Louisville's Russ Smith returns for senior season
Russ Smith is staying at Louisville to chase another NCAA championship and a degree. The 6-foot-1 guard is passing on the NBA draft to return for his ...

Cardinals fans celebrate both programs' success
They haven't stopped partying in Louisville. The latest celebration Wednesday was a bit more structured as the NCAA champion Cardinals' men's team and ...

Louisville's Hancock wins Most Outstanding Player
Two minutes. Four 3-pointers. Safe to say, Luke Hancock knows how to make good use of his time. The backup forward, better known as "Plan B" for Rick ...

Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 for NCAA title
Rick Pitino held court in a tunnel beneath the Georgia Dome, going on and on about the grittiest bunch of guys he's ever coached. One of them sat in ...

Louisville beats Wichita State 72-68 in Final Four
Russ Smith looked at the scoreboard, then at the clock, then over at the bench. Louisville needed a run, but he had no idea where it was going to come ...

Ware makes big, bad Louisville the people's choice
Louisville already had the bigger names, the better team and some unfinished business after coming up short in last year's Final Four. All Wichita ...

FINALS WATCH: Humble Laettner, '76 Hoosiers
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games

Ware says show of support helped him remain upbeat
Just seeing a picture of Kevin Ware up and moving around again inspired the Louisville Cardinals. Imagine the boost they're going to get having Ware ...

Louisville guard Ware upbeat despite broken leg
Kevin Ware is pretty certain how his next few months will play out. "After we win the national championship," the injured Louisville guard said with ...

Louisville's Kevin Ware resting after surgery
Kevin Ware is already up and walking, and he's got a nice souvenir to keep him company until he's cleared to return to Louisville. Cardinals coach ...

Louisville beats Duke 85-63 to reach Final Four
Writhing on the ground, his leg splintered, Kevin Ware had only one thing to say to his heartsick Louisville teammates. "Just go win the game." The ...

CBS halts replays of basketball player's injury
After two initial replays, CBS stopped showing footage Sunday of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware breaking his leg during the first half of his ...

Louisville's Ware breaks leg in game, has surgery
A gruesome injury that left Louisville guard Kevin Ware with a broken leg plunged Lucas Oil Stadium into horrified silence, with coach Rick Pitino ...

Smith leads Louisville to 77-69 victory over Ducks
Louisville coach Rick Pitino is baffled by Russ Smith. Not by the star guard himself, who is managing to outdo himself each time he steps on the court

Louisville earns tops seed in NCAA Tournament
The Louisville Cardinals have shown that they are comfortable being front-runners in their season-long quest to go farther than last year's Final Four ...

No. 8 Louisville beats No. 24 Notre Dame 73-57
Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng added another major achievement to their impressive legacy at Louisville. Siva and Dieng, who helped the Cardinals win ...

College basketball gets crazier by the week
There were eight losses for six top-10 teams. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 all went down. A total of 14 schools in the Top 25 had at least one loss. All in ...

No. 25 Irish outlast No. 11 Cards 104-101 in 5 OTs
Cameron Biedscheid scored on a layup with 1:19 left in the fifth overtime, and Eric Atkins and Pat Connaugton added free throws in the final 19 ...

No. 12 Louisville routs No. 25 Marquette 70-51
Two weeks of struggle had begun to raise questions about Louisville's ability to contend in the Big East. And while some concerns remain to be ...

Dieng leads No. 3 Louisville over Seton Hall 73-58
A couple more pieces fell into place for No. 3 Louisville against Seton Hall. Talented center Gorgui Dieng impressed once again in only his third game ...

No. 4 Louisville holds off Kentucky, 80-77
Russ Smith ranked Louisville's 80-77 victory over Kentucky on Saturday as one of the five favorites of his career. Makes sense, considering he played ...

No. 6 Louisville rallies, downs Memphis 87-78
Rick Pitino believes an old rival gave his sixth-ranked Cardinals just the kind of early road test they needed. Luckily for them, Chane Behanan helped ...

No. 5 Duke beats No. 2 Louisville 76-71
Sometimes life is a fairy tale, even when it's a college basketball game. Quinn Cook directed No. 5 Duke on its run to the championship of the Battle ...