LOUISVILLE, Ky. — March Madness is back! And everyone here in this bedrock basketball city is furious.
The metro area that annually has the highest viewership in America for the men's NCAA tournament is broken, bitter and bereft of basketball. Louisville had its hoops soul crushed by a confluence of unexpected events in the days leading up to Selection Sunday, and few people fully realized it until the results were on national TV at 6:37 p.m. local time.
The field of 68 teams was announced. And the Louisville Cardinals were not one of them.