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It didn’t take long after Louisville’s amazing comeback flipped Florida 72-68 in the West Region final in Phoenix before the buzz turned to a potential Final Four matchup with — yikes — Kentucky in New Orleans.
That’s if Kentucky beats Baylor today in the South Region final in Atlanta.
Rick Pitino set the stage, saying in the post-game press conference, “There will be people in Kentucky who will have a nervous breakdown if they lose to us. They’ve got to put the fences up on the bridges.”
Links:
- Louisville’s rally earns Final Four berth, reports C-J’s C.L. Brown.
- Pitino’s adjustments make the difference, says C-J’s Eric Crawford.
- Pitino adds a memory, writes Mark Whicker of OC Register.
- It was a Russ-diciulous rally, says Luke Winn of SI.com.
- Behanan’s dream comes true, writes Eamonn Brennan of espn.com.
- Russ Smith sparks comeback, says Jeff Passan of Yahoo.
- Pitino proves he’s a Hall of Famer, writes CBS’ Dennis Dodd.
- Florida loses lead, writes Kevin Brockway of Gainesville Sun.
- UF exceeded expectations, says Sun’s Pat Dooley.
- Tough end for Erving Walker, reports Sentinel’s Rachel George.
- Gators crumble down stretch, reports Herald’s Matt Watts.
- Final Four hopes hit wall, says David Jones of Florida Today.
- Florida couldn’t finish, writes Hays Carlton of Times-Union.
- U of L storms its way back, writes Greg Bishop of NY Times.
- Pitino looks ahead to Final Four, blogs Jeff Eisenberg of Yahoo.
Calipari just said HI ! as I walked by him in the Westin and only waved. I didn’t tell him how to coach today ! wow, I am doing good. Looks like he had two bags of doughnuts or something like that, ha ha.
also ….. looks like Pitino is saying KY will WIN today and be in the final four. so we can play ‘em and give ‘em a total breakdown. although it looked like they were having one y’day they way they were playing but UL still won.
Yes, but beating Louisville will be uneventful and expected.