right.
Stout Out!
DAMN IT!
And here I was hoping that if we lost out we would lose the single bye too, and Wayne could get not one extra game, but TWO extra games!
Oh well…things could be worse I guess. Kragthorpe could still be here too.
How about this, scorpio. . .
Just stop watching. We’ll let you know what happened at the end of the season. If we without a doubt have no run in us, then what’s the point of watching the rest of the games? Turn off the tv, turn off the radio, but mostly, for the love of God, turn off your computer.
I bleed red and black. I poop blue.
I don't watch all of the games.
But I am not letting my tickets go to waste…YET. Check with me next year.
Good riddance.
I bleed red and black. I poop blue.
by neecebravo on Mar 3, 2012 2:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I will probably miss the entirety of the game.
The ONLY game I did not view live with my eyes this season was Providence.
So it has come to this.
Just STUPID, STUPID LOSING.
If I hadn’t missed last Wednesday for the stupidest night of my life IT WOULDN’T HAVE COME TO THIS.
by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Mar 2, 2012 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
Couldn't Be
a more unfavorable draw than playing a team with the talent and desperation of UConn (in a home court environment) with Calhoun (possibly) back.
…Though there probably isn’t a team I’d rather beat than Calhoun and UConn in the Garden.
by FrankensteinsJacket on Mar 2, 2012 8:38 PM EST reply actions
Yeah, and we blew out UConn and Providence blew us out. Weird
by Carolina Cardinal on Mar 2, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Though
I do think being able to get a win over a team like UConn could really set the tone for the week, and be a big confidence builder for this team. UConn is still (arguably) the most talented team in the Big East (in regards to NBA talent). And you know if Calhoun somehow makes his return, he’s giving his team a speech about how they won five last season (even though Kemba Walker isn’t walking through that door).
Definitely bizarro with PC and UConn this season. I fully expect to playing UConn. The Huskies do seem to bring out the best in us, at least in the past four match-ups. The Huskies also seem to bring out the best in Peyton Siva in recent games. If we could manage to beat UConn in that environment, not only would be some sweet revenge from last season’s Big East Final, but it would definitely give us some mojo heading into the next game(s).
by FrankensteinsJacket on Mar 2, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
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