Mike Miller talks about what the implications of a UK/UL Final Four on the rivalry, here’s what he has to say.
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Get ready for the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry to rise to a level usually only reserved for the likes of Duke-North Carolina, Yankees-Red Sox or Celtics-Lakers.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]That’s what happens when the nation’s most devoted state for college hoops – sorry, Indiana, Kansas and North Carolina – places its marquee programs into the game’s biggest stage. It’d be enough simply to have the Cardinals and Wildcats both in New Orleans. But playing each other with a spot in the title game on the line? [URL=”http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2012-03-25/final-four-2012-kentucky-louisville-battle-of-the-bluegrass-never-has-such-hated”]There’s never been a rivalry game at this level before[/URL].[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]That’s basketball mania.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]“It’s what everybody wanted, I guess, in terms of the public and the media,” [URL=”http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120325/COLUMNISTS02/303250061″]UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart told the Louisville Courier-Journal[/URL]. “This is what you guys live for, so this gives you plenty to write about all week. They’ve got great players. It’s great for our state in terms of the recognition it brings to our state. Two great basketball programs, two great coaches.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Ah, yes. The coaches. That amplifies things a bit more…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]For the rest of the article click [URL=”http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/26/nows-when-kentucky-louisville-rivalry-reaches-another-level/related/”]here[/URL].
