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Rick Pitino loves horses. Last season he started a new custom in his hobby of naming horses for his own Louisville players. The honor was first bestowed last summer to Peyton Siva ("Siva") and Gorgui Dieng ("Dieng"), which was followed by "Russdiculo...

ATLANTA -- The Louisville Cardinals are your 2013 national champions after beating Michigan 82-76. Overview: It was everything a national title game should be. Great offense, great pace, great performances, great stories and, having withstood all ...

Kevin Ware couldn't play Saturday against Wichita State, but he still found a way to be involved in Louisville's comeback, writes Eamonn Brennan.

The Final Four has plenty of personal dramas, but Eamonn Brennan can't wait for the business at hand. He's ready for the two games to determine which team will take the national championship.

"Digging In" is our in-depth look at what makes each of the Final Four teams tick, with an assist from the coaches who scout and prep for these teams all season. Our final scout: Louisville. How good is Louisville? Good enough to make opposing coa...

Notre Dame's five-overtime victory over Louisville included many of the elements that are wrong about college basketball. But in the end, the game also was a reminder of basketball's magical possibilities.

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of tonight's best basketball action. It has a turtle. It will never not have it. Pittsburgh at No. 5 Louisville, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN: Perception-wise, I'm not sure this game could come at a worse time for the Louisv...

Editor's note: For two weeks, we're rolling out Blue Ribbon previews for every team in the country. We'll also have comprehensive preview coverage of the nation's top 10 conferences. As part of that, we're asking our writers to share what they're mos...

In the buildup to Midnight Madness, Insider and our college hoops team are collaborating on a preview of one high-profile college hoops team per day -- based on Joe Lunardi's top 20 teams in his offseason Bracketology. We're calling it "Countdown To ...

Basketball strategy, like strategy in all sports, evolves in fits and waves. The game changes, and teams change with it, from player body types to positional traits to coaching philosophies and defensive styles. The game becomes more physical, or les...

In an ideal world, Indiana and Kentucky would meet at some point this coming December, preferably in Rupp Arena (but a neutral floor would be fine, too!). We'd get to see two bitter adjacent state rivals square off in a matchup with massive emotional...

Throughout the 2012 NCAA tournament, and the Louisville Cardinals' unlikely run to the Final Four, Rick Pitino spoke openly and frequently about his feelings for his current team -- how much he loved coaching them, how hard they worked, how they maxi...

Louisville and Kentucky met at Rupp Arena on Dec. 31. What, if anything, did that game tell us about the rematch on Saturday?

PHOENIX -- Erving Walker tossed up his futile, last-ditch 3. As it plummeted to its pointless finish, the buzzer sounded and the scoreboard was clear. Louisville 72, Florida 68. Rub your eyes for a moment, and check again. Louisville 72, Florida 6...

Billy Donovan played for Rick Pitino at a Final Four and coached under him at a Final Four. Now he has to beat him to get back to the promised land.

PHOENIX -- The No. 7 seeds in the 2012 NCAA tournament were as follows: Notre Dame. Saint Mary's. Gonzaga. Florida. Sing it with me now: One of these things is not like the others. For starters, Florida was the only No. 7 seed to survive the...