—NET ranking update: No. 22.
—Yahoo’s Henry Bushnell lists seven teams fans should hope their squads don’t get matched up with on Selection Sunday, and Louisville makes the cut.
The battle-tested ACC
Louisville | Projected seed: 7 | KenPom: 16
The Cardinals have played nine games against potential No. 1 seeds. They’ve only won two, but should have won three and could have won four. They’re probably not a Final Four contender, but will be significantly more talented than others on their seed line.
—Chris Dobbertean has Louisville as an 8-seed out West in his latest Bracketology for SB Nation.
—Playing the ACC tournament in Charlotte was tough for Louisville last night, but it’s tough for a different reason for Virginia. This is the same place where the Hoos lost to UMBC a year ago, and they’ve already been reminded of that fact a number of times this week.
—Tough look here for J-Will.
Here’s a clip of @RealJayWilliams from tonight about Frank Howard tripping Zion & @RealJayWilliams in 2017 about Grayson Allen tripping players.
— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) March 15, 2019
(H/T @SteveVoot) pic.twitter.com/hn0lOlIqqf
—Javonte Smart is going to play for LSU in both the SEC and NCAA tournaments. If the season’s going to be vacated anyway, might as well.
—It’s odd that North Carolina’s pace was so effective against a team it had already played twice this season, but that was certainly the case Thursday night in Charlotte.
—There won’t be a better press conference question this month. Comparing Zion to Ryan Kelly in any form is unbeatable.
Someone asked k if Zion’s performance reminded him of Ryan Kelly’s return game. “Well there’s a difference in athletic ability, so I didn’t think of that. At all”
— Shawn Krest (@ShawnKrest) March 15, 2019
—Jeff Greer writes about the 2011 loss to Morehead State and it how it fueled Louisville’s next two more successful March campaigns. I’m linking it because he quoted me, but doing it begrudgingly because he didn’t use my best quotes.
—The NCAA is officially investigating both Kansas basketball and football.
—Nike’s out here talking about a shoe with the same language companies use in press releases about sexual harassment or a racist tweet by an employee.
Nike addresses Zion Williamson’s shoe malfunction: ‘We’re confident this was an isolated incident’ https://t.co/y3FKQ8Twj6 pic.twitter.com/llVFjlg4NL
— Sporting News College Basketball (@sn_ncaab) March 15, 2019
—Jamon Brown has signed a three-year, $18.75 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons.
—Your “March Sadness” hoops misery index.
—Five things to do in Louisville this weekend.
—High school coaches in the Louisville area still love Scott Satterfield.
As a HS coach, you get a lot of college propaganda: flyers w/ NFL players or congratulating Super Bowl bound Alum, # of all-conference players, etc. So, Yet again I’m impressed w @CoachSattUofL & staff for this flyer. Academics matter, yes even D1 - more than some kids realize. pic.twitter.com/Nen2P5aGct
— Joshua Abell (@CoachJoshAbell) March 14, 2019
—Asia Durr has been named a First Team All-American by ESPN.
—Lunardi’s latest Bracketology has the Cards as a 7-seed facing Oklahoma.
—This is great.
The reaction when finding out his 13th birthday celebration will be a trip to DC to see his favorite player @spidadmitchell and his favorite NBA team @utahjazz Monday night...@LouisvilleMBB @CardChronicle pic.twitter.com/fYolxfSkuq
— Chris Kelty (@chriskelty2) March 15, 2019
—The Cards are holding strong as the last 7-seed over at the Bracket Matrix aggregate.
—The NCAA has uncovered major recruiting violations at Georgia Tech.
—It seemed as though Josh Pastner was finding out about the news and reacting to it while he was taking in last night’s Duke-Syracuse game.
Ever wonder what it looks like when a college basketball coach finds out he’s being investigated pic.twitter.com/NjB4ru2A0H
— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) March 15, 2019
Incredible.
—WRAL Sports Fan recaps the North Carolina win over Louisville.
—Coby White ran UNC’s offense to peak efficiency against the Cards Thursday night.
—Friday Irrelevance:
Handsome Dan: “F—- the balls... I want the bucket!” pic.twitter.com/RsRMrJtPbN
— Anish Shroff (@AnishESPN) March 15, 2019
—Louisville baseball is headed to Duke for a weekend series. Here’s a preview.
—U of L men’s golf has a 4-shot lead after the first round of the Linger Longer Invitational.
—And finally, give us better than an 8-seed.