Seedy K’s GameCap: South Florida
You wander in the desert for 3290 days, and it makes sense that you might get nervous when you finally spy the promised land. Louisville 83, South Florida 79. For the first time since March 17, 2017, the Louisville Cardinals face a 48 hour turnaround to play in the NCAA Round of 32.
So, all you nagging nabobs of negativitude, those of you all over the telly and the interweb and at coffee pots across the land who were oh so bullish on South Florida as the most trendy and surefire of opening round upsetters, gotta question for you. Who’s your matador now? The resilient U of L Cards, that’s whom.
Olay Olay!!!! Gored, battered, undercut, they were. But, when you fashion a 23 point advantage thanks to D and maturity, you can spring some leaks, take on some water — OK a lot of water — and stay afloat.
Louisville coughed it up a dozen times in the 2d under South Florida’s relentless pressure. They bent, and bent, and bent, but didn’t break. So, rotate on that all ye pundits and bracket filler outers.
Consider your brackets B U S T E D. * * * * * The Cardinals played defense. * * * * * Now let me talk about Isaac McKneely.