Cardinal Softball Advances In NCAA Tournament
A late rally propelled the Louisville softball team to a 2-1 victory over IPFW in the opening game of the regional tournament Friday night at Ulmer Stadium.
| Final - 4.8.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Wolverines | 38 | 38 | 76 |
| Louisville Cardinals | 37 | 45 | 82 |
A late rally propelled the Louisville softball team to a 2-1 victory over IPFW in the opening game of the regional tournament Friday night at Ulmer Stadium.
The Cards can win the Big East title outright by completing the sweep Saturday afternoon.
The folks out West are awfully high on Mr. Andrew Wiggins. This time last week, Kansas' odds were 30/1.
Pray to God you don't walk on that bird.
This is the exact way I've woken up every morning since the Sugar Bowl. You've got a lot of catching up to do, Sophia Silliman.
The win leaves the Cardinals and Panthers tied atop the Big East standings with just Friday night's and Saturday afternoon's games left to play.
Carly Kaiser looks at the chances of Rick Pitino's horse winning the second leg of the triple crown.
The rivalry rolls along.
The emotion here both on the court and in the voices of both commentators is pretty incredible. I will watch this at least three more times before Saturday.
Gorgui Dieng will not be competing in this week's NBA Draft Combine in Chicago after suffering a sprained ankle.
So I didn't really talk about this at the time, but as part of reliving March and April, one of the more complex set of memories is the Duke game. Not just because of what happened, but because...
It's like they always say: If you can't beat a team with a one-armed, one-legged quarterback, hire their senior associate athletic director.
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Jaspers | Sunday, November 11 2012 | win 79 - 51 | coverage |
| Samford Bulldogs | Thursday, November 15 2012 | win 80 - 54 | coverage |
| Miami (Ohio) RedHawks | Sunday, November 18 2012 | win 80 - 39 | coverage |
| @ Northern Iowa Panthers | Thursday, November 22 2012 | win 51 - 46 | coverage |
| @ Missouri Tigers | Friday, November 23 2012 | win 84 - 61 | coverage |
| @ Duke Blue Devils | Saturday, November 24 2012 | loss 71 - 76 | coverage |
| December | |||
| Illinois St. Redbirds | Saturday, December 01 2012 | win 69 - 66 | coverage |
| @ Charleston Cougars | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | win 80 - 38 | coverage |
| UMKC Kangaroos | Saturday, December 08 2012 | win 99 - 47 | coverage |
| @ Memphis Tigers | Saturday, December 15 2012 | win 87 - 78 | coverage |
| Fla. International Golden Panthers | Wednesday, December 19 2012 | win 79 - 55 | coverage |
| @ Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | Saturday, December 22 2012 | win 78 - 55 | coverage |
| Kentucky Wildcats | Saturday, December 29 2012 | win 80 - 77 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Providence Friars | Wednesday, January 02 2013 | win 80 - 62 | coverage |
| @ Seton Hall Pirates | Wednesday, January 09 2013 | win 73 - 58 | coverage |
| South Florida Bulls | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 64 - 38 | coverage |
| @ Connecticut Huskies | Monday, January 14 2013 | win 73 - 58 | coverage |
| Syracuse Orange | Saturday, January 19 2013 | loss 68 - 70 | coverage |
| @ Villanova Wildcats | Tuesday, January 22 2013 | loss 64 - 73 | coverage |
| @ Georgetown Hoyas | Saturday, January 26 2013 | loss 51 - 53 | coverage |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | Monday, January 28 2013 | win 64 - 61 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Marquette Golden Eagles | Sunday, February 03 2013 | win 70 - 51 | coverage |
| @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Wednesday, February 06 2013 | win 68 - 48 | coverage |
| @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Saturday, February 09 2013 | loss 101 - 104 | coverage |
| St. John's Red Storm | Thursday, February 14 2013 | win 72 - 58 | coverage |
| @ South Florida Bulls | Sunday, February 17 2013 | win 59 - 41 | coverage |
| Seton Hall Pirates | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 79 - 61 | coverage |
| @ DePaul Blue Demons | Wednesday, February 27 2013 | win 79 - 58 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Syracuse Orange | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 58 - 53 | coverage |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | Monday, March 04 2013 | win 67 - 51 | coverage |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 73 - 57 | coverage |
| Villanova Wildcats | Thursday, March 14 2013 | win 74 - 55 | coverage |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Friday, March 15 2013 | win 69 - 57 | coverage |
| Syracuse Orange | Saturday, March 16 2013 | win 78 - 61 | coverage |
| N.C. A&T Aggies | Thursday, March 21 2013 | win 79 - 48 | coverage |
| Colorado St. Rams | Saturday, March 23 2013 | win 82 - 56 | coverage |
| Oregon Ducks | Friday, March 29 2013 | win 77 - 69 | coverage |
| Duke Blue Devils | Sunday, March 31 2013 | win 85 - 63 | coverage |
| April | |||
| Wichita St. Shockers | Saturday, April 06 2013 | win 72 - 68 | coverage |
| Michigan Wolverines | Monday, April 08 2013 | win 82 - 76 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Baffour | 32 | GUARD | 170 | 6-2 | junior | |
| Logan Baumann | 14 | GUARD | 165 | 6-0 | freshman | |
| Chane Behanan | 21 | FORWARD | 250 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Wayne Blackshear | 20 | GUARD,FORWARD | 230 | 6-5 | sophomore | |
| Jordan Bond | 22 | GUARD | 165 | 6-0 | freshman | |
| Gorgui Dieng | 10 | CENTER | 245 | 6-11 | junior | |
| Luke Hancock | 11 | FORWARD | 200 | 6-6 | junior | |
| Montrezl Harrell | 24 | FORWARD | 235 | 6-8 | freshman | |
| Tim Henderson | 15 | GUARD | 195 | 6-2 | junior | |
| Mike Marra | 33 | GUARD | 215 | 6-5 | senior | |
| Mangok Mathiang | 12 | CENTER | 200 | 6-10 | freshman | |
| Angel Nunez | 1 | FORWARD | 200 | 6-8 | sophomore | |
| Zach Price | 25 | CENTER | 250 | 6-10 | sophomore | |
| Peyton Siva | 3 | GUARD | 185 | 6-0 | senior | |
| Russ Smith | 2 | GUARD | 165 | 6-0 | junior | |
| Stephan Van Treese | 44 | FORWARD | 245 | 6-9 | senior | |
| Kevin Ware | 5 | GUARD | 175 | 6-2 | sophomore |
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Russ Smith | 40 | 30.3 | 5.8 | 14.0 | 41.4 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 32.8 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 80.4 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 18.7 |
| Peyton Siva | 40 | 31.2 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 40.4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 28.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 86.7 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 10.0 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 33 | 31.1 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 53.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 65.2 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 9.8 |
| Chane Behanan | 39 | 26.1 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 54.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 9.8 |
| Luke Hancock | 40 | 22.4 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 42.9 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 39.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 76.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 8.1 |
| Wayne Blackshear | 39 | 20.1 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 42.3 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 32.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 69.4 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 7.6 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 40 | 16.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 57.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 50.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| Kevin Ware | 37 | 16.6 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 44.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 40.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 4.5 |
| Stephan Van Treese | 37 | 11.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 65.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 70.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Zach Price | 16 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Tim Henderson | 27 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 34.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Logan Baumann | 4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Michael Baffour | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Jordan Bond | 5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |