LEXINGTON, KY– When March Madness begins, all bets are off. Regular-season records mean nothing, reputations won’t guarantee victory and no team is ever truly out of the fight.
Coming into the NCAA Tournament, it was safe to say that people around the country were a bit confused when the Louisville Cardinals, who were about to reach No. 10 in the AP Poll, were an 8-seed.
But instead of dwelling on why the Bluejays were only a 9-seed despite their run to the Big East Tournament Championship, or why their Round of 64 opponent was a Top 10 team, Head Coach Greg McDermott, his staff, and the players focused on what they could control—locking in, preparing and delivering a spectacle at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY.