Jul 11 Sports Five Former U of L Players Suing NCAA Over Sanctions A group of former University of Louisville men's basketball players is suing the NCAA over the organization's vacation of the Cardinals' 2013 national championship. By Rick Howlett and Associated Press Jul 11 Sports Five Former U of L Players Suing NCAA Over Sanctions Rick Howlett and Associated Press
Apr 16 Local News Cards’ Final Four Celebration Set For Tuesday University of Louisville basketball fans will get a chance to celebrate the team’s Final Four run tomorrow with a public event at Fourth Street Live. Coach Rick Pitino says it will be the Cards’ first opportunity to publicly thank fans for their support. U of L went on an eight game winning streak in the […] By Rick Howlett Apr 16 Local News Cards’ Final Four Celebration Set For Tuesday Rick Howlett
Apr 2 Local News Kentucky and Kansas Battle for NCAA Championship In New Orleans tonight, the Kentucky Wildcats and Kansas Jayhawks square off for the men’s NCAA basketball championship. This will be the teams’ second meeting this season. John Calipari’s Wildcats won the first matchup, a 75-65 victory in a November tournament in New York. “The thing in this game, it will come down to the […] By Rick Howlett Apr 2 Local News Kentucky and Kansas Battle for NCAA Championship Rick Howlett
Mar 31 State of the News Sports Writers Predict Outcome of Dream Game and Its Effect on City Tonight, men’s basketball teams from the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky will meet in a Final Four game. On Friday’s State of the News, we were joined by sports journalists Bill Doolittle and Eric Crawford (the latter joining us from UofL’s warm-up session in New Orleans), who talked about how the rest […] By Laura Ellis Mar 31 State of the News Sports Writers Predict Outcome of Dream Game and Its Effect on City Laura Ellis
Mar 28 Local News Federal Delegation Catches Basketball Fever The upcoming battle in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four between the Louisville Cardinals and Kentucky Wildcats has made its way to Washington, with members of the federal delegation marking the contest. Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says Saturday’s game proves the commonwealth is the best college basketball state in […] By WFPL News Mar 28 Local News Federal Delegation Catches Basketball Fever WFPL News
Mar 26 Local News UK Women One Victory From First-Ever Final Four The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team faces top-seeded Connecticut Tuesday night for a chance to join the men’s team in the NCAA Final Four. It would be the Wildcats’ first trip to the national semifinals. UConn has been to twelve Final Fours and owns seven national championships. UK coach Matthew Mitchell says his team […] By Rick Howlett Mar 26 Local News UK Women One Victory From First-Ever Final Four Rick Howlett
Mar 26 Local News Cards, Cats Prepping For First NCAA Showdown Since ’84 For the first time in nearly three decades, the UK and U of L men’s basketball teams will meet in an NCAA tournament game. The 1983 contest was dubbed the Dream Game. UK and U of L had not played each other for 24 years. Coach Denny Crum’s Cards beat the Wildcats by 12 points […] By Rick Howlett Mar 26 Local News Cards, Cats Prepping For First NCAA Showdown Since ’84 Rick Howlett
Mar 25 Local News Cards, Cats To Square Off in New Orleans; UK Women Advance To NCAA Elite Eight For the first time in nearly 30 years, the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky men’s basketball teams will play each other in the NCAA tournament. Over the weekend, Louisville beat Florida to secure the West Region title and UK topped Baylor to win the South Region. The Cardinals and Wildcats will face […] By Gabe Bullard Mar 25 Local News Cards, Cats To Square Off in New Orleans; UK Women Advance To NCAA Elite Eight Gabe Bullard
Mar 25 Local News UK Women Advance To NCAA Elite Eight The Kentucky Wildcats are in the Elite Eight round of the women’s NCAA tournament. UK defeated Gonzaga 79-62 tonight in a regional semifinal game in Kingston, Rhode Island. The second-seeded Wilcats face top seeded Connecticut Tuesday. The winner advances to the Final Four in Denver. By Rick Howlett Mar 25 Local News UK Women Advance To NCAA Elite Eight Rick Howlett
Mar 25 Local News Kentucky Advances to Final Four, Will Face Louisville For the first time in nearly 30 years, the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky men’s basketball teams will play each other in the NCAA tournament. Yesterday, Louisville beat Florida to secure the West Region title. Today, UK topped Baylor to win the South Region. The Cardinals and Wildcats will face each other […] By Gabe Bullard Mar 25 Local News Kentucky Advances to Final Four, Will Face Louisville Gabe Bullard
Jan 9 Local News Pitino, ’87 Providence Final Four Team To Be Honored The University of Louisville men’s basketball team returns to action tomorrow evening at Providence College. This particular trip to Rhode Island will be a special one for U of L coach Rick Pitino. It’s been 25 years since Pitino coached Providence to its improbable run to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament. Pitino had […] By Rick Howlett Jan 9 Local News Pitino, ’87 Providence Final Four Team To Be Honored Rick Howlett
Apr 2 Local News UK’s Title Hopes End, 56-55 Connecticut will face Butler Monday night for the national title. Butler defeated VCU 70-62 in the other Final Four game. UK finishes its season with a 29-9 record. By Rick Howlett Apr 2 Local News UK’s Title Hopes End, 56-55 Rick Howlett
Apr 1 Local News UK Meets UConn Saturday In Quest For 8th NCAA Title The Wildcats and Huskies will tip off shortly before 9:00pm Saturday. Connecticut won their last meeting in November at the Maui Invitational, 84-67. By Rick Howlett Apr 1 Local News UK Meets UConn Saturday In Quest For 8th NCAA Title Rick Howlett
Mar 27 Local News Kentucky Advances To NCAA Final Four Brandon Knight scored 22 points and DeAndre Liggins hit a key three-pointer late in the game to lead UK to its first national semifinal appearance since 1998. By Rick Howlett Mar 27 Local News Kentucky Advances To NCAA Final Four Rick Howlett
Mar 26 Local News NCAA: UK Beats Ohio State Kentucky will take on North Carolina Sunday for a chance to advance to the Final Four. The teams will play in the East Regional final in Newark, New Jersey. By Rick Howlett Mar 26 Local News NCAA: UK Beats Ohio State Rick Howlett