When Kentucky faces Louisville this weekend in an NCAA baseball tournament super regional, the Wildcats and the Cardinals could do more than determine which in-state school will send a team to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series.
Depending on how the games play out, the 2017 Cats and Cards baseball teams could fundamentally alter the nature of our state’s defining sports rivalry.
Since 1983, men’s basketball has yielded the defining moments of UK-Louisville athletics contention: The Dream Game. The 2012 Final Four. NCAA Tournament round of 16 meetings in 1984 and 2014.