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THE ROAD TO MARCH MADNESS

Cards are Big East Champs

The University of Louisville Cardinals won the Big East Championship with a 78-61 victory over the Syracuse Orange. Louisville had to overcome a flat start with a 16-point deficit, an overwhelmingly partisan crowd and what could have simply been described as Jim Boeheim's destiny.
U of L: U of L beats Syracuse 78-61 in final | Tim Sullivan: U of L's potential limitless | Bracket
UK: Kentucky slips on NCAA bubble | Adam Himmelsbach: SEC was cooked before the bird | Bracket
IU: Wisconsin beats Indiana 68-56 | Bracket
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  1. Louisville beats Syracuse 78-61 to win Big East championship

    The University of Louisville basketball team had to overcome a flat start and a 16-point second-half deficit, an overwhelmingly partisan crowd and maybe even Jim Boeheim's destiny on Saturday night in the Big East Tournament's championship game....

      1:46 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  2. Tim Sullivan | Louisville basketball's potential is clearly limitless

    Disbelief was willingly suspended Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. This was one of those evenings when basketball's possibilities seem limitless, when a team barely a breath from a toe tag rose up revived, when the Louisville Cardinals came off...

      1:44 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  3. Kentucky families struggle to care for violent, mentally ill children

    Each night when their 14-year-old daughter, Lucy, is home, Cynthia and Dan Davies keep watch. Someone has to be awake at all times, they say, to keep their family safe from Lucy’s rage. The Davieses are among the uncounted families across the nation...

      5:09 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  4. For Louisville basketball and Syracuse, championship game is truly Big East 'final'

    The Cards beat Syracuse to capture their first Big East Tournament title in 2009. Since then, U of L has made a habit of league title runs advancing to four of the last five tournament championships. This one will be a little different. It's the final...

      12:40 PM, Mar. 16, 2013
  5. Adam Himmelsbach | SEC was cooked before the bird

    An unappealing tournament portfolio can be quickly invigorated with a signature win or two. 'The Duke Effect,' it's called. And that brings us to the Southeastern Conference's current conundrum: The league just doesn't have enough Dukes....

      9:50 PM, Mar. 16, 2013
  6. Ryan Harrow takes blame as Kentucky slips on NCAA Tournament bubble

    This kind of freefall cannot be pinned on one man. If the University of Kentucky basketball team misses the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in 22 years – which seems increasingly likely – there is blame to be shared. There are viable excuses,...

      9:42 PM, Mar. 16, 2013
  7. Girls' Sweet 16 | Marion County beats Notre Dame 52-36 for Kentucky championship

    Best ever in Kentucky? Let the discussion begin. The Marion County High School girls’ basketball team placed itself firmly in the conversation Saturday night, leading the entire way in a 52-36 victory over Notre Dame in the championship game of the...

      7:29 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  8. Tim Sullivan | Win solidifies Louisville basketball team's case for No. 1 seed

    That ought to do it. That ought to be enough. Whatever befalls the Louisville Cardinals Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, Friday's 69-57 victory over Notre Dame should punch their ticket, solidify their standing and ensure that they land a No.1...

      1:52 AM, Mar. 16, 2013
  9. Louisville beats Syracuse 78-61 to win Big East championship

    The University of Louisville basketball team had to overcome a flat start and a 16-point second-half deficit, an overwhelmingly partisan crowd and maybe even Jim Boeheim's destiny on Saturday night in the Big East Tournament's championship game....

      1:46 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  10. 41 tons of invasive Asian carp may be just the start for Kentucky lakes

    Ron Brooks didn't get the 100 tons of Asian carp he wanted from last week's commercial fishing tournament on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, but he got nearly everything else. The two-day tournament was open only to commercial fishermen or commercial...

      11:51 PM, Mar. 16, 2013
  11. Two children found with mom in New Albany creek 'were drowned,' prosecutor says

    Two children found dead with their mother in a New Albany, Ind., creek were drowned, but the cause of their mother's death remains under investigation, Floyd County's prosecutor said Friday. Prosecutor Keith Henderson said he could not rule out a murder-...

      4:16 AM, Mar. 16, 2013
  12. Doctor aids opposing lawyer: LeGrand races to offer care to Poppe

    After 10 days of trial in which he was the defendant in a $20 million medical malpractice lawsuit, Dr. Ryan LeGrand could not be faulted if he felt the urge to strangle plaintiff's lawyer Hans Poppe. Instead, LeGrand rushed to his aid when Poppe...

      7:25 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  13. IHSAA Class A Semistate | Shooting off, but Borden on its way to first state title game, 47-44

    The Borden boys' basketball team went ice cold in the third quarter, fell behind and then rallied past University 47-44 Saturday in the Class A Seymour Semistate....

      3:21 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  14. Pension reform still not resolved in Kentucky General Assembly

    With only two days left in the 2013 General Assembly session, Kentucky lawmakers remain divided on how to address the state's most pressing problem — the multibillion-dollar shortage in state pension funds....

      2:17 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  15. Louisville police seeking information about fatal shooting victim left at hospital

    A man and a woman left a shooting victim at Kosair Children's Hospital early Saturday before fleeing. He died about an hour later....

      7:24 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
  16. Adam Himmelsbach | NCAA tournament door may have slammed shut for Kentucky basketball

    The University of Kentucky basketball players filed into their locker room quietly, shoulders slumped, faces straighter than lampposts. When everyone was inside, a staff member gently closed the large metal door, as if he was were trying not to awaken...

      1:53 AM, Mar. 16, 2013
  17. What to do if you have too many W2 tax forms

    You have only one job, but you received two or even three W2 tax forms. It's a quirk that leaves some Louisville residents scratching their heads — at least, the ones who are so bold as to prepare their own tax returns....

      2:51 AM, Mar. 17, 2013
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  19. Pennsylvania lacrosse team bus crashes; pregnant coach dies

    A tour bus carrying a college's women's lacrosse team to a game went off the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday and crashed into a tree, killing a pregnant coach and the driver and sending others to hospitals, authorities said....

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