Will the clock strike midnight for the No. 9 Wichita State Shockers?
Louisville, the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, will look to end Wichita State's surprising run in the opening Final Four game on Saturday night.
"This is not Cinderella. Florida Gulf Coast is a Cinderella. These guys are a very good basketball team," Pitino said earlier this week, via Howie Lindsey of cardinalsports.com.
The Cardinals cruised past their first two opponents to reach the Sweet 16. No. 12 Oregon and No. 2 Duke proved to be worthy adversaries in the regional semifinals and finals, respectively, but Louisville was still able to win both by a combined margin of 30 points. Louisville must now face Wichita State without guard Kevin Ware, who suffered a gruesome leg fracture against the Blue Devils.
Shockers coach Gregg Marshall has his team playing angry, upsetting No. 8 Pittsburgh in the second round, No. 1 Gonzaga in the third and No. 2 Ohio State in the Elite Eight.
Will the Shockers be able to pull off another upset and reach the national championship game? Or will Rick Pitino take one step closer to becoming the first coach ever to win a national title with two different schools?
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| @ rushthecourt : Pitino will coach in his third national title game Monday night. Odd historical note that two of the three could be against Boeheim. |
"They are as well coached a basketball team that we have faced all year." Pitino on Wichita State.
"The bench won the game for us tonight. Unbelievable display." - Pitino on the bench.
| @ AndyGlockner : Really game effort for Wichita State. Credit to Louisville for coming back on a very good team that was playing the game they wanted. |
| @ raphiellej : The jump ball call was poor to say the least. But bench points were bigger. Hancock w/20 pts, UL outscored WSU 34-9. |
| @ ESPNAndyKatz : Highly competitive game. That's what we wanted. That's what we got. Luke Hancock was special as was Cleanthony Early. 'Ville onto Monday. |
Louisville has won it. Russ Smith missed the second free throw and Wichita State missed a 3 at the buzzer even though it wouldn't have mattered. Louisville wins 72-68. What a game!
Russ Smith gets fouled and makes the first one. 72-68 Louisville. 4-9 seconds left.
With Kevin Ware not wanting to watch, Hancock went 1/2 from the free throw line but then he got tied up with Baker and a jump ball was called. LOUISVILLE GETS THE BALL. 6.3 seconds left.71-68 Louisville.
Armstead took a lot of time off the clock before he found Baker and he missed a long 3. But Hall was there for the rebound and made an easy 2. 70-68 Louisville with 12 seconds left. Hancock is fouled with 8.8 seconds left.
Russ Smith makes both free throws. 70-66 Louisville.
Russ Smith is going to the line again. Foul on Baker. 29.9 seconds left.
| @ YahooForde : Cleanthony Early has just been awesome as well. Giving Wichita a chance. |
Russ Smith only made 1 free throw. Armstead missed a layup but Early was there AGAIN for the put-back bucket. 68-66 Louisville.
Wichita State is starting to foul with 45 seconds left. Russ Smith is going to the free throw line for a one-and-one.
| @ SIPeteThamel : Get your "Cool Hand Luke" headlines ready. Ville up 67-64. |
Hancock got the ball on the left wing, drove into the paint and made a scoop layup with the right hand. But Early answered on the other end with a contested layup. 67-64 Louisville with 46.4 seconds left.
Armstead missed a 3 from the left wing but Early was there for the tip in. 65-62 Louisville with 1:30 left.
| @ ESPNDanaOneil : Luke Hancock, player of the game by far, if Louisville win this. |
Louisville beats the press easily and Hancock is left wide open on the left wing and he buries a 3. 65-60 Louisville.
Dieng blocked a shot and Louisville forced a shot clock violation. 2:16 left in the game.
Russ Smith missed a driving layup off the glass but Behanan was there for the put-back. 62-60 Louisville.
| @ GoodmanCBS : Armstead and Dieng both back in with four fouls. |
Hall gets the ball on the low post and makes a contested layup. Pitino calls timeout on the other end. 3:08 left in the game and we're tied at 60.
Refs ruled a double foul on Baker and Van Treese. Baker had him wrapped up with his right arm and the possession arrow goes to Wichita State. Shockers turned the ball over but Siva missed a rushed layup and the ball went out of bounds off Louisville.
| @ jeffborzello : Couple guys on the bench with four fouls need to get back in the game: Gorgui Dieng and Malcolm Armstead. |
| @ GoodmanCBS : Van Treese hammered Baker there, but he's given Pitino some much-needed quality minutes. |
Van Treese is called for a loose ball foul after diving for it and colliding with Baker.
Wichita State turned the ball over on the inbounds pass. It went over the head of Armstead and Russ Smith got an easy layup. 60-58 Louisville.
Siva made both free throws to tie the game up at 58.
Siva drives to his right draws a foul on Armstead. That's his 4th foul. 5:22 left in the game. Louisville is in the bonus.
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