Louisville women's basketball vs Alabama prediction, NCAA game pick
It's Louisville Cardinals vs Alabama Crimson Tide in March Madness bracket. Our prediction, pick for Louisville's next Women's NCAA Tournament game:
The third-seeded Louisville women's basketball team's strength has been its depth all season. It became the Cardinals' driving force against No. 14-seeded Vermont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
UofL (28-7) scored 20 bench points, half of which came from Imari Berry , while the Catamounts had none in the Cards' 72-52 victory. Yevheniia Putra and Grace Mbugua helped to provide the team with post depth, playing 10 and 6 minutes, respectively. "I've been talking to them about the past week and a half since − well, before the ACC Tournament − trying to get them all locked in practice to understand that it might be four minutes, it might be three minutes, it might be two," head coach Jeff Walz said.
"Even the minute and a half Rebekah Graves played. Her feet have really been bothering her. And I'm not sure she really wanted to go out there.
... It's things like that when you're trying to make sure everybody's prepared. And when you get out there, then you've got to be able to do something positive.