Left Brain
Are you kidding me? No team on this planet can hang with this UK team? Well maybe most NBA teams can, but probably not the Grizzlies or Raptors. This UK team has guys that are household names across the nation while Louisville has guys with names across the back of their jerseys. When ranking the top players in the final four, UK dominates the top of the list while Louisville dominates other types of lists. Our players will be waiting in the green room to be drafted to the NBA after school, while UofL players have to waiting to get their green card so they can play on another continent.
Right Brain
Louisville is a scrappy, tough team. They play their best when everyone counts them out. No one expected them to win a big east tournament game let alone win it and make the final four. Teams like Louisville usually aren’t successful nowadays. Now it’s the teams with the superstars who win national titles. Louisville may not have that “guy” but they do have many guys that can fill the role, which makes them dangerous and unpredictable. At this point of the season they are a tough out for any team, including Kentucky.
Left Brain
John Calipari will wipe the floor with Louisville and Pitino. He hasn’t loss to them in 3 years and there’s no way he’s going to let a “has been” out coach him in the final four. In just 3 years he has as many final fours as Pitino has in 10+ years at Louisville. Cal is the “now”, Pitino is the “was”. Pitino is happy to be in the final four because it furthers his legacy and Calipari won’t be happy until he gets #8 for his players and the fans. If you break it down, this is really a Players First program versus a Pitino First program.
Right Brain
Rick Pitino already has one title and numerous Final 4’s. If anyone can put a scheme together in a week’s time and pull off a huge upset, it’s Rick. He wants you to think he’s beaten, down and out but just like *that* he attacks. Calipari best not count out Pitino or he could be stopped short of ol’ #8, becuase Pitino gets to the final 4 like his name is Izzo. This will be an awesome game of chess between both coaches.
Left Brain
Let’s face it, Louisville really doesn’t belong in this Final 4 with the other big dogs. Kansas, Ohio State and Kentucky have been national powerhouses the past 3 years. Louisville? Not so much. Their best player last year was a walk on and the year before that…no one remembers. All 3 teams have a player of the year candidate except of course for Louisville. Let’s just say, If Louisville were going onto the battlefield, they would be fighting with water guns purchased from the nearest Big Lots.
Right Brain
In this tournament, the Cardinals do have an impressive win over #1 seed Michigan State. They matched up great with them and Pitino beat Tom Izzo at his own game. They never gave up against Florida even when they were down double digits with 8 minutes left in the game. If Kentucky wants to get to the championship game they will have to take this Louisville team seriously and don’t let them back in the game in the end like they did with Vandy. This team is full of runs, UK needs to be ready for all of them.
Left Brain
Louisville Sucks!
Right Brain
This will be a good game. Good Luck to both teams
